Supportiv, the world’s fastest-growing online peer-to-peer support network is seeking a Director to manage our global community of Peer Support Moderators.
We understand you may not have direct experience with exactly what we’re doing -- that makes sense, since nobody is doing exactly what we are! If you have an interest and/or experience in the following, you’re strongly encouraged to apply: counseling, peer support, coaching, social work, team leadership, project management, online education, community-building, resilience training, feedback-giving.
We are seeking a Director to join us in our Berkeley, California headquarters (2222 Harold Way, 1 block from DT Berkeley BART). As a critical member of the leadership team, you’ll have three primary responsibilities:
Coaching the members of the moderator community to provide the highest-quality user experiences,
Improving the work experience for moderators by co-creating new learning tools, support mechanisms, and digital platform features, and
Growing the moderator community
The impact of your work will be felt by our users daily. 96% of our users say they feel better the moment they are connected to a moderator and peers with similar struggles. Supportiv is making hundreds of thousands of people feel less lonely, less isolated, less sad, less frustrated, etc, and we are only getting started!
Overview of the role:
Counseling Leadership
Serve as our counseling resident expert, defining and developing best practices for the peer support moderator community
Provide continual coaching and feedback to moderators on their skill improvement, including review of chat transcripts and usage of crisis protocols, triaging, and referral to specialized services
Be the primary interface for resolving moderator questions, requests, escalations, etc.
Training and Development
Create and lead a moderator-only online community for FAQs, welcoming new moderators to the team, experience sharing, learning materials sharing, de-stressing and re-motivating
Partner with our clinical advisor from Stanford University to continually improve our online training course, materials, tools, and learning exercises for moderators
Aggregate and translate moderator feedback into product enhancement suggestions that address community needs
Collaborate with the technical team to automate aspects of the feedback process and help build real-time monitoring dashboards
Management
Administrative management of recruiting, training, and onboarding new moderators, including management of junior recruiting coordinators
Administrative oversight of moderator payroll
If you’re interested, we’d love to hear from you directly. No recruiters, please. To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to info@supportiv.com with the subject line “Applicant for Director, Peer Support Community.”
The following background and experience is preferred:
Master’s degree in clinical or counseling psychology preferred. Other specializations absolutely considered. Talented and capable B.A., B.S. degree holders also encouraged to apply.
Excellent project management, organization, and communication (both verbal and written) skills
High moral character, EQ, and dedication to helping others learn
Passion for increasing healthcare access, mental health, and tech-enabled solutions
Excitement to create the most positive user peer-to-peer support experience possible
Dedication to innovation and creative problem solving
Desire to join a small but rapidly growing team that likes to have fun at work!
NOTES:
Additional Salary Information: Competitive salary; stock options; health, dental, and vision insurance; 3 weeks paid vacation to help you relax, recharge, and enjoy your hobbies; free onsite yoga and meditation classes; friday work-from-home
Internal Number: 222201
About Supportiv, Inc.
Supportiv is an anonymous peer support network, co-founded by successful serial digital health entrepreneurs who believe in mental wellness for everyone, everywhere that's pennies-per-minute affordable.
Supportiv helps people who cannot or won’t see a therapist cope with and problem-solve their daily life struggles --relationship conflicts, work stress, family pressures, sadness, anxiety, loneliness, etc.
Support is available 24/7, seven days a week with less than a minute of wait-time thanks to hundreds of moderators from over 25 countries. We are democratizing access to care while using effective techniques like active listening and basic collaborating problem solving, and hold the potential for millions of peer support groups chatting live in parallel at any moment. We use AI/Natural Language Processing to instantly match users who can relate with one another and to auto-surface helpful articles, videos, resources, and service referrals as hyperlinks.
Our global community of remote moderators is the secret to our success. Moderators are well-trained (and paid) to ease users into discussing emotionally difficult topics, facilitate peer-to-peer conversations, vet AI-re...commended resources, and triage users in crisis who need specialized services. Supportiv is proud to serve over 1.5 million covered lives, is revenue-generating, and unlike most startups, is not reliant on investor capital.
