The Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine is pleased to announce the opening for a Technical Assistance Coordinator.

The Substance Use Research and Evaluation Team (SURE) strives to improve the overall health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities impacted by substance use, through the investigation of innovative interventions and the use of data driven decision-making to identify real-world policy and programmatic solutions.

Together with the SURE Team, the Technical Assistance Coordinator will work to improve the well-being of individuals, families and communities impacted by substance use. The Technical Assistance Coordinator works in a team environment and participates in the design and implementation of technical assistance activities at the local and state levels. In addition, this position works collaboratively with members of the SURE team on the development, testing, and ongoing maintenance of the data collection, cleaning, analysis, and reporting systems that support applied technical assistance and research activities, as well as project management components necessary to support ongoing work at the local and state levels.

The Technical Assistance Coordinator acts independently and may be the point of contact for external clients as part of technical assistance and research projects, executes timelines and carries out project responsibilities within parameters approved by the Principal Investigator/ Project Director. This position routinely works with a broad spectrum of health providers and administrators, community-based organizations, policymakers, researchers, and other key stakeholders to facilitate technical assistance, evaluation and dissemination activities. This position is also responsible for working with program staff to implement procedures for reliable data collection, entry, and data cleaning/transformation and qualitative and quantitative analysis.

This is a grant funded position with a starting annual salary up to $68,000 commensurate with experience. This position will be working with the State of Maine and various partners throughout the state and will require regular travel as part of their routine job duties.

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The University of Southern Maine is committed to developing a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. It embraces an inclusive campus community that values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development, and institutional success. Our Office of Equity, Inclusion and Community Impact supports the University of Southern Maine’s DEIA and Community Impact focused departments, committees, groups, projects, training, and events. USM encourages women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds to apply.

We live our USM Service Promise: Student Focused Every Day. We are looking for a team member who understands that promise and supports our values: Respect & Care, Integrity, Equity and Responsiveness.

The University of Southern Maine provides a highly competitive benefits package that includes holidays, vacation and sick time; health, dental and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; a tuition waiver program for employee and eligible dependents; a 403(b) retirement plan; and more.

• Master’s Degree in public health, public policy, or related field and a minimum of five years of relevant work experience or Bachelor’s degree public health, public policy, or related field and a minimum of seven years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated familiarity with the field of behavioral health, public health programing and policies.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Demonstrated competence in the use of Microsoft software applications.
• Demonstrates a strong track record of written and oral communication skills.
• Has the ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team and/or external stakeholders.
• Ability to travel within the state working with the State of Maine and various partners.

You will create an applicant profile and complete an application and upload a cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae. Finalist candidates will be asked to provide a list of the names and contact information for references.

We will examine candidate packages on an ongoing basis as they are submitted.

We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship support.

Appropriate background screening will be conducted for the successful candidate.

In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 5748 Boudreau Hall, Room 101, Orono, ME 04469-5754, 207-581-1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).