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NEOGOV · 1 day ago

Rural Strategies Specialist - Term Limited

Denver, CO

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$59K/yr - $71K/yr

6+ years exp

NEOGOV is seeking a Rural Strategies Specialist to join the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. This role leads suicide prevention initiatives in rural, agricultural, and frontier communities, designing intervention strategies and providing technical assistance to stakeholders.

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Responsibilities

Lead suicide prevention initiatives related to rural, agricultural, and frontier communities across Colorado

Determine and design appropriate processes and intervention strategies using analysis of complex community, cultural, behavioral health, and systems-level data

Provide technical assistance to grantees and stakeholders working on suicide prevention initiatives

Build and maintain multi-level partnerships by providing staff support and leadership to the Colorado-National Collaborative (CNC) project

Outreach to and support rural and frontier health systems and the Follow-Up Project implementation

Provide technical assistance to the Gun Shop Project in rural and frontier counties and facilitate the OSP Rural Communities Workgroup

Develop and coordinate programs specific to the rural, agricultural, and frontier communities across Colorado

Evaluate the relevance of existing guidelines to prepare and tailor plans or individualized approaches to resolve specific management and/or program issues

Build and maintain relationships at the community and state level through strong organization and communication to support the program

Qualification

Suicide prevention programsCommunity outreachTechnical assistanceData analysisProject managementEquity strategiesRural community experienceEmotional intelligenceConflict managementCommunication skills

Required

Residency Requirement: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application

Six (6) years of relevant experience in prevention and education program planning or prevention evaluation. Experience must clearly show technical assistance, facilitation, and guidance to partners or grantees within health prevention

A combination of related education, graduation from an accredited college or university in health, psychology, sociology, social work, public policy, public administration, public health, or a closely related field, and relevant experience in prevention and education program planning or prevention evaluation equal to Six (6) years

If using education to qualify for this position a copy of your transcripts (unofficial acceptable) must be provided with application

Pursuant to CDPHE policy, a background check is required for all positions at CDPHE

TRAVEL: 20% of time, required to conduct community visits, rural outreach, professional development, and grantee meetings roughly once every month

Preferred

Experience with suicide prevention, intervention, and/or postvention programs

Experience leading equity programs, strategies, activities and practices in organizational or community settings in rural communities

Personal and professional experience living in a rural community and participating in community-driven efforts

Experience managing conflicts and diverse opinions of partners in rural communities

Experience understanding and synthesizing the needs of rural communities and communicating to a broad range of partners the importance of supporting rural communities

Experience with project management which included managing/writing competitive grants, managing budgets and contracts

Ability to demonstrate emotional intelligence with self and when communicating to diverse audiences of varying technical levels, and at various levels within an organization, in groups and individual settings

Experience synthesizing complex research, data, or evaluation measures into understandable and usable resources

Personal experience living in a rural Colorado community, which can include the Northeast Colorado, Northwest Colorado, and Southwest Colorado Regions listed in the residency requirement

Benefits

Employee wellness programs and facilities

Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects

Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks

Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system

Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans

Medical and dental health plans

Paid life insurance

Short- and long-term disability coverage

11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off

Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees

Tuition assistance for college level courses including Master’s degree programs

Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and a variety of employee resource groups