PACEs Community,
Please see the below job posting that is on Idealist and share with any great candidates who come to mind!
POSITION OVERVIEW
La Maida Project (LMP) is working to rewrite the story of health and well-being by promoting a view of mental health that is trauma-informed and takes the whole person and their environment into account. Grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and public health, the La Maida Project approach is based around preventative, upstream solutions that are being expressed in real-world projects and programs.
The Program Facilitator supports the delivery of LMP’s program content and implementation; prioritizing program objectives and production of high-quality work products. The Program Facilitator is responsible for planning, implementing, and facilitating LMP’s programs under the supervision of LMP staff.
The Program Facilitator works independently and collaboratively with LMP staff to support the development and implementation of programs and data collection for programmatic evaluations. Other responsibilities include serving as an effective LMP representative and establishing and maintaining partnerships to advance LMP’s mission to change systems and culture.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Facilitate short-form and long-form programs and workshops with diverse audiences
- Facilitate programs virtually and in-person
- Participate in post-program debrief meetings with the LMP team
- Assist in the development of new programs and update existing programs for continuous improvement
- Assist with post-program reporting and evaluations
- Engage in national, state, and local-level relationship building to increase LMP’s visibility and ensure strategic programmatic and organizational growth.
Specific Requirements Include:
- 5+ years in-person facilitation experience
- 2+ years of virtual facilitation experience utilizing platforms such as Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, etc
- Experience delivering material utilizing trauma-informed practices, and healing human-centered modalities
- Demonstrated understanding of current and emerging mental health and public health issues
- Extensive experience working with marginalized communities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with exceptional attention to details
- Self-motivated, able to balance multiple and competing priorities or deadlines, excellent organizational skills, and ability to track multiple projects/programs tasks
- Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and passion for LMP’s mission to address the mental health crisis via systemic and cultural shifts
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bilingual with the ability to facilitate programming in Spanish
- Strong knowledge of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices
- Residing in the Greater Los Angeles, California area
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