The postdoctoral fellow will contribute to research and evaluation projects aimed at improving the system of care for substance use disorders. Responsibilities will vary but may include: collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data, developing manuscripts, engagement with study academic, policy and practice partners, and contributing to new grant development.

Some travel to New York City and New York State project sites may be required (once allowable in the future).

Priority is for applicants with: documented evidence of scholarship in addiction/health services areas (e.g.,publications, presentations, grant submissions), experience working on federal grants, excellent scientific writing ability and strong oral communication skills, interpersonal skills that foster collaboration, and the ability to produce verbal and written communications appropriate for a range of audiences (e.g., scholarly, treatment providers, government partners).

Academic skills in the following areas required: knowledge of a range of research methodologies and analysis approaches including mixed methods, qualitative, and advanced quantitative analysis (e.g., multilevel modelling), and capability using statistical packages (e.g., NVivo, Atlas.ti, SPSS, SAS). Distinct interest and knowledge of substance use disorder intervention and treatment and implementation science frameworks/approaches is preferred.

The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme funds research to generate evidence to inform the delivery of non-NHS interventions, intended to improve the health of the public, and reduce inequalities in health.

Topic title: Alcohol interventions in secondary and further education for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities

Timescales: Proposals received by 1pm on 12 August 2021, and deemed within remit, will be assessed for their importance to public health by the Prioritisation Committee (PC) in September 2021.

Are you looking to make an impact in the international drug demand reduction field?

The International Society of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Professionals (ISSUP) is a global, not for profit, non-government organisation to support the development of a professional drug demand reduction workforce.

Our work brings together stakeholders from the prevention, treatment and recovery fields to inform, connect and strengthen their research, practice and policy making to promote evidence-based, high quality and ethical approaches and practice to substance use prevention, treatment and recovery care.

Due to growth, we have created the new role of Research Associate, working within our newly formed ISSUP Scientific Support Team. The role of the team is to provide relevant and required input with respect to scientific and professional related issues to ensure that ISSUP can maintain a credible source of information and support both internally and externally to our members and followers.

The ideal candidate will have a degree or post-graduate qualification in a relevant discipline e.g. in the health, social service or education field, and will demonstrate appropriate experience in working or conducting research within the field of drug demand reduction, health education or promotion. You will have a working knowledge of the substance use prevention, treatment and recovery landscape, preferably internationally and keen to make a real impact within this growing area.

We are looking for someone who is keen to contribute to the field of drug demand reduction. You will be highly credible individual with the ability to capably offer advice and guidance in relation to scientific issues within this area. A self-motivated individual, you will be happy working within a close-knit virtual team and demonstrate good communication and organisational skills. You will be familiar with working with academic research. You must have an excellent command of spoken and written English (native or CEFR C2).

This role is part-time, 22.5 (3 days) per week, based remotely. We are willing to consider candidates from any location globally.

ISSUP is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

Salary range: up to £23,000 ($30,000). dependent upon experience

Interviews will be held online, in early May 2021

The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) is the Western Hemisphere's policy forum for dealing with the drug problem. The CICAD Executive Secretariat (ES-CICAD) supports the Commission by strengthening the human and institutional capabilities and channeling the collective efforts of its member states to reduce the production, trafficking, and use of illegal drugs. ES-CICAD assists member states in the implementation of CICAD’s Hemispheric Drug Strategy and its accompanying Plan of Action, and serves as Technical Secretariat for CICAD.

Project: Promoting the Smarter Use of Alternatives to Incarceration and Sentencing through Better Information in Colombia.

Location: Any OAS member state. (Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the selected person will work from their home country)

Junior wetenschappelijk medewerker

36 uur per week

Per mei/juni 2021 zijn we op zoek naar een enthousiaste junior wetenschappelijk medewerker. Ben je praktisch ingesteld, vind je het leuk om aan meerdere projecten tegelijk te werken en heb je zowel interesse in alcohol- als drugspreventie? Dan zijn we op zoek naar jou!

Waar kom je te werken

Het Trimbos-instituut is een inspirerende, informele en professionele werkomgeving met maatschappelijke impact. Je komt te werken bij een toonaangevend wetenschappelijk instituut. Wij maken onder andere vooruitstrevende (digitale) interventies, preventieprogramma’s en behandelmethoden en hebben daarbij een maatschappelijke rol om beleidsmakers, politici en professionals te informeren over middelengebruik, verslaving en de geestelijke gezondheid van de Nederlandse bevolking.

