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Serve as primary liaison within county partners and maintain positive collaborative relationships among all involved partners and systems including law enforcement, jails, courts, dispatch, community mental health, emergency medical services, behavioral health providers, etc.

Implement evaluation design and data collection methods as defined by Principal Investigator, Directors, and/or Project Manager including facilitations of interviews and community of practice meetings and management of data collection, process mapping, identification of data points, collection methods, and entry.

Apply critical thinking in completing tasks such as needs assessments, assisting county partners in determining the best programs and interventions for their region and developing implementation plans..

Work with partners to establish formal meeting schedule, determine attendees, and revise as needed; facilitate meetings, using innovative techniques for maximum participation.

Work closely with Project Manager and other Project Coordinators to ensure efficiency in performing duties and fidelity of processes and practices across counties.

Coordinate and balance goals and objectives of project with needs, abilities, and priorities of community partners.

Work with PI, Directors, Data Teams, and/or Project Manager to report findings to community partners and assist in interpreting data and determining next steps.

Provide support in writing reports and manuscripts, developing presentations, and creating other materials as needed.

Must have transportation for meetings in communities across the state.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience or Master of Social Work or related master’s degree in related field including Public Health or Criminal Justice preferred.

Experience: Experience working in behavioral health and/or criminal/legal systems; preferred experience or knowledge of substance use disorders and treatment ecosystems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience interfacing with project partners including behavioral health, criminal/legal, jails, probation/parole, and/or law enforcement agencies.

• Experience implementing new programs or interventions preferred.

• Excellent oral and written communication, problem-solving, and inter-personal skills.

• Ability to conceptualize and map processes within a system or agency to illustrate the flow of information or services and identify data collection points.

• Self-motivated; ability to work remotely and independently.

• Proficiency with Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams, Zoom, and OneDrive.

Assist with data collection, entry, coding, cleaning, and merging of multiple administrative data sets.

Conduct data analysis (descriptive, bivariate, predictive, longitudinal, etc.).

Write reports for funders and interested parties, and prepare manuscripts and presentations for academic dissemination.

Be proficient with database management/manipulation, multivariate statistics, and analytic programs including SPSS, Excel, etc. (SQL and/or R knowledge preferred.)

Travel to site visits and other meetings with interested parties in various locations across the state.

Regularly attend team meetings and planning sessions and work collaboratively with data and project team members on campus and virtually.

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education: Must have an advanced degree – master’s degree, Ph.D., or Ph.D. candidate – with prior experience working with administrative data.

Experience: Advanced skills in database management (i.e., SPSS, Excel), as well as advanced analytic approaches (i.e., multivariate statistics) is required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Successful applicant will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills (i.e., written and oral).

• Content knowledge of, and research experience in behavioral health and criminal legal systems is required.

• Previous experience in writing peer-reviewed publications using advanced statistics is desired.

• Relevant experience with youth justice data and systems will be given priority.

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