Consultant, Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

The Jed Foundation (JED)

. Build relationships with school contacts within an assigned portfolio of approximately 30 schools.

Posted 10/7/2026full-timeRemote • New York • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $80,000 - $115,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build relationships with school contacts within an assigned portfolio of approximately 30 schools.
Assist schools in developing and executing strategic plans and measuring the efficacy of mental health promotion efforts.
Provide ongoing support on mental health promotion, suicide and substance abuse programming, services, and policies.
Serve as a resource consultant to schools, school systems, and JED program staff.
Conduct programmatic reviews of internal systems within a portfolio of schools.
Analyze student data and draft feedback reports and executive summaries for school stakeholders.
Aid ongoing assessment and benchmark school work against a measurement rubric.
Use Salesforce to record and codify school contacts, progress, interventions, and resource utilization.
Build and maintain relationships with high school and district faculty, staff, and leaders.
Monitor engagement progress, oversee project timelines, and ensure program milestones are met.
Serve as a content expert on best practices in PK-12 school mental health and suicide prevention.
Advise and act as a subject matter expert during JED High School and related programs.
Maintain current knowledge of best practices across diverse school districts and school types.
Support content development and facilitate convenings, learning series, and related activities.
Collaborate on updates to assessment tools, measurement tools, deliverables, and implementation tools.
Support Senior Consultants, Senior Directors, and other JED leadership on education programming projects.
Provide technical and analytical support, including landscape analyses and report generation.
Curate and develop mental health and suicide prevention activities, materials, presentations, and resources.
Assist with training, workshops, and educational programming.
Perform other education programming and project duties assigned by JED leadership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of master’s level training in education, educational leadership, counseling, psychology, social work, or related field required; LPC, MSW, MPH, MED, and early to mid-career PhD degree-holders are encouraged to apply.
At least 5-7 years professional experience working within, or in direct partnership with PK-12 schools and school districts, with experience in school or system-level leadership preferred.
Strong technical knowledge of school based mental health, Social Emotional Learning, suicide prevention, and substance use prevention, required.
Deep knowledge of PK-12 school systems and systems-level change, including data, daily operations, and the current educational landscape, especially for higher education leaders, required.
Self-driven and results-oriented with a positive outlook and strong problem-solving skills.
Strong research, analytical, and critical thinking abilities, and the ability to analyze and apply data to draw meaningful conclusions.
Experience leading, building, and managing secondary education programs and collaborating with education leaders.
Excellent verbal communication.
Excellent written communication with experience in drafting report-style formats, with attention to detail.
Excellent presentation skills with experience and comfort presenting to large groups, including senior leadership.
Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills, including comfort with establishing new partnerships, identifying new business opportunities, and a history of maintaining high partner engagement.
Ability to travel to schools, conferences, and other JED engagements nationwide, as well as JED headquarters in NYC regularly (30% travel).