Function: Counselling, Mentoring & Wellbeing Department: Dean Student Affairs

Location:
Lucknow Campus Role Overview We are looking for an experienced and empathetic Assistant Director – Student Wellbeing to lead student counselling, mentoring, wellbeing initiatives, and life-skills development. The role will ensure confidential, accessible, and timely support for students while establishing effective systems for identifying and managing at-risk cases.

Key Responsibilities
1. Counselling & Mental Health Services
• Oversee individual and group counselling services for students.
• Ensure confidential case management, timely appointments and appropriate follow-ups.
• Identify students requiring specialised intervention and facilitate referrals to clinical or medical professionals. 2. Student Wellbeing Programme Development
• Design and implement a semester-wise student wellbeing calendar.
• Organize mental health awareness sessions, stress-management workshops, resilience-building programmes and hostel wellbeing seminars 3. Life Skills & Personality Development
• Lead general proficiency, life-skills and personality-development initiatives.
• Organize soft-skills, communication,



interpersonal effectiveness and emotional intelligence workshops.
• Develop programmes focused on confidence-building, decision-making, leadership and personal development. 4. Crisis Management & Interdepartmental Coordination
• Establish transparent crisis-response and student referral protocols.
• Coordinate with the Discipline & Student Conduct Cell, Hostel Wardens, Student Care and University Medical Centre.
• Ensure timely identification, documentation and escalation of at-risk cases.
• Immediately escalate safety-related concerns to the Associate Director – Student Welfare and Dean – Students' Affairs. Eligibility Criteria Educational Qualification
• Master's degree or Ph.
D. in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counselling, or a related discipline.
• Professional certification/licensure in counselling or clinical psychology is desirable. Experience
• Minimum 8–10 years of relevant experience in student counselling, mental health services, or wellbeing programme management.
• Experience in a higher education or clinical setting is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in team leadership and managing student wellbeing programmes.

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