Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinator
Job Description
Budget Title: Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)
Salary: $57,151 - $61,000
Strategic Prevention & Health Promotion
- Program Strategy: Develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive, evidence-based prevention roadmap targeting substance misuse and problem gambling.
- Campus Outreach & Campaigns: Design and execute university-wide awareness campaigns, wellness events, and culturally responsive educational programming for students and staff.
- Targeted Marketing: Partner with Student Affairs Communications to deliver population-level public health and risk-reduction messaging across campus media platforms.
- Data-Driven Insights: Analyze student behavioral data and campus trends to adapt, innovate, and guide future prevention methodologies.
Harm Reduction & Student Support
- Clinical Best Practices: Advance harm reduction models, administer brief interventions, and utilize motivational interviewing techniques.
- Screening Interventions: Manage evidence-based screening initiatives, including BASICS and eCHECKUP TO GO.
- Crisis Prevention: Direct overdose response education and oversee campus naloxone training and distribution.
- Campus Collaborations: Partner with Student Conduct to provide educational interventions for policy violations, and collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Athletics, Residence Life) and local community health agencies.
- Recovery Advocacy: Support the Tobacco- and Smoke-Free Campus Initiative and champion a welcoming, supportive climate for students in recovery.
Leadership, Training, & Administration
- Program Coordination: Assist with the coordination and implementation of the Healthy Campus Peer Agent Internship course, focusing on leadership, training, and administration.
- Staff Supervision: Mentor, supervise, and evaluate graduate assistants, peer educators, and student workers within wellness coalitions.
- Professional Development: Train student leaders, faculty, and staff on harm reduction, substance awareness, and recovery support.
- Compliance Management: Serve as the primary administrator for DFSCA mandates, compiling the Biennial Review Report and coordinating mandatory Annual Notifications.
- Operational Evaluation: Manage compliance tracking systems for student educational modules and leverage data analytics to present progress reports to university executives.
- Resource & Financial Management: Manage the program budget, oversee the efficient allocation of funds for educational materials and event logistics, and maintain high-quality digital and print health resources that are accessible to students of all abilities and language backgrounds.
Institutional Commitments
- Uphold strict professional ethics and confidentiality guidelines.
- Embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice values across all public health services.
- Assist in shaping university wellness policies and maintain flexibility to attend evening or weekend campus events.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Public Health, Health Education, Social Work, Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Psychology, or a related field
- 2+ years of professional experience in substance misuse prevention, harm reduction, or public health programming
- Demonstrated proficiency or documented training in brief intervention models such as BASICS and/or motivational interviewing
- Experience designing and facilitating interactive workshops and public presentation sessions
- Experience conducting data-driven program assessment
- Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal communication
- Commitment to equitable, student-centered practices
Preferred
- Experience supervising student staff, graduate assistants, and/or peer educators
- Proficiency in data analysis, statistics, and program assessment tools
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