Program Manager I - Suicide Prevention Program

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Roles & Responsibilities: 

Full-time Program Manager to serve on the Brothers=Connect project, an upstream suicide prevention program for Black male teens ages 13-19 in Youth Basketball Leagues (i.e., YMCA), Boys & Girls Clubs, and other community-based organizations across New York City.  This 2- to 4-year position is funded from a grant from the Dayton Foundation. 

The Program Manager needs strong community engagement experience to facilitate culturally tailored programs to reduce suicidal behavioral among Black male youth. Experience conducting human subjects research is required. The candidate must have strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, comfort discussing mental health topics including suicide, and demonstrated experience with youth, group facilitation, and passion for supporting mental health. This candidate should have demonstrated experience in group engagement and collaboration, with a particular focus on working with BIPOC boys in sports leagues and other community-based settings like barbershops, Boys & Girls Clubs,. Additionally, strong verbal and written communication skills are required.

As a part of the Brothers=Connect team, members enjoy the following:

• Being a part of a high-performing team and receiving support from training mentors
• Working in a stimulating environment
• Contributing to leading edge research with opportunities to contribute to publications and the development of new programs
• Be part of addressing major public and mental health problems in the US and promote positive youth development

• Serve as lead trainer for the adapted Brothers=Connect intervention and coordinate the implementation of Brothers=Connect across all sites
• Participate in Connect empowerment sessions & Adult session as facilitator
• Identify key stakeholders with whom to develop semi-structured interviews
• Oversee project budget, purchasing of equipment and supplies, coordinate scheduling of key informant interviews and Family-Connect training
• Maintain weekly calendar across all projects
• Convene weekly project meetings
• Coordinate scheduling of outcome assessments at three time points (baseline, post-test and 1-month follow-up)
• Monitor and supervise local data collection to ensure adherence to study protocols and data collection
• Supervise Research Assistants to conduct clinical assessments
• Work with Principal Investigator to provide safety assessments with the Stanley-Brown Safety Plan as needed
•  Attending weekend (Saturday or Sunday) Youth Basketball League games at least once every 2 months
• Capacity to deliver 2-hour Brothers=Connect training on a Saturday/Sunday/evenings
• Draft and submit Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocol submissions 
• Will at times require overnight travel to towns in New York State
• Work with Black teens and their families from varying socio-economic backgrounds 
• Lead and co-facilitate high energy, engaging trainings for youth and adults, with trainings occurring in person and online
• Effectively engage and recruit Youth Basketball Leagues, Boys & Girls Clubs, and other community-based organizations to participate in Brothers=Connect
• Evaluate and recommend training methods and prevention messaging activities
• Develop communication tools for informing Community-Based Organization (CBO) leadership and other community members about new training opportunities. 
• Advise churches and participants through program requirements, developing relationships with key personnel. Support participants in working with messaging and prevention activities.
• Develop community engagement and recruitment protocols for entire team to use designed to expand reach and program impact
• Assist in training new trainers and preparing small group leaders to lead discussions
• Provide research and administrative support to team as needed
• Be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Be proficient in Zoom, Google Docs/Forms/Slides, and additional platforms such as Canva, Mentimeter, Filmora, etc.
• Utilize Qualtrics or other web-based survey platforms to administer research surveys
• Submit receipts and consultation pay order forms for subjects' participation
• Assist with subject recruitment and payment, data entry / analysis, and manuscript preparation
• Participate in writing grants, academic papers, and other program materials, as needed
• Assist in the development / refinement of community mental health referral guides

• Bachelors degree or greater preferred, or a combination of applicable experience and educa