Program Operations Specialist; Temporary

Position: Program Operations Specialist (Temporary)
* Lead design of a comprehensive evaluation for the internship/placement program, in collaboration with the project lead, using an Indigenous evaluation, as appropriate.
* Engage key stakeholders and partners from NNPHI, Safe States, NCIPC, and both students and post-graduate interns in evaluation planning and integration of their guidance/feedback.
* Collect knowledge and feedback about internship activities, professional development activities, and participants’ experiences through a mix of Indigenous data collection methods.
* Develop an evaluation plan to include evaluation questions, approach, success indicators/measures, activities calendar, and analysis plan.
* Lead implementation of plan including data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
* Review and update processes, strategies, and materials for every component of the program: internship/placement, training and professional development.
* Disseminate invitation to host sites to host interns/placements and implement through Seven Direction contacts/networks.
* Disseminate invitation to students/recent graduates through Seven Directions listservs, social media, and relevant partners’ media channels.
* Implement application and matching of interns, recent graduates with sites.
* Coordinate with sites to complete individualized workplan for internship/placements.
* Develop and facilitate program orientation, training series, and professional development opportunities with team.
* Develop and facilitate internship/placement program contribution to grantee in
-person meeting, with team, as needed.
* Provide ongoing logistical support or technical assistance to hosting agencies as needed, with team.
* Ensure program evaluation objectives are completed.
* Work closely with NNPHI, Safe States, and NCIPC to identify broad list of tribal health departments or tribal-serving organizations working on overdose and injury prevention to host student interns and post-graduate placements.
* Work with agency partners to develop internship position descriptions and identify supervision structures.
* Compile position descriptions for prospective interns to review.
* Collaboratively develop intern selection and matching criteria for interested intern applicants.
* Develop internship application platform.
* Develop marketing materials to publicize the internship opportunity.
* Review applications and match interns to agencies.
* Coordinate with funders and partners, as needed, to bring students/interns and/or provide professional development opportunity at the in-person meeting.
* Take a leadership role in developing and implementing an evaluation plan for the internship/placement program.
* Take a leadership role in implementing the internship/placement, training, and professional development program.
* Manage placements of students and recent graduates with partner organizations.
* This position will support senior staff and faculty with coordinating students and provide mentorship and training on research activities and public health practice for undergraduate and graduate students.
* Knowledgeable and experienced in program evaluation.
* Familiar with the tribal and urban Indigenous health system and tribal health governance.
* Familiarity with issues affecting American Indian and Alaska Native health, healing, cultural diversity and strengths.
* Experience facilitating meetings and discussions for internal and external (i.e., community, funders) partners.
* Dynamic and engaging presentation and facilitation style.
* Excellent problem-solving, organization, relationships, and project management skills.
* Ability to be innovative, resourceful, and creative.
* Curiosity, enthusiasm, willingness, and a positive attitude towards learning new and diverse concepts, methods, tools, knowledge and data systems, community cultural contexts, and solving problems.
* The ability to work as a collaborative, cooperative, and congenial member of a close-knit scholarly research, practice, and administrative team, as well as work independently (experience in virtual team environments is a plus).
* Detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy in all aspects of work.
* Discipline and organizational…