Job Description

Budget Title: Senior Staff Assistant (SL-3)

Salary: $57,151 - $61,000

Strategic Prevention & Health Promotion

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

Harm Reduction & Student Support

• Clinical Best Practices: Advance harm reduction models, administer brief interventions, and utilize motivational interviewing techniques.
• Screening Interventions: Manage evidence-based screening initiatives, including BASICS and eCHECKUP TO GO.
• Crisis Prevention: Direct overdose response education and oversee campus naloxone training and distribution.
• Campus Collaborations: 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.
• Recovery Advocacy: Support the Tobacco- and Smoke-Free Campus Initiative and champion a welcoming, supportive climate for students in recovery.

Leadership, Training, & Administration

• Program Coordination: Assist with the coordination and implementation of the Healthy Campus Peer Agent Internship course, focusing on leadership, training, and administration.
• Staff Supervision: Mentor, supervise, and evaluate graduate assistants, peer educators, and student workers within wellness coalitions.
• Professional Development: Train student leaders, faculty, and staff on harm reduction, substance awareness, and recovery support.
• Compliance Management: Serve as the primary administrator for DFSCA mandates, compiling the Biennial Review Report and coordinating mandatory Annual Notifications.
• Operational Evaluation: Manage compliance tracking systems for student educational modules and leverage data analytics to present progress reports to university executives.
• Resource & Financial Management: 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.

Institutional Commitments

• 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.

Requirements

• 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

Preferred

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