NASTAD is a leading non-partisan non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in the U.S. Our mission is to advance the health and dignity of people living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics by strengthening governmental public health and leveraging community partnerships. 

Our work advances NASTAD’s four strategic priorities: 1) Strengthen public health systems for HIV and hepatitis prevention, surveillance, and care; 2) Advance health and racial equity, and stigma elimination, focusing on disparately impacted communities; 3) Implement integrated approaches to address HIV, hepatitis, STIs, harm reduction, and the social determinants of health; 4) Strengthen organizational excellence within NASTAD and its member jurisdictions.

NASTAD serves as the Systems Coordination Provider (SCP) for the 47 Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Parts A and B jurisdictions funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA-20-078), as part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) initiative. As part of this work, NASTAD develops tools and resources to support health departments in EHE Phase I jurisdictions to improve coordination across health systems and collaboration with key stakeholder groups.

NASTAD Background

Our Mission & Vision

NASTAD is a leading non-partisan non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in the U.S. Our mission is to advance the health and dignity of people living with and impacted by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics by strengthening governmental public health and leveraging community partnerships. Our vision is a world committed to ending HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, and intersecting epidemics. We want to center on racial justice, anti-racism, and anti-white supremacist principles as we think about, approach, and conduct our work.

Job Summary

The Manager, Drug User Health plays a vital role in expanding the organization’s capacity to address the impacts of the intersecting crises of drug use, HIV/AIDS, and viral hepatitis in community and public health settings, particularly within state and local health departments and Syringe Services Programs (SSPs). The Manager’s core activities will support the advancement of NASTAD’s programmatic efforts to assist health departments and community-based drug user health programs by providing technical assistance (TA) and training on effective drug user health strategies and connecting people who use drugs to HIV and hepatitis prevention and treatment programs. This position will report to the Senior Manager, Drug User Health and will be expected to work closely with all other NASTAD teams, including HIV Prevention, Hepatitis, Health Care Access, Health Systems Integration, and Health Equity to support collaborative programmatic activities.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, able to develop and lead new projects, and be comfortable working independently. Demonstrated ability to execute projects in a timely manner and lead collaborative team efforts with diverse stakeholders is also required. 

Essential Duties

• Work closely with the Senior Manager, Drug User Health and other team members to assess and coordinate responses to the technical assistance needs of SAMHSA grantees and other behavioral health agencies through the National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center.

·       Provide tailored technical assistance to support community SSPs, behavioral health agencies, and HIV and hepatitis care and treatment programs through the CDC-funded National Harm Reduction TA Center and other channels.

• Assess state and local health department technical assistance and program development needs, lead technical assistance design and delivery to state and local health department HIV and hepatitis programs on harm reduction strategies, SSPs, and comprehensive systems of care.

·       Support the creation and release of training curricula, summary reports, guidance documents, and other technical writing products tailored to a diverse set of audiences and organizational structures.

·       Maintain communication and coordination of technical assistance activities across the team and with external partners.

·       Work across NASTAD programs to identify and leverage existing organizational partnerships for Drug User Health programming.

·       Participate in cross-agency project teams to discuss coordinated technical assistance efforts across states and regionally in collaboration with multisectoral partners.

·       Review and develop technical assistance resources to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders.

• Represent NASTAD at meetings, briefings, and consultations related to state health department and community-based HIV, hepatitis, and drug user health programs.

·       Provide timely support to, and interaction with, NASTAD’s members through responsive and innovative messaging, mentoring, networking and technical assistance activities.

• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

·       Must be committed to the following principles: minimizing harm, trustworthiness and transparency, the value of lived experience, collaboration and mutuality, centering client voices and affirming agency, recognizing risk is real, belief in the importance of our clients and resilience.

·       Must have a strong commitment to promote cultural, racial, language and gender access and equity.

Experience, Expertise, and Education

·       Bachelor’s degree or higher or any equivalent combination of training, education, and experience that demonstrate the candidate’s ability to perform the position’s duties.

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience.

·       Experience working with cross-functional teams and multisectoral agencies.

·       Familiarity with harm reduction framework, drug user health, behavioral health, and integrated systems of health service delivery preferred.

·       Prior experience working in HIV and/or hepatitis and drug user health is preferred.

·       Must be committed to the following principles: minimizing harm, trustworthiness and transparency, the value of lived experience, collaboration and mutuality, centering client voices and affirming agency, recognizing risk is real, belief in the importance of our clients and resilience.

·       Must have a strong commitment to promote cultural, racial, language and gender access and equity.

Environment and Scheduling

·       Full time, 40 hours per week role 

·       Interest in working with a national HIV, viral hepatitis, and drug user health organization.

• Interest in working within a dynamic work environment and with diverse partners and stakeholders.
• Willing to travel up to 25% of the time when it is safe to do so.
• Remote work is possible.
• Commitment to Anti-Racism values

Competencies

• Leadership - Integrates into their work a strategic vision and critical analysis that optimizes success for projects, and organizational priorities as applicable.
• Communications - Strategically communicates internally and externally in a clear, concise, respectful, and trauma-informed manner; simplifies complicated concepts and communicates them clearly regardless of the situation or audience.
• Teamwork - Proactively contributes toward the completion of team tasks and team building. Champions an anti-racist, collaborative, and supportive organizational team culture.
• Reliability and Adaptability - Takes ownership of own objectives and performance. Independently completes tasks in a timely and consistent manner. Adapts to, and integrates into own tasks, changes in the work environment, priorities, and organizational needs.
• Problem Solving and Analytical Thinking - Takes a solutions-focused approach to problem-solving: identifies a problem, finds the root cause, and structures logical solutions. Able to solve problems by analyzing situations and applying critical thinking to resolve them.

Environment and Scheduling

·    $61,200 – $64,800 (and commensurate with experience)

·       Full-time, 40 hours/week role.

·       Remote work is possible.

·       Interest in working with a national HIV and hepatitis public health organization.

·       Interest in working within a diverse environment.

·       Commitment to Anti-Racism values.

We encourage people of diverse ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, disabilities, religions, races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, work, and life experiences to apply. We recognize that to accelerate the end of the HIV and hepatitis epidemics, our workforce must be representative of groups that have been disproportionately impacted.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.