Career Opportunity Bulletin

Department of Health and Human Services Direct Hire Vacancy Announcement PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATOR III Maine CDC’s Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program CODE: 4374 RANGE: 23 (Pro/Tech) SALARY: $37,315.20- $50,502.40/yr.

Value of State-paid Health & Dental Insurance: $386.73 biweekly (90% State contribution). Value of State’s share of employee’s retirement: 15.85% of pay.

OPENING DATE: September 2, 2016 CONTACT: Jeremy Wilson

CLOSING DATE: September 16, 2016 TELEPHONE: (207) 287-1873

Agency Information: The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provides supportive, preventive, protective, public health and intervention services that protects the public health and assists our customers in meeting their needs; and that assist families in providing for the developmental, health and safety needs of their children. DHHS strives to provide these programs and services while respecting the rights and preferences of individuals and families. The mission for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC), within which this position is located, is to develop and deliver services to preserve, protect, and promote the health and well-being of the citizens of Maine. The Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program goal with the Maine CDC is to address and prevent tobacco and substance use in Maine.

Job Duties : You will provide grant and programmatic support to the Clinical Interventions and Data Team with the Tobacco and Substance Use Prevention and Control Program. You will be responsible for planning, developing, organizing and conducting health promotion interventions to improve public health; developing and disseminating health education information; and providing technical advice and assistance to statewide and community agencies and departmental staff in various health promotion related programs. This includes the monitoring of supported contractor work and the development of systems to ensure smooth grant and program implementation as it relates to clinical interventions with tobacco and substance use. You will be the primary contact for program specific initiatives including:  Providing oversight of the Tobacco helpline and nicotine replacement therapy initiatives including contract oversight, providing training and technical assistance, and completing federal grant reporting requirements for these services.  Providing leadership with the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) initiative. This includes collaboration with other state agencies, statewide stakeholders, medical professionals, and community prevention and treatment providers. It also encompasses providing training and technical assistance statewide on this initiative.  Collaborating with other state level staff to implement strategies related to the tobacco and substance exposed infants and children initiative including facilitating the state level steering committee and spreading awareness (using existing messages) about substance use during pregnancy in an effort to prevent substance exposure to infants/children.  Providing training and technical assistance on the Student Intervention and Reintegration Program in collaboration with contracted services for this program. Department of Health and Human Services Direct Hire Vacancy Announcement

Minimum Requirements: A Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Community Health Education, Health Education and two (2) years’ experience in community or health education program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation. Directly related work experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis. Preference will be given to candidates with experience specific to tobacco and substance use. Please address this experience in your cover letter.

* Only post-secondary degrees from a College or University whose accreditation has been granted from a nationally recognized accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education will satisfy educational requirements. Information can be obtained at http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. Foreign degrees must be evaluated by the World Education Services for authentication and U.S. equivalency.

APPLICATION INFORMATION:

To apply, please forward a State of Maine application form, current resume, and cover letter to: Jeremy Wilson DHHS Human Resources Division 32 Blossom Lane #11 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333

Email: [email protected]

Direct hire applications are available at www.maine.gov/dhhs/jobs

The Department of Health and Human Services is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.