The Senior Coordinator for Student Athlete Mental Health (“Senior Coordinator”) at Colorado State University coordinates a comprehensive approach to supporting student athletes as they navigate their lives and sport with the intent to maximize their functionality to the highest levels in their personal, academic, and athletic experiences.

Student athletes have diverse needs. They have the same developmental tasks, stressors, transition difficulties, and risks as other Colorado State University students. In addition, they face pressures related to athletic performance, time and life balance, and, maintaining the personal and academic standards expected of them as representatives of Colorado State University.

The Senior Coordinator position is a fundamental collaboration between the CSU Health Network and the Athletic Department to provide mental health services for student athletes. The position will utilize the resources and services available to all students but specifically addresses the need to have a staff person on site that understands the culture, climate, rigors, and challenges of student athletes. Providing specialized counseling support for athletes is emerging as a best practice to quickly assess and respond to the needs of athletes as they enter and develop in their programs.

The vision is to develop and implement a continuum of services for the student athletes that increases positive performance, resiliency, coping strategies, stress management, and early identification of mental health and substance use difficulties. As well as providing direct service that includes assessment, counseling and referral to more intensive services as needed.

This position works collaboratively with CSU Athletics, CSU Health Network Services (including Health Education and Prevention Services, Counseling Services, DAY Programs, Psychiatry, and Primary Care) in addition to other Student Affairs and University staff.

This is a 12-month, full-time, exempt, Administrative Professional position reporting directly to the Director of Counseling Services, CSU Health Network. The position also has a reporting line with the Senior Associate Athletic Director (AD) for Health and Performance. This position requires travel and/ or varied work hours to include some nights and weekends.

For a full position description and instructions on how to apply, see https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/108112.

For full consideration, complete applications must be received by 11:59 pm Mountain Time on Sunday, July 31, 2022.

CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on all final candidates.

• Five years of full-time post clinical master’s degree experience
• Demonstrated commitment to, knowledge of, and experience with culturally diverse communities on a university campus
• Prior professional experience in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating programs
• Demonstrated experience working with students