Substance Misuse Prevention Coordinator

Budget

Title:

Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)

Salary: $57,151 - $61,000

• Develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive, evidence-based prevention roadmap targeting substance misuse and problem gambling.
• Design and execute university-wide awareness campaigns, wellness events, and culturally responsive educational programming for students and staff.
• Partner with Student Affairs Communications to deliver population-level public health and risk-reduction messaging across campus media platforms.
• Analyze student behavioral data and campus trends to adapt, innovate, and guide future prevention methodologies.

• Advance harm reduction models, administer brief interventions, and utilize motivational interviewing techniques.
• Manage evidence-based screening initiatives, including BASICS and eCHECKUP TO GO.
• Direct overdose response education and oversee campus naloxone training and distribution.
• Partner with Student Conduct to provide educational interventions for policy violations, and collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., Athletics, Residence Life) and local community health agencies.
• Support the Tobacco- and Smoke-Free Campus Initiative and champion a welcoming, supportive climate for students in recovery.

• Assist with the coordination and implementation of the Healthy Campus Peer Agent Internship course, focusing on leadership, training, and administration.
• Mentor, supervise, and evaluate graduate assistants, peer educators, and student workers within wellness coalitions.
• Train student leaders, faculty, and staff on harm reduction, substance awareness, and recovery support.
• Serve as the primary administrator for DFSCA mandates, compiling the Biennial Review Report and coordinating mandatory Annual Notifications.
• Manage compliance tracking systems for student educational modules and leverage data analytics to present progress reports to university executives.
• Manage the program budget, oversee the efficient allocation of funds for educational materials and event logistics, and maintain high-quality digital and print health resources that are accessible to students of all abilities and language backgrounds.

• Uphold strict professional ethics and confidentiality guidelines.
• Embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice values across all public health services.
• Assist in shaping university wellness policies and maintain flexibility to attend evening or weekend campus events.

• Master's degree in Public Health, Health Education, Social Work, Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience in substance misuse prevention, harm reduction, or public health programming.
• Demonstrated proficiency or documented training in brief intervention models such as BASICS and/or motivational interviewing.
• Experience designing and facilitating interactive workshops and public presentation sessions.
• Experience conducting data-driven program assessment.
• Excellent verbal, written, organizational, and interpersonal communication.
• Commitment to equitable, student-centered practices.

• Experience supervising student staff, graduate assistants, and/or peer educators.
• Proficiency in data analysis, statistics, and program assessment tools.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements. Additionally, please note that Binghamton University is not an E-Verify employer.

Binghamton University is a tobacco-free campus.

We are an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, and in keeping with this commitment, we welcome all to apply, including veterans and persons with disabilities. The State University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. It is the policy of Binghamton University to provide for and promote equal opportunity employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, disability, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or military service member status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or arrest and/or criminal conviction record unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or other exception.

As required by Title IX and its implementing regulations Binghamton University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the educational programs and activities which it operates. This requirement extends to employment and admission.