26-048 Prevention Programmer, Full-Time

About the role

The Prevention Programmer is a civilian position within the Community Outreach Bureau Prevention Services Unit. The primary responsibility is to implement prevention strategies by planning and conducting alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention programs within the community.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct ATOD prevention programs targeting differing age groups within the community and school system. Programs may include media development, policy change, education presentations, community awareness projects, or coordinating workgroups for special events or initiatives.
• Collaborate with local, state and federal prevention programs and organizations, and their staff.
• Serve in an advisor to Dover Youth to Youth and coordinate the activities of these peer-based prevention groups within the community, to include: timely communication with parents and students; preparing for each meeting; setting and creating agendas for each meeting; conducting trainings as appropriate for current activities; and supervising Youth to Youth activities in the community.
• Provide training as assigned. This may include adult or youth audiences and include training student members of Youth to Youth in core advocacy skills such as: public speaking, policy change, working with the press, and creating media. Also includes training students to conduct any task they are implementing before the activity takes place and “quality control” steps during and after the activity.
• Support and maintain administrative systems within the Community Outreach Bureau Prevention Services Unit, to include: providing information for monthly reports, gathering data for grants, inventory control, and data archive.
• Complete administrative responsibilities as assigned, to include: posting current events and activities on Facebook or other social media, updating web sites, maintaining contact lists and other data bases, and preparing press releases, letters and other written documents.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or is currently enrolled in such a program and agrees to attain that level of education.
• Has attained and currently holds Certified Prevention Specialist status in New Hampshire; or is willing to work toward that status.
• Master’s degree in public health, social work, or other relevant field.
• Two years relevant experience youth development/leadership, public health education, health promotion or project management.