The Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Public Health Program is seeking either a Planner or Senior Planner to work on Behavioral Health/ Substance Use Disorder (SUD) projects. The role will help coordinate the Berkshire Overdose and Addiction Prevention Collaborative (BOAPC) and multiple initiatives to reduce SUD and increase access to and engagement with behavioral health, youth protection, substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in Berkshire County.

The Planner/Senior Planner, based on interest and qualifications, may:

• Serve as a BRPC public health expert for issues relating to Behavioral Health and the SUD Lifecycle of Prevention, Harm Reduction, Treatment and Recovery.
• Help coordinate BOAPC/BRPC projects, including project management and planning, outreach, and representing BRPC at local, state, and regional meetings.
  • The Senior Planner role includes additional leadership elements including budgeting, strategic planning, and identifying new grant opportunities.
• Serve as key liaison to multiple local EMS agencies and the MA Office of EMS (OEMS), with a focus on integrating EMS services with Behavioral Health/ SUD services.
• Ber responsible for data collection, analysis, evaluation and reporting.
• Coordinate with other local and regional youth prevention and SUD-related activities and represent BRPC on local, state, and regional workgroups/committees.
• Proactively cultivate working relationships with key stakeholders in multiple sectors.
• Initiate proactive engagement with and cultivate leadership from historically underserved communities
• Help plan, coordinate, and facilitate meetings, trainings and events.
• Lead and/or support communications activities, including newsletters, social media, press interviews, and broader print and digital communications campaigns.

BRPC Planners currently have flexible work schedules at the discretion of their supervisor with all staff required to be in the Pittsfield office at least two days per week and the expectation that core work hours are covered. The Planner/ Sr. Planner must be available for local activities and events as required. Full-time Planners must work a minimum of 35 hours a week with occasional night and weekend meetings and activities as required.

The Planner/ Sr. Planner must have access to a vehicle and the ability to travel throughout Berkshire County at all times of the year to attend meetings, events, and trainings as well as the ability to sometimes travel outside the county.

• For either position, experience in public health, reducing harm from substance use, data collection and reporting, community engagement, and coalition building is strongly preferred.
  • For the Senior Planner level, further experience in grant management, budgeting and financial reporting is required. Prior experience and/ or strong working knowledge with youth substance use prevention and empowerment is preferred.
• Relevant Masters’ degree plus at least two years of relevant experience or Bachelors’ degree plus at least four years of relevant experience required for Senior Planner; Master’s degree or BA plus two years relevant experience required for Planner role.