Het team alcohol- en drugspreventie werkt aan het ontwikkelen, toepassen en evalueren van kennis om met name jongeren, jongvolwassenen en hun omgeving te ondersteunen bij alcohol- en drugspreventie. Je komt te werken in een team met 20 bevlogen collega’s. Je werkt mee aan de ontwikkeling en implementatie van verschillende preventieprojecten.

Wat zijn je werkzaamheden

• Organiseren van werksessies voor jeugdprofessionals waarin je bespreekt hoe zij in hun gesprekken met jongeren een bijdrage kunnen leveren aan het voorkomen van problematisch cannabisgebruik.
• een bijdrage leveren aan de implementatie van het IJslandse preventiemodel, o.a. door het voeren van gesprekken met gemeenten.
• interventies ontwikkelen in het kader van het Experiment gesloten coffeeshopketen.

Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) is seeking to appoint a Director who will spearhead the collective and independent efforts of the Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland to reduce alcohol-related harm, including at national and international levels.

The SHAAP Director will lead advocacy and research activities, including developing and managing relevant projects, with a focus on achieving effective and cost-effective achievement of implementation of policies to reduce alcohol-related harms and related health inequalities.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive of RCPE and responsible to the President of RCPE for policy and strategy and for implementation, the SHAAP Director is also advised by a Steering Group, which includes representatives of the Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland and co-opted experts.

Working with the SHAAP Steering Group, the Director will lead in enhancing links with health professionals and policy makers and the media. As well as developing and managing SHAAP’s strategy, operations and communications, the Director is responsible for financial management and reporting, including to the Scottish Government as a key funder.

Applications are invited for a Project Manager to oversee the work of TCRG and STOP at Bath.  

The post holder will work as part of a dynamic team with the role carrying significant responsibility and is suitable for someone with significant experience of project coordination and management. To facilitate the successful delivery of the work, the post-holder will play a pivotal role in managing and coordinating the work of a large team of researchers and technical staff across 3 workstreams within STOP (tobacco industry monitoring, tobacco industry research (itself with a number of research themes) and big data) and over other smaller projects. 

The post-holder will also be responsible for developing appropriate management infrastructure for the projects, sharing and developing good working practices and wellbeing across workstreams and research themes, managing a project risk register, administering and overseeing project finances, overseeing and ensuring the timeliness of project inputs and outputs, disseminating knowledge via research outputs, monitoring and capturing outputs and impacts, reporting to the funders in a timely and accurate manner, and developing, coordinating grant applications and managing communication structures within the team and among stakeholders, project partners  and senior management at the University.

Research Assistant is hired for a newly funded project examining the intersection of alcohol use and liver health, although there is potential for Research Assistant to be tasked with working on other projects within the Center for Addiction and Disease Risk Exacerbation (CADRE), Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies (CAAS), or other Departments within Brown University.

Research Assistant’s activities include recruitment, screening, tracking, and retention of participants from local clinics and the community.

The research assistant is required to speak fluent Spanish to translate project materials from English to Spanish, and primarily to implement recruitment, day-to-day project activities, and retention of study participants who are Spanish-speaking.

The University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of ‘Environment and Health for a period of 3 years to contribute a UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Consortium – SPECTRUM (Shaping Public Health Policies to Reduce Inequalities and Harm) www.ed.ac.uk/spectrum. 

SPECTRUM has an ambitious programme of research, knowledge exchange and public engagement focusing on the commercial determinants of health relating to tobacco, alcohol and food.

An opening exists for a researcher (either pre- or post-doctoral) to work within the UCL Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group.

The successful candidate will be expected to primarily co-ordinate and manage remote data collection at three follow-up time points for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of the Drink Less smartphone app.

The position is funded for 18 months, in the first instance, as part of a project funded by the National Institute of Health Research.

The successful candidate will have completed a MSc (Grade 6B) or a PhD (Grade 7) in Behavioural Science or related area; experience of coordinating data collection for a large study; and good knowledge of trial management, regulations, governance and methodology.

Excellent organisational skills and being skilled at using Microsoft Office and statistical software packages are essential, and experience.

