Peer Wellness Coach

Not Remote

Applicants must:
- Be dedicated and enthusiastic about supporting others.
- Be committed to creating a safe and welcoming environment for coworkers and peers.
- Be willing to learn, ask questions, and seek information.
- Possess good communication and listening skills.
- Have strong time management and organization skills for balancing responsibilities.
- Be passionate about holistic approaches to health and wellbeing.
- Be attentive and patient.
- Be creative and willing to take initiative.
- Be interested in developing and delivering wellbeing programming to a wide range of audiences.
- Be able to work collaboratively with others.

Students eligible for hire will demonstrate an interest in developing:
- Motivational interviewing and other evidence-based coaching skills.
- Strong interpersonal listening and communication skills.
- Leadership and group facilitation skills.
- Ability to self-reflect and grow from feedback.
- Management of multiple priorities and commitments.
- Knowledge of resources available at UW-Madison.

Peer Wellness Coaches work independently and collaboratively with Professional Wellbeing Staff and the Peer Wellness Coach team to provide wellness coaching on campus with Recreation & Wellbeing at UW-Madison.

Following an in-depth training, wellness coaches will work directly with individual student coaching clients and complete administrative and logistical tasks to support this work. In addition, wellness coaches will work together to meet wellbeing campus requests that arise throughout the year by facilitating workshops, tabling at events, and providing group coaching.

Position Duties:
- Contribute to a safe environment for all students and staff to feel a sense of belonging.
- Support student coaching clients in individual conversations, small groups, and workshop settings.
- Use motivational interviewing skills and counseling techniques to guide conversations.
- Help to meet wellbeing campus needs throughout the year through workshops, event support, and group coaching.
- Develop professional relationships with student clients, coworkers, and campus partners.
- Share information about resources on campus to support wellbeing.
- Complete appropriate documentation and process for all work-related activities.
- Complete daily operational items for Peer Wellness Coaching Program (e.g. respond to individual student coaching emails).
- Participate fully in initial and ongoing training on wellbeing content, coaching skills, and professional development.
- Think critically about how students identities impact their experiences at UW-Madison.
- Attend weekly team meetings throughout the fall and spring semesters.
- Obtain a First Aid/CPR/AED certification. We offer CPR courses at Rec Well.

Ability to stand or sit for long periods (e.g. during coaching meeting, workshop facilitation, or event support).

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/