Manager, Drug User Health

NASTAD; Washington (District of Columbia); À distance; USD 72 000 - 77 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Remote work possible

Travel up to 30%

Résumé du poste

NASTAD is seeking a Manager, Drug User Health to expand capacity addressing drug use, HIV/AIDS, and hepatitis. The role focuses on interpreting illicit drug supply information to inform overdose prevention and public health messaging nationwide, working with state/local health departments and syringe services programs.

Experience in training, facilitation, and product creation for overdose prevention is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of harm reduction frameworks and integrated health service delivery.
• Ability to design and execute training/resources for diverse constituents.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Oral and written communication skills.

Responsabilités

• Provide TA and capacity-building to state and local health department and community-based programs, including consultation, training, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
• Provide regular coaching, messaging, mentoring, networking, and technical assistance to grantees.
• Collect and present grantee program data and evaluate grant impact with support from Senior Managers.
• Manage project files and ensure intranet pages, CRM, and PM tools are up to date.
• Collaborate with organizational partnerships for Drug User Health programming.
• Coordinate TA across states and regions with interdisciplinary teams.
• Provide project management expertise across workstreams, including PMS software.
• Develop, monitor, and review TA resources for diverse stakeholders.
• Represent NASTAD at meetings and briefings related to state health departments and related programs.

Connaissances

Harm reduction

Training design

Multi-priority management

Clear communication

Formation

Bachelor’s degree or higher

6+ years experience

Description du poste

• Compensation: USD 72,000 - USD 77,000 - yearly

Company Description

NASTAD is a leading non-partisan, non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in the U.S. Our mission is to advance the health and dignity of people living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics by strengthening governmental public health systems and leveraging community partnerships. Our vision is a world committed to ending HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics.

NASTAD represents public health officials in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, seven local jurisdictions, and the U.S. Pacific Island jurisdictions.

Job Description

The Manager, Drug User Health, plays a vital role in expanding the organization’s capacity to address the impacts of the intersecting crises of drug use, HIV/AIDS, and viral hepatitis in community and public health settings, particularly within state and local health departments and Syringe Services Programs (SSPs).

This role will primarily work on identifying, interpreting, and communicating information about the illicit drug supply to inform overdose prevention and response strategies and public health communications across the country. Professional and/or volunteer experience in relevant harm reduction service planning and provision (for example, syringe services programs, community-based drug checking services, overdose prevention sites, or other direct service settings) is required.

Familiarity with federal overdose prevention and response funding and policy landscapes and public health communications strategies is strongly preferred. Candidates with experience in training, facilitation, and/or product creation for a variety of audiences related to overdose prevention and response—including naloxone access, MOUD provision as overdose prevention, post-overdose response strategies, or related topics—are encouraged to apply.

The Manager’s core activities will advance NASTAD’s efforts to support and strengthen community-based drug user health programs by providing direct funding grants, technical assistance (TA), and training on topics such as effective drug user health strategies and how to connect people who use drugs to HIV and hepatitis prevention and treatment programs. This is an individual contributor role that reports to the Associate Director, Drug User Health.

• Provide TA and capacity-building to state and local health department and community-based programs, including consultation, training, and the development and delivery of peer-to-peer learning opportunities
• Provide regular coaching, responsive and innovative messaging, mentoring, networking, and technical assistance to our grantees.
• Collect and present grantee program data and evaluate the impact of grants, with assistance from Senior Managers and evaluation partners
• Manage project-related files by ensuring that necessary materials are current and properly filed. Ensure that the team’s intranet page, customer relationship management systems, and project management tools are always up to date.
• Work across NASTAD to identify and leverage existing organizational partnerships for Drug User Health programming.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary project teams to coordinate TA efforts across states and regions.
• Provide project management expertise on a variety of workstreams, including managing project management software.
• Develop, monitor, and review technical assistance resources that meet the needs of diverse stakeholders.
• Represent NASTAD at meetings, briefings, and consultations related to state health departments and community-based HIV, hepatitis, and drug user health programs.

Qualifications

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities

• Knowledge of harm reduction frameworks, drug user health, behavioral health, and integrated systems of health service delivery
• The ability to identify opportunities for training or skill-building with constituents and the ability to design and execute training and/or resources that address these needs
• Ability to manage multiplepriorities and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Oral and written communication skills

Experience/Education

• Bachelor’s degree or higher or any equivalent combination of training, education, and experiencethatdemonstrates thecandidate’sability to perform the position’s duties.
• At least6years of progressively responsible and related work experience.
• Experience designing and/or executing training and skill-building activities.
• Leadership – Integrates in their work and at the team level a strategic vision and critical analysis that optimizes success for projects, staff, and organizational priorities as applicable.
• Communications – Strategically communicates internally and externally in a transparent, concise, respectful, and trauma-informed manner; simplifies complicated concepts and communicates them regardless of the situation or audience.
• Teamwork –Proactively contributes toward the completion of team tasks and team building. Champions a collaborative and supportive organizational team culture.
• Reliability and Adaptability –Takes ownership of own objectives and performance. Independently completes tasks in a timely and consistent manner. Adapts to, and integrates in own tasks, changes in work environment, priorities, and organizational needs.
• Problem-solving and analytical thinking – Takes a solutions-focused approach to problem-solving: identifies a problem, finds the root cause, and structures logical solutions. Able to solve problems by analyzing situations and applying critical thinking to resolve them.

Additional Information

• Full-time, 40 hours/week role.
• Willing to travel as needed, up to 30%
• Remote work is possible.
• Interest in working with a national HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis public health organization and with the communities most impacted by these epidemics.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.