Responsibilities: Supports the Meetings and Communications team and all CADCA teams in areas of communications, public relations, social media, digital content creation, project management and logistics.

SPECIFIC DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Contribute to communications strategies including content development and development of strategic priorities
• Plan, film, edit and publish CADCA videos related to events, trainings and coalition work
• Create and manage digital content for multiple social media channels
• Develop strategies/campaigns to organically increase social media followers across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn
• Assist CADCA teams with all communications projects, writing and editing
• Manage media list development and media pitches for CADCA events and initiatives
• Lead on content development, publication and marketing of CADCA's weekly e-newsletter
• Develop, edit and publish collateral materials for CADCA signature events
• Manage production of signature publications including bi-annual newsletter and Annual Report
• Develop content for CADCA Blog, website and other digital communication channels
• Write content for CADCA events including talking points, press releases and marketing collateral
• Provide copyediting for all major print and web collateral
• Engage in other special projects as needed by all CADCA teams
• Track project effectiveness and timelines
• Build and maintain historical files for all communications projects
• Report on the success of digital initiatives by gathering and communicating relevant metrics
• Perform other duties as assigned

The Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS) is looking to recruit an experienced and talented Communications Manager to lead our communications activities that enable us to meet our objective of promoting evidence-based policy solutions to reduce harm from alcohol. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and work on a high-profile social and political issue that affects thousands of lives across the UK and worldwide.

Post title: Communications Manager (Policy and Research)

Contract: Full time (37.5 hrs pw) 

Location: Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London, SW1H 0QS*

*all IAS staff are currently working remotely due to COVID-19 restrictions

This is an exciting opportunity to join the specialist addictions and dual diagnosis MDT that LYPFT provides as part of the Forward Leeds addiction service across Leeds.

The essential role of the clinical service is to provide assessment, treatment and aftercare for people who misuse alcohol and other drugs and who have complex needs.

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is a leading provider of specialist mental health services and our ambition is to be the best provider we can and aim to continue being a national leader in training, research and development. 

 

An opening exists for a research fellow to work within the Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group at UCL as part of a 15-month research project funded by the Medical Research Council. The research project is a development of a tobacco harm reduction toolkit for use within the homeless sector. The successful applicant will assist the grantholders in running a person-centered project which actively seeks to engage peers and key stakeholders, including those who have experience of homelessness in the research process.

This post is available from 1st June 2021 to 31st August 2022 in the first instance.

The University of Stirling are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Research Fellow to work on a Chief Scientist Office funded study entitled “Developing an Intervention to Manage Benzodiazepine Dependence and High-Risk Use in the Context of Escalating Drug Related Deaths: A feasibility study”.

We are seeking an experienced Research Fellow to play a key role in the project team and be able to lead some elements of the work independently. The Fellow will be centrally involved in all aspects of the study from intervention development; building and maintaining good relationships and ongoing communication with all project sites; qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; management of study advisory groups; management of study budget; and write up and dissemination of findings. The successful candidate will ideally have a PhD level degree and experience of health service research. Excellent planning and organisational skills and communication skills are vital.

This Research Assistant (RA) will support an NIH-funded study to develop and pilot test a novel smartphone application to reduce marijuana and other substance use among juvenile court-involved, non-incarcerated adolescents. Activities include participant recruitment and retention; data collection, entry, and organization; managing participant payments; programming online surveys.

The RA will be required to travel off-site to complete in-person activities with participants, including at the Rhode Island Family Court (roughly 0.5 miles from the School of Public Health).

The RA is expected to collaborate with project staff to generate and maintain data directories and other project documentation, conduct literature reviews as needed, and assemble materials for IRB modifications and progress reports.

RA’s are expected to work with several different populations, including adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system and their caregivers or legal guardians, as well as low-income and diverse populations. This job requires flexibility with regards to scheduling, in order to accommodate adolescent availability (i.e., must be willing to work some afternoons/early evenings on a weekly basis).

Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) is Scotland’s national alcohol charity, committed to preventing and reducing harm to individuals, families, communities and Scotland as a whole. 

AFS is looking for a motivated leader to shape innovative and diverse learning and development opportunities that make a real difference.  You will lead the development and implementation of a new learning and development strategy, creating innovative solutions and new markets for learning and development and promoting the long-term sustainability of the organisation through income generation.

