Peer Leadership Fellows Wellness Cohort Coordinator

Looking for a role where your work truly matters? Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Teen Engagement, the Peer Leadership Fellows Wellness Cohort Coordinator is responsible for the management of the Peer Wellness Cohort of the Peer Leadership Fellows, a national model for peer-to-peer relational engagement and empowering teens to reduce stigma within the Jewish community and among their peers around mental health and wellness.

The Peer Wellness Cohort Coordinator works in partnership with the Director of Teen Programs and the Assistant Director of Teen Engagement serving a premiere group of teen leaders, selected through a coordinated application process each spring, representing communities throughout Greater Boston. The Coordinator’s responsibilities include facilitation of monthly workshops, working with Fellows in grades 10 through 12, and involvement in strategic decisions for the program as a whole.

JCC Greater Boston is deeply committed to valuing and celebrating the uniqueness of each constituent. We welcome staff and participants from diverse backgrounds. While being proudly Jewish, we strive in every way to provide an open and welcoming setting for all, irrespective of personal practices, beliefs, or background. We are guided by JCC Greater Boston’s core values - Belonging, Joyfulness, Collaboration, and Transformation - which resonate with many who do not identify as Jewish.

Primary responsibilities include, and are not limited to:

• Serve as coordinator/lead trainer/facilitator for PLF Wellness Cohort.
• Bi-weekly check-ins with each Fellow (support, mentorship, planning, evaluation): one phone/Zoom call & one text message or email exchange per month.
• Implement strategies and systems, as needed, to support Fellows’ program planning work and timely completion of identified deliverables.
• Maintain regular communication with Fellows, families and community partners as needed.
• Schedule and administer make-up opportunities for Fellows as necessary.
• Facilitate relationship-building within the Wellness Cohort and between members of the Wellness Cohort and Engagement Cohort.

• Coordinate scheduling of PLF training seminars/gatherings with PLF Team.
• Coordinate calendar of PLF Wellness Cohort-led communal programming.
• Update curriculum in consultation with Assistant Director of Teen Engagement;
• Secure/coordinate meeting space for training seminars and meetings if separate from Engagement Cohort schedule.
• Coordinate weekly email communication to Fellows, including content such as meeting reminders, links to upcoming events to share with Fellows’ social networks, useful info, etc. (email, social, group text).
• Maintain a current record/schedule of Fellows’ work, attendance and feedback.
• Manage spring recruitment, application, and interview process with PLF team.

• Provide monthly strategic updates on programming, data collection and other relevant information to Assistant Director of Teen Engagement.
• Administer content calendar to share Fellows’ work and programming (web/blog/social, partner orgs - with coordination with PLF team for posting on JCC channels).
• Provide #Meet The Fellows Monday  content (of Wellness Fellows) to Assistant Director of Teen Engagement for posting on JCC social channels.
• Manage Fellows’ blog posts and content creation for  in partnership with Assistant Director of Teen Engagement.
• Take photos of cohort programming and members at training seminars and events to be added to JCC photo library and featured on JCC social channels.

• Meet with other community teen-serving colleagues to develop/strengthen partnership and opportunities for leadership at programming and events;
• Meet with and/or communicate with the Assistant Director of Teen Engagement to identify opportunities for connection and synergy with the Peer Engagement cohort (examples: Fellow designed programming to be included in relational outreach, etc), in addition to coordinating training space, logistics and food;
• Develop/strengthen relationships with teen-serving staff in the community.
• Meet with Director of Teen Programs…