Peer Intervention Trainer - Full-time
Location: Texas, Colorado, or willing to travel
Compensation: This position is for those who are looking to provide suicide prevention training services full-time, with project management and community engagement tasks when not conducting training. Compensation will depend on location, experience, and volume of services provided. The range is 70-85k.
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. We are currently seeking trainers to work on a contract basis, as well as for part-time and/or full-time training positions, depending on location. We encourage you to apply and indicate in your cover letter whether you are interested in contract, part-time, or full-time positions.
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
*Full-time positions will also entail some project management and community engagement*
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 Americanshelp each otherprevent 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
Project
Management / Community Engagement:
- Strong organization skills and ability to independently
manage training schedules and coordination with multiple partners and
entities (i.e, shooting ranges, gun clubs, entities that have similar
mission sets, community members, military families, etc.)
- Excellent
networking skills and ability to develop, manage, and oversee public engagement
strategies
- Cultivate
relationships and serve as the main point of contact across diverse military
communities to provide new opportunities for community members to engage with
the Overwatch Project
- Ability
to prioritize deadlines, event dates, travel logistics, venue logistics, and
other targets on multiple efforts simultaneously
- Remains
cognizant of current projects, continually prioritizes projects by importance,
maintains effective time management skills on a daily basis, ensures all
statuses are up to date, and ensures communication of current project statuses
is communicated within the company system
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 full-time basis. Travel expenses will be paid by FORGE, and full-time positions are eligible for other benefits.
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!
