Manager, Drug User Health

NASTAD•Washington, DC

11d•$72,000 - $77,000•Remote

About The Position

The Manager, Drug User Health expands NASTAD’s capacity to address the intersecting crises of drug use, HIV/AIDS, and viral hepatitis in community and public health settings, particularly state and local health departments and Syringe Services Programs (SSPs). The role identifies, interprets, and communicates information about the illicit drug supply to inform overdose prevention and response strategies and public health communications nationally. The Manager supports and strengthens community-based drug user health programs through direct funding grants, technical assistance, and training. This includes helping programs use effective drug user health strategies and connect people who use drugs to HIV and hepatitis prevention and treatment programs. The position is an individual contributor and reports to the Associate Director, Drug User Health. The role provides technical assistance and capacity-building, coaching, mentoring, training, and peer-learning opportunities; collects and presents grantee data and evaluates grant impact; maintains project files and internal systems; coordinates partnerships and interdisciplinary technical assistance; manages project workstreams and tools; develops resources for diverse stakeholders; and represents NASTAD at relevant meetings, briefings, and consultations. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, remote work is possible, and travel may be required up to 30%.

Requirements

Knowledge of harm reduction frameworks, drug user health, behavioral health, and integrated systems of health service delivery.
Ability to identify training and skill-building opportunities and design and execute training or resources to address them.
Collaboration skills.
Project management skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Oral and written communication skills.
Bachelor’s degree or higher, or an equivalent combination of training, education, and experience demonstrating the ability to perform the position’s duties.
At least 6 years of progressively responsible and related work experience.
Experience designing and/or executing training and skill-building activities.
Professional and/or volunteer experience in relevant harm reduction service planning and provision, such as syringe services programs, community-based drug checking services, overdose prevention sites, or other direct service settings.
Willingness to travel as needed, up to 30%.
Interest in working with a national HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis public health organization and with the communities most impacted by these epidemics.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with federal overdose prevention and response funding and policy landscapes.
Familiarity with public health communications strategies.
Experience in training, facilitation, and/or product creation for diverse audiences on overdose prevention and response topics, including naloxone access, MOUD provision as overdose prevention, and post-overdose response strategies.

Responsibilities

Provide technical assistance and capacity-building to state and local health departments and community-based programs through consultation, training, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
Provide coaching, responsive and innovative messaging, mentoring, networking, and technical assistance to grantees.
Collect and present grantee program data and evaluate grant impact with assistance from Senior Managers and evaluation partners.
Keep project-related files, team intranet pages, customer relationship management systems, and project management tools current and properly maintained.
Identify and leverage existing organizational partnerships for Drug User Health programming.
Coordinate technical assistance efforts across states and regions with interdisciplinary project teams.
Provide project management expertise across 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.
Identify, interpret, and communicate information about the illicit drug supply to inform overdose prevention and response strategies and public health communications.