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PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF)

Army National Guard Units · Posted 6 days ago

On-site Columbus, OH $93K – $121K Apply by Jun 25, 2026 Social Science INFJINFPINTJINTP
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About the Role

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 T0061P01 and is part of the OH CoS Command Admin Office, National Guard. Primary purpose of this position is to directly support the development and execution of policies, programs, and procedures for implementing integrated primary prevention activities.

What You'll Do

  • As a PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF), GS-0101-12, you will perform the following duties: 1.
  • Advances policies, practices, and plans outside of the existing Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention (R3SP) (Army) and Suicide Prevention (Air) office, among others, for equities specific to self directed and interpersonal harm primary prevention.
  • Establishes procedures, mission objectives, and organizational design to eliminate barriers to mission accomplishment.
  • Facilitates dialogue between state programs, divisions, directorates, and other areas to capture existing risk and protective factors related to the earliest prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm though existing councils and circulation among the formation.
  • Conducts educational sessions and briefings for JFHQ leadership and JFHQ Program Managers (i.e., State Family Programs Director, Chaplains, State Equal Opportunity Manager, Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Program Manager, IPP SMEs) regarding the primary prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm.
  • Ensures evidence-based practices are incorporated in prevention efforts.
  • Maintains insight into the National Guard Bureau (NGB) IPP office to track efforts, measurements, and advisory councils or decision making bodies.
  • Assists TAG, Assistant TAG, IPP Officer, directorate, and division-level leadership with data-informed courses of action to appropriately resource self-directed and interpersonal harm primary prevention activities and requirements throughout the state.
  • Develops performance measures to meet statutory and regulatory compliance, implements quality improvement plans, and assesses the effectiveness of TAG's IPP program.
  • Advises leaders at all levels of best practices and evidence-based programs, policies, and plans that increase primary prevention capacity within their organizations.
  • Works with IPP Officer to elevate promising practices within the state that relate to the early prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm and report findings up to the NGB.
  • Coordinates multidisciplinary evaluations.
  • Assists with IPP needs assessments.
  • Collects qualitative and quantitative data from Wing/Region activities relative to integrated self-directed and interpersonal harm prevention to ensure program fidelity using NG furnished measures.

Requirements

  • Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position.
  • OR Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
  • OR Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
  • 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.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 70457c42-0570-4189-b8de-b55c79e74295

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