Prevention Coordinator

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

• Proposed
  
  Start Date:
  
  12/16/2025
• Classification
  
  Title:
  
  Healthcare Administration
• Rank: N - No Rank
• Working Title:
  
  Prevention Coordinator
• Department: 333601 - SHC Health Promotion & Education
• Position Number: D91178
• Representation: AU - AAUP
• Renewable:
  Renewable
• Position FTE: 1.0
• Tenure Status: N - not applicable

The PSU Center for Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) is a nationally accredited healthcare facility that offers medical, counseling, dental, and health promotion/education services to students of Portland State University. The center consists of over 100 clinical and administrative staff, and there are currently 16,800 students eligible to use SHAC services.

SHAC strives for inclusive and equitable hiring practices. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our healthcare team. All SHAC staff participating on search committees have completed PSU's Inclusive Hiring Workshop.

Health Promotion & Education, a unit of SHAC, provides a vital component of the healthcare continuum. Health promotion is a proactive approach that stresses prevention using various strategies with the ultimate goal of keeping people well. The focus of health promotion rests in comprehensive community level interventions that aim to influence the environment in which people live, work and learn.

This work is accomplished through health promotion programs (planned, organized events and activities that empower people over time to make informed decisions regarding their health) and health education (providing a learning experience for individuals through workshops, classes, and individual sessions).

In addition, by advocating for policy change/development and organizational support, Health Promoters are key players in assisting communities along the path of optimal wellness.

• Design and conduct campus-wide prevention efforts using health promotion theory and student development theory, including but not limited to environmental management, social movement, policy development, or social norming.
• Demonstrate cultural competence and inclusiveness in working with populations of diverse cultures and identities in addressing issues of diversity, health, and social justice.
• Collaborate with campus and community partners on initiatives, policies and research to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to health promotion & prevention initiatives.
• Collaborate with on- and off-campus partners to enhance supportive services provided by SHAC's Peer Recovery and Harm Reduction programs.
• Mobilize key collaborators for collective action to shift the campus culture and environment around stigma & prevention.
• Support a team of student staff to carry out prevention programming (suicide prevention, recovery support, substance use, and harm reduction).
• Participate in strategic planning, assessment and evaluation of Health Promotion efforts.
• Develop goals and measurable objectives for policies, programs, and services and evaluate effectiveness.
• Propose and manage specific program budgets.
• Aid in applying for future grants related to prevention.

• Bachelor's degree in public health, health promotion, community health, social work, education, higher education administration, counseling, or closely related field with 4+ years of related experience in peer recovery, prevention, public health, health education, social work, counseling, or closely related field.

• Master's degree in public health, health promotion, community health, social work, education, higher education administration, counseling, or closely related field with 2+ years of related experience in prevention, public health, health education, social work, counseling, or closely related field.
• Experience in substance misuse prevention / intervention, and harm reduction with college students or young adults.
• Experience in grant management and/or grant writing.

• Create an environment that acknowledges, encourages, and celebrates differences.
• Function and communicate effectively and respectfully within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds.
• Seek opportunities to gain experience working and collaborating in diverse, multicultural, and inclusive settings with a willingness to change for continual improvement.
• Adhere to all of PSU's policies including the policies on Prohibited Discrimination & Harassment and the Professional Standards of Conduct.

Contributes to a culture of environmental stewardship, practices resource conservation, and actively works toward achieving long-term sustainability goals.

Fixed: M-F, 8am-5pm

The starting salary range for this position will be between $62,700 and $65,000. The starting salary may be negotiable above this range, however, it will be dependent upon the knowledge, experience,…