Behavioral Health Program Coordinator

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

Job summary

Oregon State University’s Division of Extension and Engagement is seeking a Behavioral Health Program Coordinator for the Health Extension program. This full-time, 12-month professional faculty role leads mental and behavioral health initiatives across Oregon and collaborates with COH, Extension faculty, staff, and community partners to meet program goals.

The role focuses on leadership, capacity building, and delivering health education across the state, with an emphasis on reducing disparities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social work, education or related field is required.
• Leadership experience in a professional setting is required.
• Strong commitment to customer service and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of mental and behavioral health programs.
• Share COH expertise with Health Extension peers statewide and provide training to partners.
• Collaborate with Extension faculty, staff, students and community agencies to advance program objectives.
• Plan and organize community-based activities to maximize impact and funding opportunities.
• Prepare analyses and data for needs assessment and program evaluation; monitor performance with Health Extension team.
• Develop annual plans and report reach and effectiveness of programming efforts.

Education

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

Leadership experience in a professional setting

Work ethic, professionalism

Understanding of higher education and community partnerships

Promoting mental health or preventing substance use in communities

Data analysis and evaluation skills

Decision-making and deadline management

Customer service orientation

Job description

Department

Division of Extension & Engagement's Health Program

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

For Additional Information

Teresa Crowley

[e-mail]

541-737-1014

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.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

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].