CONTRACTOR OPPORTUNITY
Title: Drug Intelligence Officer (DIO)
Location: South Dakota
Division/Unit: Overdose Response Strategy
Area of Responsibility: South Dakota
Organization: Midwest HIDTA (National HIDTA Program, funded by the Office of National Drug Control Policy & Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) – South Dakota Attorney General
Overview:
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) is a federally funded program under the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) which provides funding, training, intelligence sharing, and analytical support to law enforcement drug operations in designated areas of the state. Each HIDTA serves as a force-multiplier in their region, leveraging resources and partnering agencies toward a common goal. With the HIDTA program has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS), an initiative designed to enhance public health-public safety collaborations and to strengthen efforts to reduce drug overdose deaths across HIDTA regions. The ORS places Drug Intelligence Officers (DIOs) and Public Health Analysts (PHAs) in states to work collaboratively with various local, state, and federal agencies. The DIO and PHA gather, analyze, and disseminate vital information about substance use with a focus on actionable intelligence, trend information, and best practices for developing evidence-based responses to the opioid epidemic in their area. The posted DIO position will be supervised by the Midwest HIDTA and based out of the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) – South Dakota Attorney General’s office in Pierre, South Dakota. The DIO will facilitate interagency, public health-public safety collaborations, and distribute drug-related intelligence throughout South Dakota, in coordination with the other ORS DIOs.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications & Skills:
Contract Term & Rate: One-year contract (renewable) at $ 76,500.00 per annum.
Benefits: The selected candidate will be hired as contractor and will not receive benefits.
Background Check: Conducted by the Midwest HIDTA
Equal Employment Opportunity
To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to: Daniel Neill at DNeill@midwest-hidta.org
Post Date: March 1, 2023
Application will be submitted Until March 24, 2023