Colorado Nonprofit Association

Healthy Relationships Educator (Full-Time, 32 Hours)

Who we are

Project PAVE provides early intervention and violence prevention programs in the Denver metro area to further our mission of “ending violence by empowering youth to build healthy relationships”. At PAVE, we integrate our experts in therapeutic support and our passionate team of educators to help our community heal from trauma, develop healthy relationship skills, and feel less isolated. ​For more information, please visit projectpave.org.

Project PAVE grounds all or our work in our mission and our organizational values: collaboration, compassion, inclusivity & equity, innovation and integrity. All PAVE team members impact the communities with which we work, move forward our mission and vision, and live out our organizational values. PAVE’s workplace offers high flexibility and autonomy combined with high accountability to job responsibilities, to colleagues, and to the youth and communities in which we work. As an organization, we place high value on working together as a team, offering support and care for each other, taking initiative, and personal and professional growth.

What you’ll do

As a Healthy Relationships Educator, you will be responsible for teaching PAVE’s education curricula, including Path to Healthy Relationships (PTHR), Brave Woman, and True Man, to under-served middle and high school students, coordinating community partnerships and outreach programs, and supporting our Youth Community Educator’s Program (YCEP). You will report to the Deputy Director of Programs and Clinical Supervision and work collaboratively with all staff members and volunteers to further PAVE’s mission. Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Plan, prepare, and provide accessible and engaging healthy relationships education (12-16 workshops a week) to middle and high school youth utilizing PAVE’s social-emotional educational curricula designed to help students develop healthy relationships with themselves and others, challenge rigid gender roles, and develop healthy emotional regulation and communication skills
• Sustain and grow positive, collaborative relationships with community partners
• Support PAVE’s YCEP program by integrating youth into our work, including co-facilitation; serve as a liaison to the school and community partners by coordinating youth-led workshops, activities, and projects within the community
• Participate in ongoing curriculum development for PAVE’s programs
• Track and document services data on a monthly basis
• Participate in the analysis and review of program evaluation data

What makes you a great candidate for this role

• At least two years of experience working or volunteering with under-served youth
• Demonstrated experience teaching workshops and/or facilitating groups; excellent presentation skills
• Self-motivation and initiative skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting or independently and manage multiple responsibilities and priorities with high attention to details and deadlines

Physical demands and work environment

• Classroom and office settings
• Lifting and carrying no more than 20 pounds at a time
• Walking, standing and moving for long periods of time