Manager- Student Life (Wellness Program)

GITAM Deemed University · India

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide confidential one-on-one counselling to students experiencing emotional, academic, relational, or any other psychological concerns.
• Provide support to students or staff for short-term personal counselling.
• Conduct psychological assessments and identify risk levels
• Handle red-flag and crisis cases in coordination with parents (when appropriate), faculty and other mental health professionals.
• Maintain accurate and confidential case documentation in line with professional ethical standards.
• Be accessible and responsive to urgent student support needs.
• Design and conduct campus-wide mental health awareness and emotional wellness campaigns.
• Manage the implementation of student orientation/induction programs within the campus with the aim to familiarize new students with the wellness initiative and enable students, faculty and staff to understand the importance of mental health.
• Manage the implementation of student counselling guidelines and development programs to help students in their overall experience.
• Manage the Directorate of Student Life’s ongoing relationship with external mental health service provider.
• Help conduct sensitization programs for faculty, academic mentors, residence management team and other staff to help them identify early warning signs.
• Provide periodic reports on trends and preventive strategies.

Qualification & Experience:

• Master’s degree in psychology/ clinical psychology / counselling psychology (mandatory)
• 3-5 years of work experience in Counselling and mental health roles (preferably in a youth-focused setting).
• Criteria for experience can be relaxed if the quality of experience is good and organization where experience is gained is relevant.
• Strong understanding of crisis intervention and ethical counselling practices.
• Fluency in English is mandatory (additional regional language proficiency is an advantage).