Assistant Vice President - Student Health And Wellbeing

Towson University (TU) is one of the nation’s top 100 public universities. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls more than 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland. Towson University values diversity and fosters a climate that is grounded in respect and inclusion to cultivate the intellectual and personal growth of the entire university community.

Reporting to the Vice President of Student Affairs and serving as one of five senior-level positions on the division’s senior leadership team, the inaugural Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellbeing (AVP) provides visionary, strategic, and operational leadership for developing a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to student health and wellbeing at Towson University. The three units in the AVP’s portfolio (Campus Recreation; Counseling Center; and Health Center, which includes health promotion)—work in partnership with partners within the Division of Student Affairs and across campus to create and support practices, programs, and services that advance the mission of holistic student health and wellbeing across the university. The AVP must work well in a vibrant, fast-paced, and evolving environment and be capable of managing emerging knowledge and technologies, competing priorities, and changing politics. Additionally, the AVP promotes cohesion among the units and seamless collaboration around health and wellness; ensures the delivery of service with a multicultural wellness focus that is tailored for and responsive to the variety of student populations who seek these services (i.e., students of color, veterans, LGBTQ students, first-generation students, etc.); and collaborates with department leaders and university personnel on long-term facility maintenance, including renovation, expansion, replacement cycles, and ongoing maintenance.

The AVP develops and manages an annual operating budget of approximately $9 million and is responsible for 44 full-time staff and 5 part-time staff as well as several contingent staff, including four direct reports.

a. Manage the effective operation of the of the units that deliver health and wellbeing services to students fostering them to achieve success.

b. Evaluate the effectiveness of programs.

c. Direct the identification and resolution of barriers to student retention, making policy and procedural recommendations regarding student retention, and implementing programs to improve retention.

A range of $165-175k annually and full University benefits that include 22 days of annual leave, up to 14 holidays, personal and sick days; excellent health, life, and retirement plans; and tuition remission.