Boston Program Manager, Peer Health Exchange

Start Date: July 15, 2013

Location: Boston, MA

Description:

Peer Health Exchange (PHE), is a national non-profit organization that gives teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions. We do this by training college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public high schools that lack health education. Since our founding in 2003, we have trained more than 6,500 college student volunteers to deliver effective health education to over 72,000 public high school students in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Washington, DC. In 2011, we launched a four year Strategic Plan with three major priorities: deepening impact, investing in more robust program evaluation, and developing and testing additional methods for impact, all while serving 120,000 teens over the next four years. To achieve these priorities, we will grow from a staff of 40 and a budget of $9.5M today to a staff of over 100 and a budget of $14M in 2015.

The primary responsibilities of the Boston Program Manager will be to assist with the development, management, growth, and evaluation of the Boston program and support the Boston Program Director and Boston Executive Director. The Boston Program Manager reports to the Boston Program Director and works closely with the entire team. PHE will provide training, coaching and support to position high performing candidates in this role for increasing responsibility and program management opportunities within the organization.

This is a full-time position with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Responsibilities

The PHE Boston Program Manager will:

• Develop, manage, grow, and evaluate the PHE Program at two PHE Boston college sites by:

o Supervising volunteer recruitment and selection

o Leading the training of college students in leadership skills (managing a peer group), teaching skills (public speaking, facilitation, and classroom management), and health information

o Managing college student leaders on an ongoing basis

o Evaluating volunteer performance

o Collecting and reporting college volunteer data for program evaluation

o Attending PHE volunteer meetings on some weekday evenings and weekends

o Playing a supporting role in the development and execution of strategic investment work

o Performing administrative tasks as needed to support day-to-day program management

• Develop, manage, grow, and evaluate PHE Boston partner high schools by:

o Developing and maintaining partnerships with ten to fifteen Boston area public high schools

o Supervising the scheduling and teaching of PHE workshops in partner high schools

o Collecting and reporting data from teens and high school staff for program evaluation

o Attending PHE workshops in partner high schools on a weekly basis

• Support the PHE Boston Executive Director and Program Director by:

o Assisting to schedule workshop visits for key PHE stakeholders

o Helping to plan and prepare for city-wide events

o Representing PHE at community events as needed

Qualifications

Peer Health Exchange is looking for someone who:

• Is committed to the PHE mission

• Has a Bachelor's degree

• Has leadership experience supervising, managing, and training others

• Has excellent public speaking, writing, and editing skills

• Has excellent organizational skills and can successfully manage detailed logistics including workshop scheduling

• Has strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

• Has command of all Microsoft Office programs, especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

• Is efficient in managing diverse tasks, activities, and projects

• Is flexible and willing to work non-traditional hours as needed

• Is comfortable in a fast-paced, high energy, entrepreneurial environment

• Is a self-starter with a can-do attitude

• Is persistent and is comfortable problem solving in challenging circumstances

•Has experience working with underprivileged youth or in low-income public schools, ideally in Boston or similar urban areas

•Has an interest in growing within the organization