Youth Education Coordinator

**Hours**: The position offers up to 28 hours per week or 56 hours per biweekly pay period. This is an ongoing, seasonal position generally active between September to June. **Wage Grid**: $25.00 – 31.00/hour **Reports to**: Operations Manager or designate The Youth Education Coordinator plays a key coordination and program leadership role in advancing NEED2’s mission by supporting an accessible, high-quality, and responsive Youth Education Program. Working under the direction and oversight of the Operations Manager, the Youth Education Coordinator supports the planning, coordination, delivery, evaluation, supervision, and ongoing development of NEED2’s Youth Education Program. Programming is delivered primarily in school settings and may also be delivered in community-based settings through partnerships with schools, community organizations, youth-serving agencies, and other groups identified by NEED2. This role includes direct supervision of Education Program Facilitators and volunteers, workshop scheduling and logistics, supporting program quality and consistency, school and community engagement, and supporting the long-term growth, sustainability, reach, and impact of NEED2’s Youth Education Program. **Required Qualifications** * Commitment to NEED2’s mission, vision, and values, including ongoing learning in mental health, suicide prevention, youth wellbeing, equity, inclusion, and social justice. * Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as Child and Youth Care, Social Work, Education, Counselling, Psychology, Mental Health, Public Health, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. * Current ASIST certification completed within the past eighteen (18) months, or ability to obtain ASIST certification as a condition of employment within the timeline required by NEED2 and in accordance with NEED2 policy. * Minimum two (2) years of supervisory experience, including experience providing direction, coaching, scheduling, training, feedback, and/or evaluation to staff, volunteers, facilitators, students, or team members in school-based, community-based, or multi-site program settings. * Strong facilitation skills and experience facilitating groups of varying demographics and ages, including youth in elementary, middle, secondary, community, independent/private, alternative, and/or other school or community-based settings. * Demonstrated ability to facilitate sensitive conversations related to mental health, suicide, stigma, help-seeking, coping, and support in a safe, respectful, age-appropriate, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive manner, including responding appropriately to disclosures, distress, risk, or emotionally sensitive situations involving youth and community participants. * Working knowledge of suicide prevention principles, mental health promotion, mindfulness practices, crisis response pathways, duty to report obligations, and appropriate referral/resource navigation.