Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Project Manager

The position will play a key role in extending the IPRC’s reach and impact of our Outreach, Training, and Education core. This position will facilitate dissemination and implementation of evidence-based injury and violence prevention practice and policy. The Project Manager will work closely with the North Carolina Injury & Violence Prevention Branch (IVPB) to support the development of the new Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program, a five-year funded project, to increase awareness and knowledge of suicide prevention strategies and skills among injury & violence professionals across North Carolina. The Project Manager will be primarily responsible for: organizing the Injury-Free NC Academy on Suicide Prevention, convening a statewide Suicide Prevention Advisory Council to develop the NC Suicide Prevention Action Plan, and coordinating communication between partners through the development and dissemination of communication materials. The person in this role will act as a liaison between the IPRC and the IVPB on all Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Project activities.

This position will also support other activities of the Outreach, Training, and Education team, including conducting evaluations of various training & technical assistance programs; creating materials to translate IPRC-affiliated research to practice; and maintain a current and dynamic IPRC presence in our outward- and inward-facing communications and social media platforms.