GCU are looking for an enthusiastic qualitative researcher to work on an exciting project exploring the impact of later opening hours for clubs and pubs in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and the future of the night-time economy post-Covid (funded by NIHR).

You will work in close collaboration with, and under the supervision of, Professor Carol Emslie, who leads Glasgow Caledonian University’s (GCU) Substance Use research group (https://www.gcu.ac.uk/hls/research/researchgroups/substanceuse/

Your responsibilities will include developing interview schedules, collating information from social media, recruiting respondents, conducting qualitative interviews and focus groups, analysing qualitative data and contributing to presentations, reports and papers.  Specifically, you will facilitate (with support from senior qualitative researchers) data collection with the public about their vision for the future of the night-time economy (either through Citizens’ juries or deliberative focus groups) and conduct interviews with bar/club staff.

This vacancy concerns a job as part-time (20%) project manager for an EU-funded project on “Further Enhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in drug demand reduction in the EU” (FENIQS-EU). A brief summary of the project proposal is provided below:

Quality standards (QS) were a central priority in the EU Drug Strategy 2013-2020 to improve the quality of drug services and to bridge the gap between science and practice. Yet, the extent and ways in which QS are implemented in daily practices of drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction in the EU vary substantially. Some countries have successfully implemented QS and there is a clear need to understand what transferable lessons can be learned from available 'good practices' which can guide the implementation of QS in different contexts across the EU. 

The general objective of this action is to enhance the implementation of QS in drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction throughout the EU, with more services, organizations and countries applying QS in daily practice. The project will focus on the actual application of QS in all EU countries and factors stimulating implementation. By identifying good practice examples and successful implementation strategies, key stakeholders (e.g. policymakers, service providers and users) will have access to do's and don'ts for implementing QS in various areas of drug demand reduction. A key activity will be the organization of a 2-day QS event in Lisbon, eventually resulting in consensus around core implementation strategies. The main output of this action will be a field-tested implementation toolkit, providing step-by-step guidance for individuals and organizations interested to implement QS. Training sessions, webinars and a video tutorial will support the introduction of the toolkit. 

Country representatives and civil society organizations will be involved throughout the project to maximize stakeholders' abilities to share good practices and to implement project recommendations in daily practice and at the local level. Project partners are three academic partners (based in Belgium, Croatia and the Czech Republic) and four pan-European networks (IREFREA, Correlation C-EHRN, Euro-TC, EUFAS), covering all EU member states and DDR areas.

This vacancy concerns a job as a junior researcher (50%) for an EU-funded project on “Further Enhancing the Implementation of Quality Standards in drug demand reduction in the EU” (FENIQS-EU). A brief summary of the project proposal is provided below:

Quality standards (QS) were a central priority in the EU Drug Strategy 2013-2020 to improve the quality of drug services and to bridge the gap between science and practice. Yet, the extent and ways in which QS are implemented in daily practices of drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction in the EU vary substantially. Some countries have successfully implemented QS and there is a clear need to understand what transferable lessons can be learned from available 'good practices' which can guide the implementation of QS in different contexts across the EU. 

The general objective of this action is to enhance the implementation of QS in drug prevention, treatment and harm reduction throughout the EU, with more services, organizations and countries applying QS in daily practice. The project will focus on the actual application of QS in all EU countries and factors stimulating implementation. By identifying good practice examples and successful implementation strategies, key stakeholders (e.g. policymakers, service providers and users) will have access to do's and don'ts for implementing QS in various areas of drug demand reduction. A key activity will be the organization of a 2-day QS event in Lisbon, eventually resulting in consensus around core implementation strategies. The main output of this action will be a field-tested implementation toolkit, providing step-by-step guidance for individuals and organizations interested to implement QS. Training sessions, webinars and a video tutorial will support the introduction of the toolkit. 

Country representatives and civil society organizations will be involved throughout the project to maximize stakeholders' abilities to share good practices and to implement project recommendations in daily practice and at the local level. Project partners are three academic partners (based in Belgium, Croatia and the Czech Republic) and four pan-European networks (IREFREA, Correlation C-EHRN, Euro-TC, EUFAS), covering all EU member states and DDR areas.