Title: Suicide Prevention Coordinator

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist I

Hiring Range: $60,000-$70,000

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept of Veterans Services

Location: JAMES MONROE BUILDING

Agency Website: www.dvs.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator operates in a deadline-oriented, fast-paced environment and is an integral member of the VVFS/SPOAS team. This position reports directly to the Suicide Prevention and Opioid Addiction Services (SPOAS) Director.

The successful candidate will be a dynamic, self-starting individual who enjoys working in a team environment while taking initiative to work independently and collaboratively on a wide variety of outreach, training, and suicide prevention initiatives.

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator shall display an aptitude for problem solving, as well as maintain effective attention to details, meeting deadlines and prioritizing competing demands. It is important that the candidate be able to perform these tasks at a high level of accuracy and possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate successfully with various partners, grantees, and grant agencies.

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is responsible for the development, organization, and coordination of the SPOAS programs training and outreach initiatives while supporting the SPOAS Program, program staff and Director.

The Suicide Prevention Coordinator coordinates relevant data from Federal, State, and local entities and ensures accurate database and files to capture/track the suicide prevention, outreach, and training program progress. This position will prepare reports and communications for the SPOAS and VVFS Directors.

Minimum Qualifications

-A demonstrated ability to operate in a deadline-oriented, fast-paced environment, work independently and collaboratively on a wide variety of outreach, training and consultation duties for behavioral health, crisis services, opioid services and/or suicide prevention.

-Excellent oral and written communication skills, analytical, problem solving, organizational skills, presentation skills, database and data collection, tracking, storage, and retrieval.

-The ability to act as a liaison between Federal, State, and local behavioral health, crisis services, other state agencies and suicide prevention partners, SOS grantees, and grantee agencies to provide technical support, and training.

-Thorough knowledge of suicide prevention, including the incidence and prevalence of suicide, policy and service delivery issues, best practices in suicide prevention and intervention from interagency, federal, state and community perspectives.

-An ability to work with diverse behavioral health and/or suicide prevention stakeholders, and partners including other state and local agencies and organizations, service recipients, suicide survivors, universities, advocates, etc.

-Strong training and meeting facilitation and consultation skills.

-Strong ability to support the Suicide Prevention Program and Program Director.

Additional Considerations

- Extensive professional experience in suicide prevention services, administrative experience, and experience with interagency issues at state and local levels, with veteran specific experience preferred. A valid Driver’s license is required.
-Excellent attention to detail is an absolute must as well as, computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook).
-Ability to exercise independent judgment and proven skill in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making, proactively plan to resolve problems, identify, and recommend and implement viable solutions.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDVS accepts submissions of on-line applications only. Faxed, mailed, or emailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:59 P.M. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which includes your specific qualifications for the position you are seeking.
The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this positon from either the electronic applications and/or resume. RMS provides a confirmation or receipt when your application and/or resume is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS account to check the status of your application.
It is the policy of VDVS to provide equal opportunity for all applications and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, gender, identify or expression, disability, veterans status or political affiliation, or against otherwise qualified person with disabilities.
Commonwealth of Virginia State agencies must provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring accommodations should direct inquiries to the human resource contact directly. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be reviewed and determined on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or resume.

Contact Information

Name: DVS HR Team

Phone: No Calls

Email: recruitment@dvs.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.