Training Coordinator; Dept. Public Health

TITLE:

Training Coordinator COMPANY OF ASSIGNMENT:
Kentucky Department for Public Health

PURPOSE:

This position is located within the Kentucky Department for Public Health's (KDPH) Division of Public Health Protection & Safety and serves as the Training Coordinator for statewide overdose prevention initiatives. The position is responsible for developing, coordinating, and facilitating trainings that strengthen public health/public safety partnerships and support overdose prevention efforts across Kentucky. Responsibilities include planning and managing statewide trainings, meetings, and events in collaboration with public health professionals, public safety partners, and other subject matter experts.

The position also performs other duties as assigned. This is a hybrid position based in Frankfort, Kentucky. FLSA:
Non-Exempt Leave/Termination Notice Requirement Classification:
Professional Reporting Relationship:
Branch Manager, KDPH Hourly: $30.30 Annual Salary: $59,085.00

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

None PROBATIONARY PERIOD:
This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Responsible for specific duties as assigned, e.g.

a. Facilitate internal and external advisory committees to assess statewide overdose prevention needs, identify service gaps, and inform strategies to support care navigators.

b. Collaborate with KDPH's Public Health Educator to develop and implement overdose prevention trainings identified through advisory committee recommendations and OD2A training deliverables for professionals who interact with or provide services to individuals at risk of drug overdose.

c. Serve as Event Manager for annual statewide overdose prevention training events, including planning, coordination, and logistics and evaluation.

d. Develop, implement, and facilitate a statewide Local Health Department overdose prevention mentorship program to strengthen workforce capacity and promote best practices.

e. Collaborate with the KDPH Overdose Prevention Liaison to develop, expand, and maintain virtual overdose prevention trainings for incorporation into the KY-TRAIN learning management system, ensuring accessible, evidence-based training opportunities for public health, public safety, and community partners across Kentucky.

f. Collaborate with the Overdose Response Strategy to develop and deliver ODMAP training opportunities and provide Kentucky Drug Overdose Alert System trainings for public health and public safety partners in partnership with the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center.

g. Assist in the development of overdose prevention education and outreach materials in collaboration with statewide partners and Local Health Departments and support the KDPH Mobile Unit in providing overdose prevention and response education throughout Kentucky communities.

h. Assist with maintaining a statewide overdose prevention listserv of care navigators, state agencies, Local Health Departments, and Community Based Organizations. Resources disseminated will include, but are not limited to, overdose prevention initiatives, naloxone distribution kiosks, the Angel Initiative, Find Help Now KY, Find Naloxone Now KY, naloxone leave-behind programs, and Substance Use Disorder Continuum of Care.

i. Assist the KDPH Public Health Educator with data analysis, visualization, and content development for newsletters, reports, presentations, and other educational materials.

j. Assist with the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of KDPH's naloxone saturation strategic plan.

k. Utilize information technology systems to collect, manage, analyze, and report public health data, identify trends, evaluate program effectiveness, and inform policies,…