Public Health Analyst- Colorado

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The Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) is an initiative designed to enhance public health-public safety collaboration and strengthen efforts to reduce drug overdose deaths. The ORS is funded by CDC and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to help communities reduce fatal and non-fatal drug overdose rates by improved information sharing across public health and public safety agencies, and by supporting evidence-based intervention.

As of July 2021, there are ORS Public Health Analyst (PHA) and Drug Intelligence Officer (DIO) positions in 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. PHA positions are funded by CDC through the CDC Foundation and DIO positions are funded by ONDCP through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program. These state teams form the foundation of the ORS and work to promote overdose prevention and response efforts, and increase communication, data flow, and intelligence sharing between public safety and public health within and across ORS states.

The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a full time PHA to support the ORS. This position will support efforts of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Rocky Mountain HIDTA, and other key partners in the development and implementation of drug overdose information sharing systems and evidence-based prevention programs.

The PHA will ideally sit at CDPHE and Rocky Mountain HIDTA and located in Denver, Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Develop products for site partners such as briefs, bulletins, reports, brochures or other educational materials
• Collaborate with assigned DIO to build partnerships between local HIDTA program(s) and public health entities
• Support and evaluate public health and public safety interventions
• Identify and promote promising overdose prevention interventions at the intersection of public health and public safety in assigned state or region
• Develop specialized knowledge of significant drug use and overdose trends in assigned state or region
• Responsibilities may also include:
• Facilitate data sharing and joint initiatives between public health and public safety agencies and organizations that are designed to address illicit drug use and overdose
• Support and evaluate public safety-led interventions designed to connect people who use drugs to care and treatment
• Create data visualizations on drug usage and overdose trends
• Explore and support additional projects that enhance public health/public safety collaborations through communication, information sharing, education, and partnership building
• Build partnerships with community members and stakeholders by providing technical assistance and support through communications and one on one assistance, as well as connecting partners to additional resources
• Conduct overdose, drug use, and drug availability related data analyses on behalf of partner agencies, as needed
• Support projects that enhance public health/public safety collaborations through the identification of appropriate local partners, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and dissemination of project findings
• Present to diverse audiences on overdose trends and local response efforts
• Develop and conduct trainings to diverse audiences on overdose prevention best practices to enhance response efforts (including but not limited to the development of presentations, one-pagers and other training materials)

Qualifications

• Experience in developing reports, briefings and other written materials for internal and external partners
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Must be able to pass a formal federal background investigation, at no cost to the applicant
• Master’s degree in public health, the social sciences or a related field and minimum of 1 year of relevant experience; or Bachelor’s degree in public health, the social sciences or related field and minimum of 3 years of relevant experience; Associate’s degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse partners, including law enforcement professionals
• Experience in program/project coordination
• Experience in data collection and analysis, and developing written materials with actionable recommendations
• Additional qualifications may include:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including public-speaking, presentation and listening skills
• Experience in developing and implementing training events
• Familiarity with public health infrastructure within the state or region the position is located
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and within teams
• Strong quantitative data analysis skills and experience working with SAS, SPSS, STATA or a similar statistical software package
• Experience in program evaluation, including logic model development
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and engaging in strategic partnerships
• Professional experience or demonstrated interest in substance use disorder treatment, harm reduction, drug policy and/or public health and public safety partnership

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

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Relocation expenses are not included.