Help the Airmen who deploy first perform at their best.
The 621st Contingency Response Wing moves fast. Its Airmen deploy into demanding, high-tempo environments where focus, composure, and clear decision-making make the difference. Owen Health Care is looking for a Mindfulness Coach to give them the mental edge to match their physical readiness.
In this role, you'll provide nonclinical mindfulness and mental-performance coaching that strengthens focus, resilience, stress-management skills, cognitive readiness, and performance under pressure. You won't be working alone: you'll be part of an integrated human-performance team alongside an Athletic Trainer and a Functional Strength Coach, bringing mind and body training together.
A note on scope: this is a performance-enhancement, nonclinical coaching role. Formal mental-health diagnosis, clinical counseling, psychotherapy, treatment, and patient care remain the responsibility of the appropriate Government medical and behavioral-health providers.
What You'll Do
- Design and deliver evidence-based mindfulness and mental-performance education tailored to military mission requirements
- Teach practical techniques that improve attention and concentration, emotional regulation, stress management, mental preparation, and performance readiness
- Coach Airmen on cognitive resilience, decision-making under stress, fatigue management, and sustaining performance during high-tempo operations
- Lead group workshops and individual coaching sessions within the approved nonclinical scope
- Integrate mindfulness techniques with physical training and other human-performance activities
- Coordinate with squadron personnel to schedule accessible, mission-relevant training sessions
- Build portable mindfulness and performance exercises Airmen can use during deployments, field operations, high-tempo missions, and other demanding operational environments
- Recognize issues outside the scope of nonclinical coaching and make appropriate referrals through Government medical or support channels
- Take part in integrated performance assessments and multidisciplinary planning
- Track participation and program outcomes using Government-approved tools
- Provide accurate information for required monthly program reports
- Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality
- Maintain all required professional credentials
- Complete required continuing education, installation training, and program onboarding
What You'll Need (Government-Specified Minimum Requirements)
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Psychology or Counseling, as specified in the solicitation. Applicants whose degree does not meet the solicitation's specified educational requirement may not meet the Government's minimum qualification.
- Credential: Active National Certified Counselor (NCC) credential through the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC). It must be active/current, consistent with the Government's clarification requiring an active NCC. Please note: a general mindfulness, meditation, wellness, or life-coaching certificate, or similar course completion, does not satisfy this requirement.
- Experience: At least two (2) years of relevant professional experience in counseling, mindfulness, mental performance, resilience, stress management, behavioral performance, or a closely related area consistent with the solicitation.
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizen.
- Background Screening: Ability to successfully meet all applicable background screening, drug testing, and installation-access requirements.
- Installation Access: Ability to obtain required base identification/CAC (as applicable), complete installation access procedures, and complete mandatory Government and installation training.
- Nonclinical Scope: Demonstrated ability to work within a nonclinical mindfulness and performance-coaching scope, and to recognize when an issue exceeds that scope and refer appropriately through authorized Government medical or support channels.
What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred, Not Required):
These are preferred recruiting characteristics, not additional Government minimum requirements:
- Experience working with military personnel, first responders, athletes, high-performance professionals, or other demanding operational populations
- Experience facilitating mindfulness workshops, resilience training, mental-performance workshops, or stress-management education
- Familiarity with operational stress, fatigue, deployment-related performance challenges, and high-tempo operational environments
- Experience on a multidisciplinary human-performance team
- Strong group facilitation and interpersonal communication skills
- A practical, engaging, performance-oriented coaching style
Schedule & Work Environment
- Primarily onsite at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ
- Approximately 1,920 annual service hours per position (Government estimate)
- Workweek will not exceed 40 hours
- Schedule may flex to accommodate squadron training schedules, mission requirements, operational demands, and Airmen availability
- Authorized domestic travel may be required
- No Secret security clearance required under the current solicitation clarifications
Compensation
Competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please include your compensation expectations with your application.
Ready to Apply?
Send us:
- Your current résumé
- Degree information
- Evidence of an active NCC credential through NBCC
- Confirmation of U.S. citizenship
- A summary of your relevant professional experience
- Your preferred location
- Your availability to begin
- Your compensation expectations
- A description of your experience providing nonclinical mindfulness, resilience, or mental-performance coaching
If you're a credentialed counselor who wants to put your skills to work where focus and resilience truly matter, we'd love to hear from you.
