Hawaii Statewide Outreach Manager

Lines for Life Job Description

Position Title:

Hawai'i Statewide Outreach Manager

Status:
Full-Time/Non-exempt

Reports To:

Maui Deputy Director of Operations and Statewide Community Engagement

Location:

Hawai'i

Compensation:
Starting salary for this position is $27/hour plus benefits. Additional compensation includes a $2.00/hour differential for employees with a Master’s degree. Additional details are provided below

Schedule:

Typical schedule is M-F with flexible weekend hours based on outreach meetings and events. This position will travel statewide with regular travel to Maui.

About the Organization:
Lines for Life is a regional non-profit dedicated to preventing substance abuse and suicide. We offer help and hope to individuals and communities and promote mental health for all. Our work addresses a spectrum of needs that include intervention, prevention, and advocacy. We educate, train, and advocate to prevent issues of substance abuse, mental illness, and thoughts of suicide from reaching crisis levels.

But when a crisis arises or support is needed, we are available 24/7/365 to intervene with personalized help.

About Youth Line:
Youth Line is a free peer-to-peer help, support, and crisis line for youth ages 10-24. For over 20 years, the Youth Line has helped support the mental wellness of young people, prevent youth suicide, and change culture around mental wellbeing through peer-to-peer mental health support. Teen and young adult volunteers and interns receive extensive training to serve as peer Crisis Intervention Specialists for other youth and are supervised by educated clinicians with extensive crisis experience.

The peer experience is critical: youth best understand the experience of their peers because they are living the same experience, uniquely situating them to provide meaningful, impactful support for youth in crisis.

Hawai'i Statewide Outreach Manager

Position Summary:

The Hawaii Statewide Outreach Manager collaborates with Youth Line Deputy Director and Youth Line National Director to lead statewide outreach, education, and community engagement efforts. This position develops and implements strategies to increase awareness of Youth Line services, promote youth mental health and suicide prevention, and strengthen partnerships with schools, youth-serving organizations, and community stakeholders throughout Hawai'i. This position supports other communication efforts that elevate the Youth Line profile in Hawai'i, including initiatives for social media, advertising and awareness campaigns.

This is a working manager position that combines relationship-building and direct outreach.

• Demonstrate the culture of Lines for Life by modeling behavior that supports the goals and philosophies of Lines for Life and Youth Line.
• Collaborate with Youth Line Maui Deputy Director to plan and implement statewide outreach and engagement strategies.
• Identify opportunities to expand awareness, utilization, and accessibility of Youth Line services throughout Hawaii.
• Assess community needs, service gaps, and emerging trends to inform outreach priorities and prevention efforts.
• Support the development, implementation, and evaluation of statewide outreach initiatives and programs.

• Develop and coordinate outreach activities that increase awareness of Youth Line, youth mental health resources, and suicide prevention services.
• Deliver presentations, trainings, workshops, and educational opportunities for youth, schools, families, and community organizations.
• Provide prevention education lessons for schools and in classrooms.
• Represent Youth Line at conferences, community events, coalition…