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Retail Marijuana Education Program Manager (H1S4Xx)

Company

State of Colorado Job Opportunities
Address , Denver, 80203, Co
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary $66,444 - $83,052 a year
Expires 2023-07-27
Posted at 10 months ago
Job Description
Department Information


This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

Be BOLD and make a real difference . . .

Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado residents. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.


If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Our tobacco-free campus offers free parking and is conveniently located near RTD bus lines, Glendale City Set, and the Cherry Creek bike path. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

  • Tuition assistance for college-level courses including Masters degree programs
  • Paid life insurance
  • Employee wellness programs and facilities
  • Short- and long-term disability coverage
  • Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
  • Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
  • Medical and dental health plans
  • Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
  • 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
  • Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
  • Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
  • A variety of employee resource groups
  • 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

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

(This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies and may be extended.)

Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, go to: https://studentloans.gov/myDirectLoan/pslfFlow.action#!/pslf/launch

Description of Job

The Work Unit

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) serves Coloradans by providing high-quality, cost-effective public health and environmental protection services that promote healthy people in healthy places. Staff members focus on evidence-based best practices in the public health and environmental fields and play a critical role in educating people in Colorado so they can make informed choices. In addition to maintaining and enhancing our core programs, the department continues to identify and respond to emerging issues affecting Colorado's public and environmental health.
The Prevention Services Division (PSD) works with public and private partners across Colorado to improve the health of all Coloradans. Division professionals develop, review, implement and evaluate public health interventions proven to promote healthy living, prevent chronic disease, protect against injury and ensure access to health care and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle. The Division is committed to the professional development, collaborative effort and sustained wellness of its workforce. We believe that all people – no matter their race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, education level, age, language, religion, ability or geographic location – should have the opportunity to live healthy lives.

The Violence and Injury Prevention – Mental Health Promotion (VIP-MHP) Branch exists to coordinate state and local efforts toward mental health promotion, substance abuse prevention, and the prevention of death and disability in Colorado due to unintentional and intentional injuries through health policy, legislation, public awareness and education, training, assessments, and intervention programs.
We are aware that many kinds of injury and violence share the same systemic causes: poverty and economic instability; lack of substance use treatment and mental health services; social norms related to violence; and a lack of social connectedness that affects us all and leaves too many youth unconnected or unsafe at school. As we seek to address these crucial issues, we commit to being responsive to the reality that structural racism intensifies each of them. The VIP-MHP Branch recognizes that racism is a public health crisis and is committed to improving racial and other forms of equity through all of its programs.
These systemic injustices and additional risk and protective factors are shared across many of the outcomes we address. Our work will continue until all Coloradans have the opportunity to live and have healthy lives, in a way that celebrates intersectional identities including race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, education level, age, language, religion, ability, and geographic location. Collectively we all can work to achieve this goal by improving racial justice and other forms of equity through all of our programs and practices.
The Position

The purpose of this position is to develop and provide coordination for statewide prevention and education messaging, including accurate research on the health effects of cannabis, education about safe, legal and responsible use of adult-use cannabis, evidence based strategies that prevent youth cannabis use, and prevention strategies for risky use of cannabis using emerging research and surveillance data. This position will work collaboratively with the PSD Policy Unit and the Prevention Services Division Communications Branch to align accurate and researched messages with effective media strategies within the State’s cannabis prevention and education awareness campaign focused on THC products, which includes paid, earned and social media.


This position will also provide training, technical assistance (TA), and cannabis prevention messaging coordination with local prevention programs and coalitions across the state. Training and TA will cover topics related to the effective substance abuse prevention and harm reduction strategies, prevention of risky use and strategies that prevent underage initiation of substance use. This position will also assist local prevention programs and coalitions to design implementation and evaluation plans for prioritized prevention strategies within their local communities. This position requires experience working on issues related to substance abuse prevention and harm reduction across the lifespan, surveillance of health issues and emerging prevention research, and the implementation and evaluation of prevention programs using a public health approach. This position must possess expertise in the provision of technical assistance to diverse partners and communities and the synthesis and communication of information from multiple sources. This position requires strong customer service, evaluation and communication skills and will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships at the state and community level in order to support the effective implementation of prevention programs and strategies using public health surveillance data.


