Associate, Youth Mental Health

Peer Health Exchange, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Peer Health Exchange is seeking a Mental Health Coordinator to support the Youth Mental Health Corp across 16 states and to design, develop, and implement a Leadership Fellows Program. This is a full‑time, remote position reporting to the Director of School‑Based Programs, with light domestic travel.

You will create monthly virtual spaces, use LMS for training, provide coaching on near‑peer mentoring and youth advocacy, and build relationships with AmeriCorps partners while tracking attendance

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience implementing programs and increasing community mental health awareness.
• Willing and able to work remotely.
• Attentive to detail and efficient in managing diverse tasks.
• Ability to facilitate virtually for large groups.
• Strong alignment with PHE’s mission and values.

Responsibilities

• Create a collective experience for the Youth Mental Health Corp across 16 states.
• Design and host monthly virtual spaces to foster supportive relationships and celebrate successes.
• Utilize LMS for synchronous and asynchronous training and professional development resources.
• Provide training and coaching on near‑peer mentoring, mental health education skills, and youth advocacy.
• Provide access to mental health supports and resources.
• Create monthly feedback mechanisms for YMHC to voice needs and thoughts.
• Build relationships and conduct in‑person visits with AmeriCorps programs, host sites, and members.
• Track member attendance data and exit surveys.
• Co‑design leadership curriculum and develop the Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows Program.
• Lead fellowship meetings and manage exit survey data.

Skills

Remote work

Program management

Facilitation

Communication

Youth advocacy

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Social Work, Education, or similar

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

Start Date: October, 2026

End Date: September 2027

Location: Remote / Virtual / Work from Home**

** Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to one of the following states within 30 days: California, Illinois, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, New York, Georgia,

Salary Range: Approx. Low to mid $60,000s

Hiring Manager: Cynthia Diaz, Director School-Based Programs

Organization Description

Peer Health Exchange (PHE) is a national non‑profit organization that creates education opportunities for peers to share the tools and resources young people need to make healthy decisions. Since 2003, we have trained more than 15,000 college students to deliver in‑person health education to over 188,000 high school‑aged young people in communities across the country. In response to the COVID‑19 pandemic, we re‑designed our in‑person programming to be delivered virtually and partnered with high school students to understand their mental health needs. Following that collaboration, we launched our app selfsea.org for young people ages 13 – 18. In the past year, we’ve expanded from two in‑person program models to five in‑person and digital program offerings and we are continuing to grow! Our mission is critical, our team is diverse, and our work is vibrant. Check us out on TikTok @peerhealthexchange!

Learn more about our responsiveness and shift to digital in this article co‑authored by our colleagues “Youths Know What They Need to Support Their Mental Health”!

About the role

As the Mental Health Coordinator you will support the Community Partnerships Team in creating a collective experience for the Youth Mental Health Corp across 16 states (AR,CA,CO,CT,IA,KY,MD,MI,NV,NJ,NY,NC,OR,TX,UT,VA) and design, develop and implement a Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows Program. You will report directly to the Director, School-Based Programs.

About the Community Partnerships team

The Community Partnerships team promotes equity in access to health education by supporting and amplifying youth voice through the regional Youth Advisory Boards and partnering with schools and communities across the county to deliver a culturally responsive curriculum in service of young people.

Here’s what you should know:

This is a full‑time, salaried position working remote/virtual/from home. This position requires light domestic travel.

Here’s what you will do as part of our team:

Create a collective experience for the Youth Mental Health Corp across 16 states =

• Design and host monthly virtual spaces to foster supportive relationships, address challenges, and celebrate successes.
• Utilize Learning Management System (LMS)/digital platform for synchronous and asynchronous training and professional development resources.
• Provide training and coaching on: near‑peer mentoring, skills‑based mental health education skills, behavioral health field exploration, understanding secondary trauma and dealing with compassion fatigue, and youth advocacy.
• Provide access to mental health supports and resources
• Create monthly feedback mechanisms for YMHC to voice their needs/thoughts
• Build relationships and conduct in‑person visits with AmeriCorps programs, host sites, and members
• Track member attendance data and exit surveys

Co-Design, develop and implement a Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows Program.

• Support the Fellows nomination process
• Co‑design leadership and development curriculum
• Identify certification programs for Youth Mental Health Corp Leadership Fellows
• Implement outreach plan among the entire Youth Mental Health Corp member community to recruit Leadership Fellows
• Lead fellowship meetings
• Collect and manage exit survey data for fellowship meetings

What you’ll bring to the table:

Minimum qualifications:

• 2 years of experience implementing programs and increasing community mental health awareness,
• Willing and able to work remotely
• Attentive to detail and efficient in the management of diverse tasks
• Ability to virtually facilitate to a large group of individuals
• Demonstrate a strong passion for PHE’s mission to build healthier communities with young people; strong alignment with PHE’s core values of Health Equity, Commitment, Communication, Agency, and Impact
• Centers youth inclusion, community partnership, and equity work visibly, broadly, in action in part through deep listening and hearing with a lens of

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Social Work, Education, or similar
• Previous Americorps member experience preferred

Your turn! We’d like to learn about you.

Please submit your resume and cover letter telling us why you are interested in our team and this role!

At Peer Health Exchange, we celebrate difference and are committed to providing equitable opportunities, addressing the effects of power and privilege. PHE is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, physical disability, veteran status or length of time spent unemployed. We want to empower people to change lives!

Note:

Peer Health Exchange reserves the right to add additional duties, as needed. All Peer Health Exchange employees are encouraged to be flexible and responsive to changes in scope of duties.