Community & Peer Mentoring Programs Lead

Loyal Source; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyal Source is seeking a program coordinator to serve as liaison for USSOCOM and advisory support for CPPNCs across components. You will help plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor community and peer mentoring programs with emphasis on quality of life and suicide prevention.

The role requires collaboration with Echelon III commands and other DoD/ civilian partners, plus training of peer mentors and preparing reports for leadership. On-site work in Fayetteville, NC is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in education, human/social services or related field.
• Willingness to receive specialized training on peer support counseling, community resources and referrals, and suicide prevention.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a liaison for USSOCOM and advisor for Component CPPNCs.
• Apply a collaborative team approach to assess, plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor community and peer mentoring programs aimed at increasing quality of life, reducing stigma, and reducing suicides within the USSOCOM community.
• Advise on the development of broad and comprehensive policy and procedural reviews of region-wide and component-wide community and peer mentoring programs to evaluate efficacy and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Work with Echelon III commands to assess needs, evaluate efficacy, and implement programs.
• Serve in an advisory role for planning, executing, and continuously improving peer mentorship programs.
• Collaborate with Operations Officers, Command Leadership, and family support coordinators to understand component needs and resource availability/constraints for program execution.
• Coordinate with service representatives, multidisciplinary professional staff, and other service providers within the Services, DoD, and civilian sector to align programs with existing ones, evaluate utilization, and identify improvement areas.
• Assist in training Peer mentors, including traveling to other Component locations to meet with new volunteers and staff and provide consultation and training to CPPNCs throughout Component Commands.
• Serve as a communication link between multiple components levels of CPPNCs and HQ USSOCOM.
• Work with regional, component, and command CPPNCs to aggregate, prepare, and submit formal reports using input from all CPPNCs and command leadership to provide force-wide and regional programmatic feedback.
• Coordinate routinely with a variety of Service, DoD, and civilian programs, including installation family and social service agencies, chaplains, benevolent/charitable organizations, and others.
• Provide force-wide and region-wide training and consultation.
• Be on staff of GO/FO level command and typically work with the Component Preservation of the Force and Family Director.

Skills

Program coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Education & training

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in education, human/social services or related field

Job description

Loyal Source is seeking a program coordinator to serve as liaison for USSOCOM and advisory support for CPPNCs across components. You will help plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor community and peer mentoring programs with emphasis on quality of life and suicide prevention.

The role requires collaboration with Echelon III commands and other DoD/ civilian partners, plus training of peer mentors and preparing reports for leadership. On-site work in Fayetteville, NC is expected.