OPS SENIOR HUMAN SERVICES PROG ANALYST - 64956548

Requisition No: 871370 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: OPS SENIOR HUMAN SERVICES PROG ANALYST - 64956548

 Pay Plan: Temp

Position Number: 64956548 

Salary:  $25 to $29 per hour 

Posting Closing Date: 03/23/2026 

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Job posting category: Open Competitive

Special Note: This is an OPS full-time position.

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

The Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie County (DOH-SL) is seeking candidates for a highly responsible position that will work under the direct supervision of the Public Health Services Manager at DOH-St. Lucie.  The position, an OPS Senior Human Services Program Analyst, will work within the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) grant as a Linkage to Care (LTC) Navigator assisting individuals in accessing services related to substance use disorder.  The position will be based in St. Lucie County but serve both St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties.

The position will provide education, outreach, and direct linkage to care services for people with opioid use disorder, substance use disorder, or co-occurring conditions. They will identify opportunities and barriers to accessing care and work with local medical, substance use treatment, and social service providers to identify resources, offer guidance to overcome challenges, create effective processes, and increase collaboration. 

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide outreach, engagement, referrals, warm hand offs, and care coordination services for individuals with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorders.
• Develop networks with external stakeholders and service providers to increase access to community-based resources.
• Work with internal and external agencies to assess and manage the referral processes to address necessary challenges for patients and providers.
• Coordinate with community partners to provide access to evidence-based supports and programs, including additional non-medical needs of individuals (for example, housing, employment, insurance, food, internet, etc.).
• Support persons engaged in care and conduct outreach to engage or re-engage individuals in care.  This will include field work at hospital emergency rooms, neighborhoods in all parts of both St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties, jail/prison settings, and other locations as needed.
• Work with public safety agencies in both St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties to identify linkage to care resources for incarcerated persons and those leaving incarceration. 
• Work as a part of a county health department, public safety agency, and community team dedicated to opioid and substance use prevention and harm reduction.
• Advise on evidence-based and accurate substance use disorder and harm reduction education to individuals, groups, and organizations.
• Be an active member of the Treasure Coast Opioid Task force, Drug Free St. Lucie, and other appropriate community-based groups.
• Participate in evaluation and quality assurance activities.

Other duties as assigned.  Emergency duties as required.

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge in overdose prevention, substance use disorder treatment, harm reduction, recovery, and/or drug policy.
• Knowledge of linkage to care navigators and recovery support strategies.
• Knowledge of community and social service resources.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with ability to be efficient and consistently deliver high-quality work under time constraints.
• Skills in planning and executing work in a timely manner, combining multiple issues and factors into a comprehensive whole, and successfully making public presentations.
• Skills in client interviewing, case management, and client-centered counseling.
• Ability to establish rapport and have effective verbal and written communications with health care and other professionals, with clients, and with community members.
• Ability to work successfully among culturally diverse populations, work and travel indepe