Program Coordinator, Peer Education and Student Engagement

What you'd do

• Develop and facilitate evidence-informed prevention education on healthy relationships, consent, respect, accountability, help-seeking, bystander engagement, and violence prevention in collaboration with the Associate Director.
• Develop outreach strategies and partnerships that expand participation in prevention education across student communities, organizations, and programs.
• Coordinate R-VOICE prevention events and educational programs, including guest speakers and Sexual Assault Awareness Month activities.
• Support prevention education and peer engagement efforts across Penn State campuses, as feasible.
• Collaborate with Student Affairs and campus partners to strengthen student safety, well-being, community responsibility, and engagement.
• Use student feedback, participation data, and learning outcomes to assess programs and guide improvement.
• Coordinate and oversee R-VOICE peer education programs.
• Advise, supervise, train, and support peer educators, student leaders, volunteers, and the Graduate Assistant for Peer Education.
• Provide peer educators with guidance on program development, facilitation, event logistics, and University policies and procedures.
• Maintain current knowledge of evidence-informed peer education and violence prevention practices.

What they want

• Experience developing and facilitating educational programs, workshops, or training related to violence prevention, healthy relationships, bystander engagement, student well-being, or related areas.
• Experience engaging college students through peer education, leadership development, mentoring, or student organizations.
• Understanding of student development and factors affecting student success, engagement, well-being, and access to resources.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and work effectively with students and colleagues with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
• Experience with program development, implementation, assessment, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to advise and supervise student leaders and peer educators.
• Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.