Community Program Peer Network Coordinator Component Headquarters Advisor –

Loyal Source; Mary Esther (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Loyal Source seeks a seasoned program advisor to serve as a liaison for USSOCOM and advisor for CPPNCs, coordinating community and peer mentoring programs to improve quality of life and reduce stigma and suicides. You will work with Echelon III commands, family support coordinators, and DoD partners to plan, execute, and refine regional initiatives.

Responsibilities include training peer mentors, preparing force-wide reports, and ensuring alignment with existing services while providing guidance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree 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.

Education

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

Job description

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.

Qualifications

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

Experience

• Four years of experience in providing social service education or work/family life consultation or coordination services.
• Minimum of four years of experience coordinating social service education programs.

About Loyal Source

Loyal Source provides healthcare and technology solutions designed to improve outcomes and support mission-critical operations. Guided by innovation and purpose, we help organizations achieve success across complex challenges worldwide. Loyal Source is a military friendly employer and proud partner of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership program.

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