Careers

Careers

Thank you for your interest in a career with Nevada PEP! We are currently expanding programs and have new employment opportunities. Join the Nevada PEP Team and apply your life experiences to help others. Please look through the opportunities below to learn more!

Family Specialist- Turn Your Lived Experience into Impact- Southern Nevada

Full-time | 40 hours per week | Southern Nevada

At Nevada PEP, we believe families are the experts in their children’s care. We’re hiring a Family Peer Support Specialist — a parent or caregiver who has firsthand experience raising a child with disabilities or behavioral/mental health challenges. If you’ve navigated Nevada’s systems of care and want to use your journey to help other families, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Supporting parents and caregivers through peer mentoring
  • Helping families understand resources, services, and rights
  • Attending school, community, or system meetings with families
  • Sharing your lived experience to improve systems and policies
  • Raising awareness in the community through outreach and presentations

What You Bring:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Compassion, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Familiarity with Nevada’s System of Care and resources for families
  • Comfort with public speaking, outreach, and data entry
  • Flexibility to work evenings/weekends and travel locally
Information Support and Training Specialist- Southern Nevada

Full-time | 40 hours per week | Southern Nevada

The Information Support and Training Specialist plays an essential role in advancing the mission of the Educational Services Department. This position focuses on empowering families by developing and delivering engaging workshops, participating in outreach efforts, and sharing clear, helpful information about laws and topics that affect children with disabilities and their families. This role is especially well suited for a parent of a child with a disability or behavioral healthcare needs, bringing valuable lived experience, insight, and empathy to support and strengthen families within the community.

  • The ability to develop a good working relationship with the community members and organizations.
  • A team building attitude, ability to positively work with co-workers and volunteers;
  • Experience providing non-judgmental family peer support.
Family Specialist- Turn Your Lived Experience into Impact- Northern Nevada

Full-time | 40 hours per week | Northern Nevada

At Nevada PEP, we believe families are the experts in their children’s care. We’re hiring a Family Peer Support Specialist — a parent or caregiver who has firsthand experience raising a child with disabilities or behavioral/mental health challenges. If you’ve navigated Nevada’s systems of care and want to use your journey to help other families, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Supporting parents and caregivers through peer mentoring
  • Helping families understand resources, services, and rights
  • Attending school, community, or system meetings with families
  • Sharing your lived experience to improve systems and policies
  • Raising awareness in the community through outreach and presentations

What You Bring:

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Compassion, communication, and problem-solving skills
  • Familiarity with Nevada’s System of Care and resources for families
  • Comfort with public speaking, outreach, and data entry
  • Flexibility to work evenings/weekends and travel locally

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