Consultant, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention (NYC)

The Jed Foundation•New York, NY

8d•$80,000 - $115,000•Remote

About The Position

The Consultant, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention is a member of the High School Programs team within JED’s School Programs and Consulting division. This role is an excellent opportunity for experienced student affairs practitioners and/or mental health clinicians seeking to utilize their talents on a national level. The Consultant will aid in the creation and implementation of strategic plans for partner high schools, supporting student mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention efforts. This involves reviewing school processes, programs, and protocols, and analyzing school-specific data to inform strategies and guidance. The Consultant’s expertise in mental health, educational environments, and systems will be applied to program delivery for school leadership. The role requires skills in relationship management, problem identification and solving, and resource development, alongside providing guidance and technical assistance in school mental health. The Consultant will report to a Senior Consultant or Senior Director and collaborate with the JED team. This is a remote position for an individual located in the NYC Tri-State Area, residing within commuting distance of NYC and an airport for national travel. The consultant must be able to travel to partner high school campuses, conferences, and regional internal meetings (up to 30% travel).

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, required.
Deep knowledge of PK-12 school systems and systems-level change, including data, daily operations, and the current educational landscape, especially for higher education leaders, required.
Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook and strong problem-solving skills.
Strong research, analytical, and critical thinking abilities, and the ability to analyze and apply data to draw meaningful conclusions.
Experience leading, building, and managing secondary education programs and collaborating with education leaders.
Excellent verbal communication.
Excellent written communication with experience in drafting report-style formats, with attention to detail.
Excellent presentation skills with experience and comfort presenting to large groups, including senior leadership.
Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, including comfort with establishing new partnerships, identifying new business opportunities, and a history of maintaining high partner engagement.
Ability to travel to schools, conferences, and other JED engagements nationwide, as well as JED headquarters in NYC regularly (30% travel).

Nice To Haves

LPC, MSW, MPH, MED, and early to mid-career PhD degree-holders are encouraged to apply.
Experience in school or system-level leadership preferred.
Experience in research and evaluation methodology, strongly preferred.
Experience working with Asana, Salesforce or other CRM and project management systems strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with school contacts within your assigned portfolio (approx. 30 schools).
Assist schools in developing and executing strategic plans and measuring the efficacy of their mental health promotion efforts.
Provide ongoing support to participating JED schools on mental health promotion, suicide and substance abuse 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 of assigned schools to inform support provided.
Draft feedback reports and executive summaries for school stakeholders.
Aid schools in ongoing assessment of their efforts and benchmark their work against a measurement rubric.
Utilize Salesforce to record and codify contacts with participating schools, tracking progress, intervention types, and resource utilization.
Build and maintain positive and effective working relationships with high school and district faculty, staff, and leaders.
Monitor an institution’s progress throughout the engagement lifecycle.
Oversee project timelines and ensure schools meet program milestones.
Assist institutions with internal project management related to accomplishing goals in the implementation phase of JED’s High School Program and other programming.
Serve as content expert regarding best practices in policies, procedures, and practices in PK-12 school mental health and suicide prevention related to JED’s comprehensive approach core domains.
Act as both an advisor and subject matter expert during all phases of JED’s High School and related programs.
Maintain current knowledge about best practices related to unique school district and school types and contexts.
Support content development of and facilitate convenings, learning series, and related activities surrounding specific topics affecting PK-12 institutions.
Collaborate with leadership to update programmatic materials such as assessment tools, measurement tools, deliverables, and implementation tools.
Work closely with the Senior Consultants, Senior Directors, and other leadership of the JED School Programs Division on assigned projects, team culture, and other key areas related to education programming.
Provide technical and analytical support to Senior Consultants and other team members conducting external consulting projects.
Assist in the curation and development of mental health support and suicide prevention activities, materials, presentations, and other related resources.
Support internal JED functions by leveraging expertise to assist with other mental health and related projects.
Assist with the delivery of training, workshops, and other educational programming for partners.
Perform other duties, as assigned, by JED leadership related to education programming and projects.