Behavioral Health Program Coordinator

OSU Oregon State University; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Oregon State University is seeking a Behavioral Health Program Coordinator within the Health Extension program. This full-time, 12-month professional faculty role leads statewide behavioral health initiatives and collaborates with COH, Extension faculty, staff, students, and public health partners to meet program objectives.

The role emphasizes leadership, community engagement, and data-driven evaluation, requiring a commitment to health equity across Oregon.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, education or related field.
• Demonstrated leadership or leadership experience in a professional setting.
• Understanding of higher education and community partnerships and their cultures.
• Experience promoting mental health, preventing suicide, or preventing substance use in community settings or related health promotion experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise planning, development, implementation and evaluation of mental and behavioral health programs.
• Share COH expertise with Health Extension peers statewide and provide training/TA to partners.
• Lead community-based planning to implement programs and secure financial/policymaker support.
• Develop annual work plans addressing population needs and evaluate reach/effectiveness.
• Collaborate with partner organizations to maximize impact and resources.
• Monitor activities and maintain data management systems.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder engagement

Community health promotion

Customer service

Decision making

Data collection/analysis

Public health knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, education or related field

Job description

Job Summary

Oregon State University Division of Extension and Engagement’s Health Extension program is seeking a Behavioral Health Program Coordinator. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position. The mission of the OSU Division of Extension and Engagement is to work with communities throughout Oregon to support lifelong learning and co-create innovative solutions to address local challenges. Together, we envision a future where Oregon’s people, communities, and ecosystems prosper. The Behavioral Health Program Coordinator position is a member of the statewide team of the OSU Extension Health program affiliated with the College of Health (COH). The Health Extension program advances lifelong health and well-being across Oregon. Behavioral Health Program Coordinator provides leadership to the Health Extension programs focusing on mental and behavioral health and well-being. The position will collaborate with Health Extension, COH, and Extension faculty, staff, and students as well as state, local, and regional public health agencies; and community partners to accomplish program objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise the planning, selection or development, implementation, and evaluation of mental and behavioral health and well-being programs provided by Health Extension while being responsive to community needs and interests.
• Maintain, develop, and share COH expertise with Health Extension peers statewide, and provide training and technical assistance to state and local partners.
• Contribute to identifying and solving community-based problems and issues in Oregon relating to behavioral health and reducing health disparities; identify opportunities and strategies that lead to interventions that can successfully address these issues through cultivation of community collaborations.
• Actively participate in or lead community-based planning with Extension faculty & staff and community agencies & organizations to conceptualize, organize and implement relevant programs/strategies in a manner that complement existing programs and services, maximizes opportunities and collective impact, and develops financial and policymaker support for programs.
• Compile, prepare, and compose analyses, data and documents for needs assessment and program evaluation.
• Collect and monitor performance on all activities, in collaboration with Health Extension team; includes maintaining systems of record keeping and data management.
• Develop annual plan of work that addresses population needs and place-based issues, as well as evaluate and report the reach and effectiveness of programming efforts and activity implementation to produce intended outcomes and collective impacts.
• Collaborate with partner organizations to maximize collective impact and develop financial support for needed programs.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, education or related field.
• Demonstrated promotion to leadership/leadership experience in a professional setting.
• Demonstrated work ethic, professionalism, and related attributes that garner the respect of colleagues, community partners, program stakeholders, university or college administrators, and others.
• Evidence of understanding of higher education and community partnerships and their cultures.
• Professional or personal experience promoting mental health, preventing suicide, or preventing substance use in community settings, or related experience promoting health or preventing disease, more broadly (e.g., nutrition education, food resource management, physical activity education, parenting/early childhood education, environmental health or disaster preparedness education) in community settings with professional desire to serve in behavioral health leadership.
• Basic performance monitoring, evaluation, research methods, and statistical skills for working with quantitative or qualitative data sets.
• Strong decision-making skills, including ability to set priorities and manage deadlines.
• Strong commitment to excellent customer service.
• This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.
• This position requires driving a university vehicle or a personal vehicle on behalf of the university; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a motor vehicle history check, possess and maintain a current, valid driver's license in their state of residence, be determined to be position qualified and self-report convictions as per University Policy 05-030.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master of Public Health, Master of Social Work, or other master’s degree in related field.
• Previous experience with robust field-based community partnerships, and applied research and evaluation.
• Previous experience developing health education content for online dissemination and/or development of media messages.
• One year of experience planning, implementing, and evaluating community health promotion or workforce training programs.
• Dedication to Land Grant mission.
• Outstanding written and interpersonal communications skills, including community engagement skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop, implement, and evaluate public health programs.
• Bilingual English/Spanish or other non-English language frequently spoken in Oregon.
• Personal familiarity with mental health or substance use challenges or personal commitment to promoting mental health and preventing substance use.

Working Conditions/Schedule

Access to a vehicle is necessary as duties will require driving/travel to various sites in the state to deliver the programs. Business mileage will be reimbursed based on OSU policies. For information on vehicle use: https://risk.oregonstate.edu/vehicles. Wireless access may be necessary for active and effective communication with staff and key stakeholders.

Salary Range

$69,100-$76,000

Anticipated Start Date

2026-11-30

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

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OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring.

We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system.

If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job‑related pre‑employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre‑employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at [e-mail].

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Oregon State has a statewide presence with campuses in Corvallis and Bend, the OSU Portland Center and the Hatfield Marine Science Center on the Pacific Coast in Newport. Oregon State’s beautiful, historic and state‑of‑the‑art main campus is located in one of America’s best college towns. Corvallis is located close to the Pacific Ocean, the Cascade mountains and Oregon wine country. Nestled in the heart of the Willamette Valley, this beautiful city offers miles of mountain biking and hiking trails, a river perfect for boating or kayaking and an eclectic downtown featuring local cuisine, popular events and performances.

Total Rewards Package

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Basic Life.
• OSU pays 95% of premiums for you and your eligible dependents.
• Free confidential mental health and emotional support services, and counseling resources.
• Retirement savings paid by the university.
• A generous paid leave package, including holidays, vacation and sick leave.
• Tuition reduction benefits for you or your qualifying dependents at OSU or the additional six Oregon Public Universities.
• Robust Work Life programs including Dual Career assistance resources, flexible work arrangements, a Family ResourceCenter, Affinity Groups and anEmployee Assistanceprogram.
• Optional lifestyle benefits such as pet, accident, and critical care insurance.

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