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 explicit 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.

📌 Assistant Director - Student Welfare (Unnao)
🏢 Chandigarh University Uttar Pradesh
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