Hiring Department: Center for Rural Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Hiring Salary/Position Classification:  $44,000 plus/year (salary is negotiable based on qualifications and experience).  This is a full-time, benefited, exempt position.
Benefits: Includes single or family health care coverage (premiums paid for by the university), basic life insurance, EAP, retirement plan, tuition waiver, annual and sick leave.  Optional benefits available: supplemental life, dental, vision, flexible spending account, supplemental retirement plans.
Work Schedule:  Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm  May require occasional work outside of standard hours due to business travel or other deadlines. Working from home or remotely is not an available option for this position.  

For full consideration, all application materials must be fully submitted by 5PM (Central Time) on the closing date.


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Position Details:    A Complete Position Description is available as an attachment in the bottom right corner of this position announcement.

The Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota is seeking an experienced and talented individual to serve as Information & Funding Specialist for a federally-funded project to develop and maintain a website featuring information to help communities address the opioid crisis.  The position will be responsible for writing promising practices and identifying and describing a wide range of relevant resources and funding opportunities.   

Additional information about the CRH can be viewed at:  http://ruralhealth.und.edu/

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify, select, organize and index information.
• Write profiles of programs to be included on website.
• Work in a team environment and participate in collaborative activities, including content development, quality improvement, and outreach.

Required Competencies:
The ideal candidate for this job must apply creativity and logic to generate solutions, and make sound decisions.  Work in a fast-paced environment, meeting deadlines and achieving project objectives. The Information & Funding Specialist must collaborate effectively with project staff to meet goals and be dedicated to quality work. Candidate must also have:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience using computers, specifically with Microsoft Office software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook or similar), e-mail, and Internet usage.
• Strong searching sills including web-based searches.
• Strong, analytical problem solving, decision-making, and leadership skills.
• Strong aptitude with technology and demonstrated ability to learn/use new computer software applications.
• Demonstrated ability to write for the web.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to be self-directed.
• High level of attention-to-detail and the ability to generate high quality and timely work products.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, take initiative, and to work as part of a team.
• Be willing to travel occasionally to national, regional, or local events/meetings

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Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Experience writing, with demonstrated ability to write for the web.  Writing samples must be submitted at the time of application.  Details provided below. 
• Successful completion of criminal history records check.

APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REQUIRED WRITING SAMPLES
Samples must be attached to application.  Please contact Kristine Sande at (701) 777-6466 with questions.

Instructions for required writing samples:   

• Provide a sample web page copy (not an article) that uses web-writing best practices to convey information on a topic with which the applicant is familiar, 250-500 words.
• Provide an email written in a professional style to request an interview with a program contact for a potential model program to be developed for our website.  See https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/project-examples/1062 for an example of a similar model program write-up.
•  Provide a brief summary describing the content of this publication:  http://www.ncsl.org/documents/health/RuralHealth_PolicyOptions_1113.pdf, 30-80 words.  See examples:
  • https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/4792
  • https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/resources/6604

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the US and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. 


Preferred Qualifications: 

• Degree in English, communications, journalism, library and information science, public health, social work, sociology, or other degree related to information dissemination, rural health, population health, or health policy.
• Master’s degree.
• Experience with synthesizing complicated information from multiple sources into cohesive and plain language.
• Experience researching a topic and conducting interviews to inform writing. 
• Understanding of U.S. rural health issues or issues related to the opioid crisis through education or work experience.
• Experience or training related to organizing information, searching the Internet, and utilizing a website to disseminate information. 
• Experience working with a content management system and basic HTML.
• Experience working with state or national organizations.
• Experience developing website content.
• Experience writing for a national audience.
• Experience with format, layout, and design principles of electronic and print publications.

Link to the full job description: https://campus.und.edu/human-resources/careers/job-openings-external.html?category=3000+Professional&subcategory=3405+Educational+Services+Professional