Consultant, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Washington.

📋 Description

• Assist in the recruitment of around 30 partner high schools throughout Washington State.

• Create and implement outreach strategies to discover, engage, and onboard new partner schools and districts.

• Establish and nurture relationships with school contacts and district leaders.

• Support schools in crafting and executing strategic initiatives for mental health promotion, suicide prevention, and substance use prevention.

• Provide continuous technical support, guidance, and resource consultation to JED schools and their respective systems.

• Perform programmatic assessments of school systems and evaluate student data.

• Prepare feedback reports and executive summaries for school stakeholders.

• Evaluate school efforts using a measurement rubric and assist with ongoing assessments.

• Utilize Salesforce to document school contacts, interventions, resource usage, and progress.

• Oversee engagement lifecycles, project timelines, milestones, and implementation objectives.

• Act as a subject matter expert on PK-12 school mental health and best practices in suicide prevention.

• Aid in the development of content, organization of convenings, learning series, training sessions, workshops, and educational programs.

• Collaborate with JED leadership and teams on consulting projects, analyses, reports, materials, and other mental health initiatives.

• Report to a Senior Consultant and work in partnership with the JED team.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of a master’s degree in education, educational leadership, counseling, psychology, social work, or a related field is required.

• At least 5–7 years of professional experience in or closely collaborating with PK-12 schools and school districts.

• Strong technical expertise in school-based mental health, Social Emotional Learning, suicide prevention, and substance use prevention.

• In-depth understanding of PK-12 school systems and systems-level change, including data, daily operations, and the current educational landscape.

• Excellent research, analytical, and critical thinking skills.

• Experience in leading, developing, and managing secondary education programs and working with education leaders.

• Outstanding verbal communication skills.

• Proficient written communication skills and experience in drafting reports.

• Strong presentation abilities and comfort in speaking to large audiences, including senior leadership.

• Exceptional interpersonal and relationship management skills.

• Track record of establishing new partnerships and identifying new business opportunities.

• Familiarity with Asana, Salesforce, or similar CRM and project management systems is highly preferred.

• Willingness to travel across Washington State and to JED headquarters in NYC regularly, with travel up to 30% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Permanent full-time position.

• Flexibility for remote work.

• Potential for long-term employment beyond the initial two-year grant funding period.

• Travel opportunities to partner schools, districts, conferences, regional internal meetings, and JED headquarters.