Peer Intervention Trainer - Contract-Based
Location: Texas, Colorado, or willing to travel
Compensation: This position is for those who are looking to provide suicide prevention training services on a contractual basis. Compensation will depend on location, experience, and volume of services provided.
Come
help us save lives! We’re seeking peer intervention trainers for the Overwatch
Project, our military and veteran suicide prevention initiative. The Overwatch
Project is building the equivalent of the “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive
Drunk” campaign for veterans and service members, only instead of talking about
alcohol and vehicles, we are focused on guns and suicide. Through this
evidence-based initiative, we save lives by transforming the conversation about
firearms and suicide prevention through a comprehensive peer-intervention
program that includes direct training and community engagement crafted in a
blunt, authentic voice.
What You’ll Do
Peer Intervention Trainers,
who report to the Executive Director, are responsible for the following:
- Deliver peer intervention training
presentations on firearms and suicide prevention for veterans, service members,
family members and others connected to the military and veteran community
- Deliver trainings to audiences that
range from 20-150+
- Manage training schedules and any
needed travel logistics
- Training schedule will depend on
location and availability of trainer
What Makes This A Great Opportunity
By joining The Overwatch Project / FORGE, you will be part of a
groundbreaking social enterprise, currently helping a wide range of Americans help
each other prevent firearm suicide and other gun deaths. You will be a key
member of our team, shaping how we deliver our nationally-recognized,
award-winning program. The Overwatch Project / FORGE is an equal
opportunity employer and we value having staff who come from communities that
are most impacted by our issue.
Requirements
Necessary
Skills, Experiences, and Qualities:
●Strong
presentation skills and dynamic, interactive training style
●Familiarity/experience
with peer intervention, the military/veteran community, and/or the firearms
community
●Comfortable
training and presenting in a variety of environments, including non-classroom
settings, such as gun ranges and outdoor events
●Ability
to respond nimbly and authentically in real time to complex questions and
concerns
●Strong
organization skills and ability to independently manage coordination with
multiple partners and entities
●Passionate
about equipping service members, veterans and those who care about them with
new tools to save lives and prevent firearms suicide
●Ability
to bring relentless optimism to the challenging topic of firearms suicide
prevention
Personality Traits
●Self-starter
●Purpose-driven
●Resilient
to challenging material (e.g. descriptions of self-harm ideation)
●Ability
to listen and respond with empathy to the experiences of others
●Skilled
with people
●Positive
energy
●Love
of innovation and belief in its ability to solve some of the world’s biggest
problems
Benefits
We are currently seeking trainers to work on a contract basis. Travel
expenses will be paid by FORGE.
HOW TO APPLY
On the next page, please upload your résumé and cover letter detailing your training/presenting experience and why you would like to be a part of the Overwatch Project / FORGE team. Additionally, we ask you to upload a video of you training, presenting, or speaking; if you don't have any footage of you speaking to a group, we encourage you to tape a short cell phone video where you share why you are passionate about suicide prevention and this role.
We look forward to getting to know you!
