Community Program Peer Network Coordinator- Headquarters Advisor

About the role

The Health Research and Analytics (HRA) business line is seeking a highly motivated, full-time Community Program Peer Network Coordinator Component Headquarters Advisor (CPPNC-CHA) to support U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

Responsibilities

• Serves as a liaison for USSOCOM and advisor for Component CPPNCs
• Affirms, plans, implements, coordinates, and monitors community and peer mentoring programs to enhance service member and family well-being, reduce help-seeking behavior stigma, and prevent suicides
• Advises on development of broad and comprehensive policy and procedural reviews of region-wide and component-wide community and peer mentoring programs to evaluate efficacy of programs and provide recommendations for improvement
• Affirms needs, evaluates efficacy, and implements programs in partnership with Echelon III commands
• Serves as advisory role for planning, executing, and continuously improving peer mentorship programs and collaborates with Operations Officers, Command Leadership, and family support coordinators among others to understand Component needs and resource availability/constraints to facilitate program execution
• Collaborates with Service representatives, multidisciplinary professional staff, and other service providers within the Services, DoD, and civilian sector to align programs with other existing programs, evaluate utilization, and obtain input for areas of improvement
• Affirms training and consultation for peer mentors which may include travel to other Component locations to meet with new volunteers and staff and the commands they support and to provide consultation and training to CPPNCs throughout the Component Commands
• Serves as communication link between multiple components levels of CPPNCs and HQ USSOCOM
• Coordinates 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
• Coordinates with a variety of Service, DoD, and civilian programs, including installation family and social service agencies, chaplains, benevolent/charitable organizations, and others
• Provides force wide and region wide training and consultation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in education, human/social services or related field or four years’ experience in providing social service education or work/family life consultation or coordination services
• At least four years’ experience coordinating social service education programs
• Prior training or willing to receive specialized training on peer support counseling, community resources and referrals and suicide prevention, and keep abreast of DoD, Services, and community sponsored resources intended to promote the wellbeing of service members and their families