Opioid Program Coordinator

DHRM • Hampton, VA

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About The Position

The Virginia Department of Health’s Hampton and Peninsula Health Districts seek an Opioid Program Coordinator to support the Hampton District’s public health response to the overdose crisis. The coordinator implements and facilitates interventions intended to reduce overdose deaths and harms from substance use, and provides the local health district with subject matter expertise on policy, systems, and environmental approaches to substance use and support for people with substance use disorder. The role informs short- and long-term strategies for the district’s substance use response.

The coordinator also helps organize a collaborative substance use response across the locality and region, working with partner agencies and organizations. The position coordinates, implements, or provides technical assistance for programs and initiatives designed to reduce harms from substance use. This is a restricted position funded solely by the OAA-Hampton/Newport News Subaward. Funding availability is scheduled for review before the grant expires on January 30, 2032; continued employment depends on continued funding.

Requirements

• Knowledge of program planning, research and evaluation, analytical principles, quality control methods, and ability to provide technical assistance.
• Knowledge of substance use disorder and non-stigmatizing language.
• Experience leading complex research or other related projects.
• Demonstrated experience in community engagement, partnership, coalition building, and community building.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in teams, with good decision-making skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to develop reports, transfer electronic data, create presentation visualizations, and effectively present information.
• Ability to plan strategically and manage multi-pronged teams or programs, or lead multiple projects with attention to detail.
• Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Professional experience in a health-related field, with prior experience working with people who use drugs (PWUD) and/or agencies that serve PWUD.
• Experience with or training in PWUD-related support or recovery services, programs, research, or similar work.
• Experience managing a team, project management, and/or developing and leading strategic efforts across teams, agencies, or organizations.

Responsibilities

• Implement and facilitate interventions intended to reduce overdose deaths and harms from substance use.
• Provide subject matter expertise to the local health district on policy, systems, and environmental approaches to substance use and support for individuals with substance use disorder.
• Support and inform short- and long-term strategies for the local health district’s substance use response.
• Coordinate a collaborative substance use response across the locality and region with partner agencies and organizations.
• Coordinate, implement, or provide technical assistance for programs and initiatives to decrease harms from substance use.

Benefits

• 12 paid holidays.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Retirement plans, including a 401a Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan.
• Sick leave.
• Family/personal leave.
• Annual leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed