Primary Prevention Specialist (prev WF)

Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), Position Description Number T0029P01 and is part of the ID G1, National Guard. THIS POSITION IS PERMANENT. THIS POSITION IS SUBJECT TO PROVISIONS OF THE DOD PRIORITY PLACEMENT PROGRAM.

Duties

• 1.
• Serves as the point of contact for harm and abuse prevention programs and activities; provides program coordination and serves as the subject matter expert for the Wing/Region IPP program.
• Serves as the Primary Prevention Integrator (PPI) managing all aspects of a complex integrated primary prevention program (P3) for the Wing/Region.
• Serves as the Wing/Region point of contact for the suicide prevention program, workplace and domestic violence programs in a non-clinical primary prevention, here after referred to as prevention, role in coordination with applicable offices and community agencies.
• Delivers initial prevention activities, averting harm or abuse before it occurs.
• Identifies risk and protective factors that lead to or protect against unhealthy or unsafe behaviors.
• Promotes actions to mitigate environmental factors.
• Examines and interprets population data from the Wing/Region.
• Interprets S/T/DC policies and guidance to develop Wing/Region specific policy, plans, objectives and guidance for the operation of local P3.
• Coordinates the implementation and coordination of all such activities at a local level.
• Provides professional advisory services and training to Wing/Region Service Members and community agencies concerning available or ongoing violence-related prevention efforts.
• Utilizes effective presentation and facilitation skills, provides accurate and appropriate technical assistance tailored to specific audiences, and communicates the complexities of prevention issues to stakeholders and the public.
• Develops coordinated plans for reducing risk factors and promoting protective factors for increased resiliency within the community.
• Conducts assessments on strengths, weaknesses, opportunity, and threat (SWOT) analyses that form the basis for action, implementation, and program plan development activities.
• Crafts formal assessments and evaluation processes to monitor outreach programs and services through evaluation of activities.
• Collects or obtains local data and reports quarterly activities to Wing/Region and JFHQ leadership, and respective boards, counsels, and committees as applicable.
• Implements state policies and other official guidance at the local level.
• Responsible for overseeing program compliance with local guidance and ensuring program fidelity.
• Assists leaders in developing and monitoring the effectiveness of their P3.
• Advises leaders at all levels of best practices and evidence-based programs, policies, and plans that increase prevention readiness within their organizations. 2.
• Supports inter- and intra-personal violence prevention efforts and programming through the Wing/regional leadership advisory committees, boards and working groups.
• Represents their population’s integrated prevention efforts as a member of leadership advisory committees, boards and working groups.
• Collects, consolidates, and presents relevant prevention program data to leadership advisory committees, boards, and working groups.
• Briefs Commanders and senior personnel on Integrated Primary Prevention (IPP), as defined in applicable policy and official guidance, to obtain optimum support for IPP activities.
• Below the JFHQ level, chairs leadership advisory committees, boards and working groups, as requested by leadership. 3.
• Serves as the Wing/Region liaison for local military and civilian agencies to promote timely information exchange, coordinate collaborative prevention efforts, and establish resource links and community partnerships.
• Incorporates comprehensive strategies to enhance community strengths, address broad-based community needs, suggest community problem solving methods, and forge community connections.
• Establishes networking, advocacy, and collaboration processes through which to promote IPP to the community.
• Ensures curriculums and community intervention initiatives for each P3 are research-based and supported by the evidence.
• Attends relevant community committee meetings to provide input and obtain information related to prevention issues.
• Consolidates findings from needs assessments and other data sources looking for possible effects of prevention efforts with all respective agencies and leadership, to recommend implementation strategies ensuring data-driven allocations of time and resources.
• Networks with internal programs and offices at the Wing/Region, or JFHQ (such as Behavioral Health, Equal Opportunity, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Family Programs, Yellow Ribbon, and Substance Abuse Program) to standardize and synchronize training and evaluation in order to provide a well-coordinated approach to prevention.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Required Documents

To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes:

• 1.
• Your resume showing: Contact Information-your name and the best way to contact you.
• Relevant work experience-include the employer’s name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualifications of the job.
• Federal jobs should include series and grade.
• Education, certifications or licensures. 2.
• Other supporting documents: Official transcripts for Education Requirements.
• SUPPORTING VETERAN’S PREFERENCE DOCUMENTS.
• Veteran’s preference must be validated by formal submissions including all necessary supporting documentation.
• You MUST provide acceptable documentation of your preference or appointment eligibility WITH your application.
• Veteran’s preference does not apply to promotion, reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer or reinstatement.
• Accepted documentation includes: An SF-15, AND A legible copy of your DD-214 (Member 4), “Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty,” which shows dates of service and discharge under honorable conditions, OR A “certification” that is a written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active-duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed, **If claiming 10-point preference you must submit a VA Letter or a disability determination from a branch of the Armed Forces (or documentation of purple heart, if applicable).
• For more information on Veterans’ Preference, please visit: http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx MILITARY SPOUSE PREFERENCE The spouse of a member of the armed forces seeking eligibility under the non-competitive hiring authority of certain military spouse MUST submit various required documentation by the closing date of the announcement in accordance with one of the three below eligibilities: Spouse of a member of the armed forces serving on active duty, (A military PCS must have occurred to claim preference), A copy of the service member’s active-duty orders specifying they are currently on active duty, and Documentation verifying marriage to the member of the armed forces.
• Spouse of service member who incurred a 100% disability rating.
• A copy of the service member’s DD-214 showing the service member retired or was released or discharged from active duty A copy of a VA letter indicating the service member has a disability rating of 100 percent or more due to a service-connected disability, and Documentation verifying marriage to the member of the armed forces.
• Married widow or widower (that has not remarried) of a service member killed while performing active duty. a copy of the service member’s DD-214 showing the service member was released or discharged from active duty due to their death while on active duty, Documentation verifying the service member was killed performing active duty (DD-1300), Documentation verifying marriage to the service member at the time the service member is killed while on active duty, and A statement certifying you are the un-married widow or widower of the service member.