Project Coordinator, Youth Behavioral Health & SBIRT

childhealthanddevelopmentinstituteofconnecticut; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 62,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

403b retirement plan

Medical & dental coverage

9 holidays and PTO

Job summary

The Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) in Farmington, CT is seeking a Project Coordinator to advance Connecticut's behavioral health initiatives, including SBIRT and quality improvement. The role emphasizes training development, data collection, and collaboration with partners to implement evidence-based practices.

You will coordinate trainings, manage materials, and support data reporting while traveling within the state as needed.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in psychology, public health, social work, alcohol and drug counseling, education, child/youth development, or closely related field; or bachelor’s with relevant experience.
• Understanding Connecticut’s youth behavioral health, including substance and co-occurring disorders, youth and family treatment and prevention services.
• Experience with partnership development, project coordination, and program implementation.
• Experience with data sources, interpreting and utilizing data for program development and/or quality improvement activities.
• Experience using design programs (e.g., Canva) to develop slideshows, infographics, briefs, etc.
• Experience with data collection through surveys, focus groups, and/or interviews preferred.
• Experience coordinating online asynchronous trainings preferred.
• Must be extremely organized, efficient, and a strong team player.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, writing, and time management skills.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook) and other software applications (e.g., Alchemer, Zoom, Microsoft Teams).
• Additional skills include: EBPs for substance use, quality improvement, grant writing, data visualization.

Responsibilities

• Communicating with partners, through workgroups, meetings, advisory councils to understand needs, support implementation, and identify proposed solutions.
• Supporting the development of trainings (e.g., identifying experts, designing slides, editing videos, uploading to LMS) and materials to support implementation (training materials, briefs, reports).
• Coordinating trainings to support implementation activities, including locating venues, registration, managing CEUs, providing support at trainings, and arranging refreshments.
• Reviewing literature and connecting with subject matter experts to understand best practices.
• Collecting data through surveys, focus groups, and interviews.
• Working with CHDI staff to develop data collection, analysis, and reports using quantitative and qualitative data approaches; producing high-quality data reports.
• Maintaining data and records necessary to complete required funder reports.
• Scheduling, convening, and facilitating virtual and/or in-person team and workgroup meetings.
• Updating the team on progress toward deliverables at internal and external meetings.
• Communicating findings to internal/external stakeholders through reports, CHDI publications, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Participating in committees, workgroups, and meetings with partners.
• Providing technical assistance and support as needed.
• Assisting with other aspects of the initiative and CHDI’s work, including administrative and operational support as needed.
• Traveling occasionally within the state, as required.

Skills

Project coordination

Partnership development

Data collection & analysis

Excellent communication

Time management

Team player

MS Office proficiency

Education

Master's degree in psychology, public health, social work, alcohol and drug counseling, education, child/youth development, or related field

Bachelor's degree with relevant experience

Tools

Canva

Alchemer

Zoom

Microsoft Teams

Learning Management System

Job description

The Child Health and Development Institute (CHDI) in Farmington, CT is seeking a Project Coordinator to advance Connecticut's behavioral health initiatives, including SBIRT and quality improvement. The role emphasizes training development, data collection, and collaboration with partners to implement evidence-based practices.

You will coordinate trainings, manage materials, and support data reporting while traveling within the state as needed.