Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establishes contacts and meets with public, private, and community-based agencies to assist in the expansion and implementation of harm reduction. programs and procedures, as well as supports existing harm reduction agencies.
• Support harm reduction agencies which includes, but is not limited to:
• Conduct standard scheduled check-in calls.
• Provide technical assistance and support on implementation and reporting.
• Conduct bi-annual in-person site visits.
• Fulfill supply order requests.
• Works with other harm reduction analysts to facilitate collaborations among partners statewide to improve health in a community.
• Consults with and provides technical assistance to state and local program administrators, legislators, the media, and other interested parties regarding harm reduction.
• Designs and implements health education and training programs for public and private health agencies and personnel to improve population health.
• Develops educational materials, newsletters, reports, and media to enhance public awareness regarding harm reduction programs.
• Develops criteria for and supports on-site reviews of syringe service programs to collect and analyze information necessary to evaluate harm reduction efforts.
• Assist in the completion of applications and progress reports for grants supporting harm reduction activities.
• Ensures that health dignity of individuals and populations is addressed in policies, programs, and services that affect the health of a community.
• Always represent the best interests of MPHI and MDHHS.
• Assist with planning and facilitating the annual harm reduction summit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Ability to identify relationships that affect health in a community (e.g., hospitals, relationships among health departments, community-based agencies, etc.).
• Ability to facilitate collaboration and coordination among public and private health programs to initiate health and wellness initiatives.
• Knowledge of the methods used to plan, develop, implement, support, and evaluate population health programs.
• Ability to use knowledge of population health programs to prepare promotional and educational literature, organize events, and assist in the conduct of promotional and educational programs.
• Ability to train health professionals to promote and implement health-related initiatives.
• Ability to maintain records and prepare reports and correspondence related to the work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WORK OF OTHERS: No assigned responsibilities.

REQUIRED COMMUNICATION