Public policy Jobs in Abilene, TX

The Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) is an initiative designed to enhance public health-public safety collaboration and strengthen efforts to reduce drug overdose deaths. The ORS is funded by CDC and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to help communities reduce fatal and non-fatal drug overdose rates by improved information sharing across public health and public safety agencies, and by supporting evidence-based intervention.As of July 2021, there are ORS Public Health Analyst (PHA) and Drug Intelligence Officer (DIO) positions in 50 states, the District of Columbia (, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. PHA positions are funded by CDC through the CDC Foundation and DIO positions are funded by ONDCP through the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program. These state teams form the foundation of the ORS and work to promote overdose prevention and response efforts, and increase communication, data flow, and intelligence sharing between public safety and public health within and across ORS states.The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a full time Public Health Analyst to support the ORS. This position will support efforts of the University of Texas Health – San Antonio, Texas Department of State Health Services, South Texas HIDTA and other key partners in the development and implementation of drug overdose information sharing systems and evidence-based prevention programs.The Public Health Analyst must be based in the San Antonio, Texas area. The PHA will work a hybrid schedule with a requirement to work in the South Texas HIDTA office located in San Antonio, Texas at least once a week. Regular travel to meetings within the state, and travel out of state to regional meetings and the ORS Annual Conference is required. Relocation expenses are not provided.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate data sharing and joint initiatives between public health and public safety agencies and organizations that are designed to address illicit drug use and overdose
• Collaborate with assigned DIO to build partnerships between local HIDTA program(s) and public health entities
• Identify and promote promising overdose prevention interventions at the intersection of public health and public safety in assigned state or region
• Support and evaluate public safety-led interventions designed to connect people who use drugs to care and treatment
• Present to diverse audiences on overdose trends and local response efforts
• Support projects that enhance public health / public safety collaborations through the identification of appropriate local partners, qualitative and quantitative data collection, and dissemination of project findings
• Develop specialized knowledge of significant drug use and overdose trends in assigned state or region
• Responsibilities may also include :
• Conduct overdose, drug use, and drug availability related data analyses on behalf of partner agencies, as needed
• Create data visualizations on drug usage and overdose trends
• Build partnerships with community members and partners by providing technical assistance and support through communications and one on one assistance, as well as connecting partners to additional resources
• Develop and conduct trainings to diverse audiences on overdose prevention best practices to enhance response efforts (including but not limited to the development of presentations, one-pagers and other training materials)
• Explore and support additional projects that enhance public health / public safety collaborations through communication, information sharing, education, and partnership building
• Develop products for site partners such as briefs, bulletins, reports, brochures or other educational materials
• Support and evaluate public health and public safety interventions

Qualifications

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