Addiction Public Health Specialist - Tobacco

Employee Status: Full Time, Exempt

Location/Office: New York, NY (CAI has a hybrid work schedule of working 2 days in the office and 3 days remote.)

General Statement of Responsibilities:

The Addiction Public Health Specialist - Tobacco works in partnership with a multidisciplinary team to provide leadership, direction, and day-to-day management for all activities associated with achieving the goals of the New York State Center for Health Systems Improvement (C-HSI) project, funded by the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Tobacco Control (BTC). This includes overseeing the design, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of capacity-building strategies that strengthen the ability of state public health, stakeholders, and the 8 BTC Health Systems for New York contractors (HSTFNY) to improve access to and utilization of evidence-based and innovative tobacco use treatment (TUT) services in healthcare settings across New York State to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality.

In addition, this position partners with the Director of Tobacco Control Health Initiatives to develop and sustain strategic partnerships, convene and facilitate stakeholder meetings, and contribute expertise to broader tobacco-related initiatives. The Addiction Public Health Specialist – Tobacco also plays a key role in advancing CAI’s organizational portfolio in behavioral health and addiction, of which tobacco is a central focus, by identifying opportunities, supporting program development, and cultivating collaborations that expand CAI’s impact in this field.

Major Tasks and Responsibilities (include, but are not limited to):

• Provide strategic vision and day-to-day direction for all activities associated with administering the C-HSI, including oversight of daily operations, staff, and project deliverables.
• Lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of proactive, on-demand, and group technical assistance (including communities of practice), delivered virtually and in-person, to support regional contractors in integrating tobacco use treatment (TUT) into health and behavioral health systems.
• Identify, cultivate, and maintain strategic partnerships toward achievement of project goals and objectives.
• Facilitate and provide leadership for statewide workgroups, advisory bodies, and issue-specific committees that advance BTC and HSTFNY health systems improvement goals.
• Collaborate with partners, consultants and project staff to develop practical resources and training curricula and materials that enable contractors and healthcare organizations to strengthen their delivery of TUT.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on health systems change, evidence-based frameworks, and implementation strategies that accelerate the translation of research into practice.
• Provide leadership in planning, facilitation, and follow-up for all project-related meetings, including internal team, partner, funder, contractor, and consultant convenings.
• Develop and oversee communication products such as website content, newsletters, letters of opinion, reports, and press releases to advance project visibility and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure compliance with BTC reporting requirements, support fiscal management of project budgets, and contribute to funder communications.
• Identify, pursue, and support the development of new opportunities to expand CAI’s portfolio in behavioral health, addiction, and health systems change initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support project success and organizational growth.

Qualifications:

• Masters-level degree and/or a minimum of 7 years combined (training and field) experience in health policy, public health, and/or health care operations.
• In-depth understanding of the current healthcare delivery, including behavioral health systems, and financing landscape in New York State, including familiarity with Medicaid, New York State Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP), meaningful use, electronic health records, and billing and reimbursement.
• Familiarity with evidence-based smoking cessation interventions, Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems, and health systems improvement principles.
• Applied and practical experience in the design and delivery of technical assistance to facilitate policy and systems change.
• Knowledge of quality improvement and performance management principles to improve patient and community outcomes.
• Excellent analytic, strategic thinking, and presentation skills, including interpersonal as well as oral and written communications skills.
• Excellent planning skills, extremely organized, and ability to multitask.
• Demonstrated skills in project coordination and project management.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word/Excel/Access/PowerPoint/Outlook.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the Addiction Public Health Specialist - Tobacco job. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the Addiction Public Health Specialist - Tobacco job.

While performing the Addiction Public Health Specialist - Tobacco responsibilities, the employee is required to talk and hear. This position requires the employee to be on-site at a CAI office. The employee is often required to sit and work at a desk for prolonged periods of time and use their hands and fingers to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the Addiction Public Health Specialist - Tobacco position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The salary range for this position is $80,000 - $90,000. CAI offers the following benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible spending Account (FSA)
• Dependent Care Account (DCA)
• Transit Reimbursement Account
• Life Insurance – company sponsored up to $50,000
• Long term disability (LTD)
• Short term disability (STD)
• 401K retirement plan after three (3) months of employment
• Semi-monthly payroll, the 15th and last day of each month
• Flexible and Hybrid work schedules
• Ability to work fully remotely up to 3 weeks each calendar year

Vacation and Leave benefits:

• 11 Holidays per year
• 2 Personal days year
• 12 Sick days per year
• 10-15 Vacation days per year increasing after 4 years of service
• 1 Cancer Screening Day per year
• Bereavement Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
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• CAI is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.