Technical Assistance, Research Associate (mental/substance)

Our client has retained us to hire a Principal Research Associate to lead Technical Assistance projects in behavioral health.

Please contact us directly to be considered.

If you have the following experience, we are interested in speaking with you:

Federal contract experience (preferably with SAMHSA); mental health, behavioral health, substance abuse, interventions, and prevention and technical assistance and training.

The Principal Research Associate - Technical Assistance (TA) Lead will join our behavioral health and health policy team. In this role you will work on and guide federal behavioral health initiatives focused on mental health and substance use prevention and treatment technical assistance and training (TAT). You will lead proposal development for new opportunities relevant to behavioral health and work on existing federal contracts.

In this highly collaborative role, you will use your experience with federal TAT contracts to work closely with leadership and multi-disciplinary project teams to lead, develop, and manage training and TA activities focused on improving lives across the lifespan. Expertise in, and experience providing, evidence-based TAT models and techniques is essential for this position.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead a team that will develop and manage training and technical assistance activities.
• Apply content knowledge of behavioral health (e.g., evidence-based practices, workforce development, data-informed quality improvement, education and behavioral health policy, financing of behavioral health services) to manage remote and/or onsite technical assistance.
• Collaborate with team members to develop project plans, communicate project status updates, and execute project goals and timelines.
• Collaborate with staff to co-create and maintain a fully accessible and responsive TA website with an online repository of resources and products.
• Lead/participate in proposal writing and other business development activities.

Basic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in social sciences (e.g., psychology, social work, public health) with 5 years of relevant experience post degree, or a master’s degree in the social sciences with at least 8 years of relevant experience post degree.
• Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of a range of technical assistance and training activities with diverse audiences.
• Content knowledge in wellness, mental health and/or substance use prevention and treatment.
• Experience in leadership positions on federal task orders, grants and/or contracts.
• Knowledge regarding TAT quality measures and measuring outcomes.