Community Partner Program Facilitator
Overview
Project Unloaded is seeking Community Partner Program Facilitators for Summer 2026. The role will support Project Unloaded’s in-person Social Media for Safer Communities program for teens in Chicago this summer. Facilitators will lead in-person sessions with high schoolers with the goal of educating teens about the risks that come with using and owning guns, and empowering them with the tools they need to leverage social media to spread that message to their peers.
About Project Unloaded
Project Unloaded works to prevent gun violence in all its forms by educating, engaging, and empowering teens through cultural campaigns and community partnerships that share a simple message: guns make us less safe. Through our Social Media for Safer Communities community programs, teens learn the facts about why they’re safer unarmed and create social media campaigns and content that spreads that message to their peers.
We sit at the intersection of public health, youth engagement, social marketing and culture. Through large-scale, data-backed social media campaigns, original research, teen-facing local programs, and inspiring youth leaders, we combine young people’s social media know-how with a gun violence prevention message that can reduce gun use and save lives.
Responsibilities and Tasks
- Support the day-to-day implementation of the Summer 2026 curriculum, leading classroom sessions with teens onsite
- Prepare materials and adapt teaching methods to meet teens’ varying needs and interests
- Ensure teens complete daily assignments
- Communicate with Project Unloaded and partners on teens’ progress, occasionally participating in planning calls with the team
- Provide technical support for teens during the program period
- Troubleshoot and communicate behavioral, technical and programmatic concerns to Project Unloaded and partner teams
- Administer surveys and other materials accurately and efficiently to monitor student progress
- Attend a mandatory in person training session
- Attend weekly meetings with Project Unloaded staff to review past week programming and plan for following week
- Comply with Project Unloaded’s Minor Protection Policy
- Pass a mandatory background check
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working with high school-age students
- Commitment to gun violence prevention
- Knowledge of social media trends and best practices, specifically on Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and TikTok
- Comfortable creating exemplar social media content while supporting teens with navigating platforms that may be unfamiliar to them
Compensation
The contractor will be paid $22 – 28/hour, depending on experience
Schedule
Hours per week: Up to 16 hours/week for 6 weeks
Program Dates: June 22 – July 31, 2026
**In addition, 4-5 hours of in-person training and prep time is required during the week of June 8 and a virtual 1 hour debrief meeting will be held during the week of August 3.
How to Apply
Submit your qualifications, including your resume as a PDF or Word attachment alongside a brief email about why this role interests you to: info@projectunloaded.org. Please reference “Community Partner Program Facilitator” in the subject line.
Please note that only those individuals whose qualifications match the current needs of this posting will receive responses. We’re currently seeking applicants for confirmed and pending sites. We will accept applications until all positions are filled.
Thank you for your interest.