Consultant, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

🕒 October 1

☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $72k - $104k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💼 Consultant

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The Jed Foundation (JED)

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1998

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

🤝 Non-profit

Healthcare • Consulting • Non-profit

The Jed Foundation (JED) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting emotional health and preventing suicide among teens and young adults. It provides resources and programs to equip young people with the skills and support they need to thrive and address mental health challenges. JED partners with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance misuse, and suicide prevention programs. The foundation also focuses on community mobilization to raise awareness and encourage action for young adult mental health. Through educational resources, training programs, and collaborations, JED aims to create a supportive environment for youth mental well-being.

📋 Description

• Support recruitment efforts to build a portfolio of approximately 30 partner high schools across Washington State • Develop and execute outreach strategies to identify, engage, and onboard new partner schools and districts • Build relationships with prospective school and district contacts and articulate JED’s value proposition and program offerings • Track recruitment pipeline and progress toward the 30-school portfolio target and report to JED leadership • Build relationships with contacts within the assigned Washington school portfolio • Assist schools in developing and executing strategic plans and measuring mental health promotion efforts • Provide ongoing support on mental health promotion, suicide prevention, substance use programming, services, and policies • Serve as a resource consultant to schools, school systems, and JED program staff • Conduct programmatic reviews of internal systems within a portfolio of schools • Analyze student data and draft feedback reports and executive summaries • Benchmark school work against a measurement rubric and aid ongoing assessment • Use Salesforce to record and codify school contacts, progress, interventions, and resource utilization • Monitor engagement progress, oversee project timelines, and ensure program milestones are met • Provide expertise on PK-12 school mental health and suicide prevention best practices • Support content development and facilitate convenings, learning series, trainings, workshops, and educational programming • Collaborate with JED leadership and teams on education programming, consulting projects, advocacy, recruiting, and community engagement

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of master’s level training in education, educational leadership, counseling, psychology, social work, or related field required • At least 5-7 years professional experience working within, or in direct partnership with PK-12 schools and school districts • Strong technical knowledge of school-based mental health, Social Emotional Learning, suicide prevention, and substance use prevention • Deep knowledge of PK-12 school systems and systems-level change, including data, daily operations, and the current educational landscape • Strong research, analytical, and critical thinking abilities • Experience leading, building, and managing secondary education programs and collaborating with education leaders • Excellent verbal communication • Excellent written communication and report-style drafting experience • Excellent presentation skills and comfort presenting to large groups, including senior leadership • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills • Experience establishing new partnerships and identifying new business opportunities • Ability to travel across Washington State and to JED headquarters in NYC regularly, up to 30% travel • Must reside within Washington State and within approximately 60 minutes' commuting distance from an airport • Experience in school or system-level leadership preferred • Experience in research and evaluation methodology strongly preferred • Experience with Asana, Salesforce, or other CRM and project management systems strongly preferred • LPC, MSW, MPH, MEd, and early to mid-career PhD degree-holders are encouraged to apply

🏖️ Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment • Remote work from Washington State • Opportunity for long-term employment beyond the initial two-year grant funding window • Travel to conferences, regional internal meetings, partner schools and districts, and JED headquarters in NYC

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