PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF)

Army National Guard Units; New Hanover Township (NJ); On-site; USD 88,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Army National Guard Units in New Jersey seeks a PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), GS-0101-11, to implement and support integrated prevention programs across the Wing/Region.

You will coordinate harm and abuse prevention efforts, serve as SME for IPP, liaise with military and civilian agencies, analyze data, train personnel, and promote resiliency through community partnerships.

Qualifications

• Degree in behavioral or social sciences with at least 24 semester hours in those fields.
• Combination of education and experience equivalent to a major in behavioral/social sciences.
• Professional experience demonstrating knowledge of behavioral/social sciences.

Responsibilities

• Serve as point of contact for harm and abuse prevention programs; coordinate IPP activities.
• Manage all aspects of a complex integrated primary prevention program for Wing/Region.
• Coordinate suicide prevention, workplace and domestic violence programs with applicable offices.
• Develop plans to reduce risk factors and promote resiliency within the community.
• Present relevant prevention program data to leadership; brief commanders on IPP activities.
• Recruit, train, and facilitate volunteers for prevention activity implementation.
• Collaborate with internal programs to standardize training and evaluation.

Skills

Prevention program coordination

Subject matter expert on IPP

Stakeholder collaboration

Risk assessment

Education

Behavioral or social science degree with 24 sem hrs

Four years related experience in behavioral/social sciences

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Army National Guard Units
• Department: Department of the Army

***This is a Title 5 Excepted Service National Guard Employee position*** This National Guard position is for a PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), Position Description Number T0029P01 and is part of the J9-JFHQ, New Jersey Army National Guard. The primary purpose of this position is to implement and support integrated prevention programs.

Key Responsibilities

As a PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), GS-0101-11 you will: Serve as the point of contact for harm and abuse prevention programs and activities; provides program coordination and serves as the subject matter expert for JFHQ, Wings, and BDEs Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP) Program. Serves as the Primary Prevention Integrator (PPI) managing all aspects of a complex integrated primary prevention program (P3) for the Wing/Region.

Serves as the Wing/Region point of contact for the suicide prevention program, workplace and domestic violence programs in a non-clinical primary prevention, here after referred to as prevention, role in coordination with applicable offices and community agencies. Delivers initial prevention activities, averting harm or abuse before it occurs Identifies risk and protective factors that lead to or protect against unhealthy or unsafe behaviors.

Promotes actions to mitigate environmental factors. Develops coordinated plans for reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors for increased resiliency within the community. Conducts assessments on strengths, weaknesses, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analyses that form the basis for action, implementation, and program plan development activities.

Crafts formal assessments and evaluation processes to monitor outreach programs and services through evaluation of activities. Support inter- and intra-personal violence prevention efforts and programming through the unit level leadership advisory committees, boards and working groups. Representatives their population's integrated prevention efforts as a member of leadership advisory committees, boards and working groups.

Collect, consolidate, and present relevant prevention program data to leadership advisory committees, boards, and working groups. Briefs Commanders and senior personnel on Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP), as defined in applicable policy and official guidance, to obtain optimum support for IPP activities. Below the JFHQ level, chairs leadership advisory committees, boards and working groups, as requested by leadership.

Serves as the organizational liaison for local military and civilian agencies to promote timely information exchange, coordinate collaborative prevention efforts, and establish resource links and community partnerships. Incorporates comprehensive strategies to enhance community strengths, address broad-based community needs, suggest community problem solving methods, and forge community connections.

Network with internal programs and offices at the JFHQ, Wings, and BDEs (such as Behavioral Health, Equal Opportunity, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Family Programs, Yellow Ribbon, and Substance Abuse Program) to standardize and synchronize training and evaluation in order to provide a well-coordinated approach to prevention.

Assault Prevention and Response, Family Programs, Yellow Ribbon, and Substance Abuse Program) to standardize and synchronize training and evaluation in order to provide a well-coordinated approach to prevention. Responsible for developing and overseeing healthy climate, resiliency, risk reduction activities, trainings, and communication campaigns within the organization Advises commanders in communicating prevention plans and programs to subordinate units.

Recruit, train, and facilitate military volunteers for prevention activity implementation. Employ health education and communication skills associated with prevention activities to foster healthy social and cultural norms. Identifies and selects mediums that provide the greatest exposure for universal IPP efforts. Provide technical oversight to service members within the JFHQ, Wings, and BDEs who are assigned to perform integrated prevention activities at the Unit level.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements & Education

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS Degree: Behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences. OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field that included at least 24 semester hours of course work in the behavioral or social sciences.

OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. To receive credit for education, you must provide the proper documentation as proof of meeting the educational requirement for this position.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Army National Guard Units, Department of the Army.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $88005 – $114413/yr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Secret security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-09-29.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Excepted' hiring path.