Director Of Student Wellness & Affairs

About IMG Academy
IMG Academy is the world’s leading sports education brand, providing a holistic education model that empowers student-athletes to win their future, preparing them for college and for life. IMG Academy provides growth opportunities for all student-athletes through an innovative suite of on-campus and online experiences:

• Boarding school and camps, via a state-of-the-art campus in Bradenton, Fla.
• Online coaching via the IMG Academy+ brand, with a focus on personal development through the lens of sport and performance
• Online college recruiting, via the NCSA brand, providing content, tools, coaching and access to a network of 40,000 college coaches

The Director, Student Wellness and Affairs develops, implements, and coordinates projects across the business that ensure coherence and alignment of best practices and response to intervention in the areas of conduct, wellness, and mental wellbeing. This position is responsible for fostering and implementing the IMG Academy wellness vision, which is focused on character development and personal formation while promoting the core values of IMG Academy. This position shall oversee all aspects of Student Wellness on campus, improve and implement the disciplinary policy found in the Student Handbook, and serve as the lead in communicating this initiative to the student body and staff.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide leadership and management for Deans of Students, Counselor(s), Academic Advisors, and Attendance office.
• Prepare, implement, and analyze data related to wellbeing across campus, this includes Johns Hopkins referrals, discipline committee oversight, and facilitation of the wellbeing committee.
• Oversee thorough and consistent investigations related to student concerns.
• In collaboration with the SVP, Head of School, review Discipline Committee recommendations and make determination.
• Partner closely with leadership from various departments on campus (Athletics, Student Life, Operations, etc.) on all items regarding student-athlete behavior, wellness and mental wellbeing.
• Responsible for implementation and tracking of individual student-athlete behavior plans assuring progress towards positive fit in the IMG Academy community.
• Responsible for communicating, verbally and in writing, the purpose and scope of strategic initiative work related to conditions of wellness.
• Educate campus and appropriate departments on discipline policies and procedures.
• Mitigate company risk by fair, consistent, clearly-communicated practices related to violations of Student handbook.
• Works in partnership to develop, review, revise, and/or clarify Academy policies related to student conduct, safety, etc., including an annual review of the student handbook.
• Responsible for the consistent enforcement of the Student Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Process across all departments.
• Partner with appropriate departments to provide professional development around areas of wellness, trauma informed practices, and intervention practices.
• Anticipate and mitigate potential barriers to the success of Student athletes; collaborate across departments to develop contingency plans that can help address problems that arise.
• Establish and maintain a strong culture of engagement, trust, and support with students, faculty, and parents through ongoing, proactive communication.
• Build and maintain honest and transparent relationships with parents of Student-athletes that are rooted in respect and care.
• Serve a primary liaison between Johns Hopkins and IMG Academy.
• Partner closely with leadership from various departments on campus (Athletics, Student Life, Operations, etc.) on all items regarding student-athlete behavior, wellness and mental wellbeing.
• Promote holistic student success and efforts that positively impact a sense of belonging within the IMG Academy community.
• Partner with law enforcement as necessary regarding matters of Student-athlete and/or camp wellness.
• Maintain appropriate records, documentation and correspondence relating to student-athletes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 5 years’ experience working with students grades 6 to 12.
• Experience managing a department.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Commitment to a highly collaborative approach to program development and implementation.
• Vital data analytic and assessment skills and orientation.
• In-depth knowledge of best practices in boarding school education and student affairs and a strong understanding of current and emergent issues relevant to students.
• A thorough understanding of Student development theories and their application to boarding school and developmental initiatives
• Has a track record of effective leadership and management that includes the professional development of staff and the ability to articulate clear expectations and give and receive timely feedback.
• Experience working on cross-institutional teams to solve complex challenges.
• Experience working with student conduct including organizational misconduct.
• Demonstrated group facilitation, curriculum/learning design experience.

Physical Demands and Work Environment
Ability to work flexible hours to include nights, and occasional weekends and holidays is required
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Background Requirements:

• Requires a background check upon offer
• Requires a drug test upon offer

Don’t meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfect with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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