This position directly influences the department’s decisions regarding primary prevention policies and procedures to prevent cannabis use among youth and to prevent other negative public health consequences from the legalization of cannabis in Colorado, including harm reduction strategies. In addition, this position will influence internal leadership on positions related to cannabis education and prevention on workgroups formed by the Department of Revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division to influence regulation. When appointed by leadership, this position will act as the representative on those workgroups. This position is expected to be fully functioning and largely independent. This position must analyze and anticipate the impact that project decisions will have on the Branch, Division, and the Department. This position applies public health principles and theory to coordinate and implement the Retail Marijuana Education Program prevention activities with the data collection efforts of the marijuana team located in Disease Control and Public Health Response (DCPHR) branch. This position represents the program at the CDPHE Internal Marijuana Steering Group, which includes marijuana-related work within DCPHR, Center for Health and Environmental Data (CHED), environmental health and health facilities. This position will also collaborate with cross-state cannabis and public health workgroups hosted by the CDC Foundation. This position provides leadership and guidance to multidisciplinary stakeholders in communities throughout Colorado, and influences department leadership on the public health prevention and education positions for inter-agency, cross-state, and federal cannabis discussions.
This position will provide subject matter expertise on the public health approach to cannabis education for Colorado.
This position will promote, disseminate, select, monitor and evaluate any funding made available for local level prevention efforts through CDPHE’s Retail Marijuana Education Program. This position is responsible to generate and implement a method for applying for funding, creating statements of work, monitoring contract implementation, processing invoices, and evaluating impact that aligns with the goals, objectives and evaluation plan for the Retail Marijuana Education Program.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Must meet one of the following or any combination of experience/education to meet the qualifications:
  • Seven (7) years of professional experience in program coordination/management and evaluation as it relates to substance misuse prevention or public health. This professional experience must include providing technical assistance to diverse partners and communities.
OR
  • Graduation from an accredited college or university in public health, psychology, sociology, social work, public policy, public administration, or other related fields.
AND
  • Three (3) years of professional experience in program coordination/management and evaluation as it relates to substance misuse prevention or public health. This professional experience must include providing technical assistance to diverse partners and communities.

Substitutions:
  • A master's or doctorate degree in public health, psychology, sociology, social work, public policy, public administration, or a closely-related field may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Preferred Qualifications:

The preferred experience, competencies, and abilities are highly desirable for this position and will be considered in selecting the successful candidate:

  • Experience driving the strategic direction of programs including the identification of funding priorities, convening stakeholders for community-centered program planning and evaluation, and identifying collaborative alignment points across other state or national initiatives.
  • Experience using communications strategies and tactics to disseminate information for partners and synthesizing complex research into understandable and useable resources.
  • Experience in community engagement, substance misuse prevention, harm reduction approaches, upstream or primary prevention of health concerns, or the implementation of policy, systems or environmental change strategies.
  • Excellent organizational skills ; the ability to set, track, and , goals and timetables to achieve maximum productivity, knowing the status of activities at all times and managing multiple priorities at once.
  • Critical thinking; ability and motivation to develop creative solutions to complex, interpersonal, process, and systemic challenges.
  • Strong interpersonal and written skills with the ability to effectively communicate and build authentic relationships with people from diverse backgrounds and communities.
  • Transparent and high-integrity leadership with a commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
  • Experience providing technical assistance to community partners and the ability to anticipate the needs of stakeholders and proactively provide resources or support.
  • Deep knowledge related to cannabis at the national and/or state level including but not limited to: health effects of cannabis use; policy, laws, and enforcement of substances, and upstream education and prevention strategies to reduce cannabis use.
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with internal teams, technical and community partners, diverse public stakeholders.

Conditions of Employment:
  • A current and valid Colorado driver's license.
  • Pursuant to CDPHE policy, a background check is required for all positions at CDPHE
  • Able to independently travel approximately 20% of the time to fulfill the duties of this position.

APPEAL RIGHTS:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email ([email protected]), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgement of the department’s action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.

Supplemental Information


A complete application packet must include:

  • Unofficial transcripts
  • A resume
  • A completed State of Colorado application.
  • If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.

The Selection Process

  • A top group, of up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.
  • Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.
    • Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.
  • All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
  • Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.
E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

You must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be appointed to this position. CDPHE does not sponsor non-residents of the United States.

ADAAA Accommodations:
The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Dan McKenna, at [email protected] or call 303-692-2060, option 5.