Health Promotion Coordinator; Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator

POSITION OVERVIEW

West Central District Health Department (WCDHD), in partnership with Community Connections, is seeking a motivated, collaborative, and community-minded professional to serve as our Substance Abuse Prevention System (SAPS) Coordinator/Health Promotion Program Coordinator.

This is a unique shared position designed to bring together the strengths of two established community organizations with a common goal: preventing substance use, reducing overdose, and improving the health and well-being of our communities.

The successful candidate will be a full-time employee of WCDHD and will work a 40-hour workweek from the Community Connections office. Approximately 32 hours each week will be dedicated to the Community Connections Substance Abuse Prevention System (SAPS) Coalition and substance use prevention efforts in Lincoln County, with the remaining 8 hours dedicated to WCDHD overdose prevention and health promotion activities.

The SAPS Coalition has been working to reduce and prevent substance misuse in Lincoln County since 2004 through community collaboration, evidence-based prevention strategies, and the Strategic Prevention Framework. This position will play an important role in continuing that work while helping connect prevention efforts across organizations and throughout the community.

The majority of this position will focus on coordinating the Community Connections SAPS Coalition and strengthening the community-wide substance use prevention system. The Coordinator will bring together schools, healthcare organizations, law enforcement, businesses, community organizations, families, and other stakeholders to identify needs and implement strategies that prevent substance misuse before it begins.

Responsibilities will include coordinating coalition activities, facilitating meetings, maintaining strong relationships with coalition members and community partners, and helping partners identify opportunities to incorporate prevention into their own organizations and initiatives.

The Coordinator will work collaboratively with coalition members to develop, implement, and maintain a comprehensive prevention plan based on community needs, available data, evidence--based strategies, and the Strategic Prevention Framework.

This position is about more than developing plans. The Coordinator will help move those plans forward.

The Coordinator will organize and support prevention initiatives, trainings, community events, educational campaigns, media outreach, and other activities designed to increase awareness and reduce substance misuse.

This includes coordinating activities across multiple partners, keeping projects moving forward, monitoring progress, identifying challenges, and adjusting strategies when needed.

Approximately eight hours each week will be dedicated to WCDHD's overdose prevention and related health promotion efforts.

Working as part of the WCDHD team, the Coordinator will assist with planning, implementing, promoting, evaluating, and reporting on overdose prevention activities and other assigned grant-funded initiatives.

This may include community education, outreach, partnership development, distribution or promotion of prevention resources, data collection, program evaluation, presentations, and coordination with organizations working to reduce overdose and substance-related harms.

This portion of the position provides a unique opportunity to connect upstream substance use prevention with overdose prevention, helping create a more coordinated approach to substance use across the community.

Relationships are at the heart of this position.

The Coordinator will develop and maintain productive relationships with public and private organizations, schools, healthcare providers, law enforcement, businesses, community leaders, families, and other partners.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable bringing different perspectives to the same table, facilitating conversations, building consensus, and helping partners work toward shared goals.

The Coordinator will help make prevention understandable, relevant, and visible throughout the community.

Responsibilities may include developing educational materials, coordinating trainings and awareness activities, preparing presentations, supporting social media and other communication efforts,…