Beaverhead County is an equal opportunity employer.  The County shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities.

Job Title: Behavioral Health Coordinator (BHC)
Department: Public Health
Location: Dillon, MT
Pay Scale: $24.00 hourly wage
Status: Part-time (20 hr/wk) – Grant based through 5/31/27
Reports To: Public Health Director (PHD) & Montana Public Health Institute

Job Overview: The Public Health Behavioral Health Coordinator will be able to perform a variety of community initiatives to increase behavioral health awareness, link crisis response systems with community resources for recovery, identify community priorities, and provide support for individuals living with serious, ongoing, mental illness.  The BHC would have ongoing collaboration and discussion with behavioral health centered on prevention-based initiatives.

Essential functions: These duties are the essential functions and are not all-inclusive of all duties that the incumbent performs.  The BHC will:

• Support local innovation and community coordination through engagement with the Montana Public Health Institute;
• Engage the community to assess existing behavioral health services;
• Identify ways to build and strengthen local systems, services, and activities that aim to increase resilience and mental wellness of community citizens through engagement with local stakeholders and service providers;
• Engage the Montana Public Health Institute and other entities to develop a network of local collaboratives through which the Department and other statewide partners can maximize the reach and impact of Montana’s behavioral health system;
• Work with the Montana Public Health Institute to implement the goals and strategies outline in the Montana Public Health Institute’s published Behavioral Health Toolkit;
• Act as a primary contact for local and state stakeholders regarding components and organization of the community’s behavioral health, mental wellness, and resilience building systems;
• Consolidate and report progress and metrics to local and State stakeholders regarding the community’s behavioral health, mental wellness, and resilience building systems;
• Actively participate in technical assistance opportunities provided by the Montana Public Health Institute and the Department.

The Behavioral Health Coordinator will lead community assessment, stakeholder engagement, and community health improvement planning and coordination focused on behavioral health services, systems, and supports in Beaverhead County.  The BHC will:

• Identify community priorities.
• Focus on driving prevention-focused efforts to build emotional wellness and resilience.
• Participate in and connect to existing community efforts to encourage equitable access to behavioral health services. These services include, but are not limited to:
  • crisis response;
  • substance use or other therapeutics services;
  • peer support; and
  • drop-in services.
• Submit to the Department a proposed FY 2027 one-year work plan due year 1, Quarter 4, to implement work supported by this Agreement.  The plan will be final once it has been approved by the Department.
• Gather information and present them to the Department and the Montana Public Health Institute in the form of reports.
• Develop a behavioral health improvement plan at the end of the project.

Non-essential Functions: Incumbents may be requested to perform functions relevant to the position but not listed above.

Supervision exercised: This is a non-supervisory position.

Physical demands and working conditions: The work requires physical exertion such as bending, walking, and lifting up to 40lbs.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Efficient, high-capacity self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced work environment.
• Understanding of community organizing, project management, strategic planning, communications and/or organizational/systems dynamics.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills. Ability to quickly establish trust and rapport with professional and community stakeholders; comfortable addressing politically sensitive health and policy questions with tact and poise; demonstrated talent for forming and leading partnerships between diverse stakeholders working towards a common goal.
• Outstanding communication skills. Comfortable with public speaking and public presentations, comfortable working with community collaborations.
• Extensive knowledge of community resources and organizations.
• Ability to design, implement and evaluate community outreach and educational programs.
• Ability to travel locally and outside of Beaverhead County for communities for meetings, trainings, and workshops.
• Ability to collaborate and contribute to close knit, supportive team environment, and work with people and organizations of diverse backgrounds, experiences and cultures.
• Knowledge of the operation of personal computers with word processing, spreadsheet, or database applications.
• Communicate questions, delays, challenges, and suggestions to the Department’s liaison.
• Participate with the Department and the Montana Public Health Institute in regularly scheduled virtual check-ins, telephone consultations, program orientations, on-site visits, contractor meetings, and training and program evaluations.
• Meet in-person with the Montana Public Health Institute or its contractors at least one time per year.
• Ability to adhere to HIPAA principals.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a valid Montana driver’s license with a safe driving record.

Education and experience:

• Requires a bachelor’s degree of art or science in an applicable course of study.
• Two to five years of progressively responsible experience related to the duties of this position.
• Previous experience in project management skills and leading coalition work.
• Mental health and substance use prevention experience preferred.

If interested, please email a resume and completed Job Application to lguillen@beaverheadcountymt.gov or drop off at the Public Health office located at 327 East Helena Street.

Deadline is August 31, 2025.

Visit the Public Health office located at 327 East Helena Street for more information.