Departmental Specialist 13 - State Opioid Treatment Authority
Lansing, MI · HybridFull-time$32.95–49.18/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The State Opioid Treatment Authority leads the establishment, authorization, and oversight of opioid treatment programs in Michigan’s public behavioral health system. The role provides non-clinical technical assistance on medication for opioid use disorder, quality indicators, service improvement, and recovery orientation. It works with treatment providers, state and federal partners, and other stakeholders on treatment and structural initiatives, and advises Health Services administration on OTP infrastructure and requirements.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit MDHHS Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
This position serves as the State Opioid Treatment Authority in the public behavioral health system and is the lead staff on establishing, authorizing, and overseeing opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and providing non-clinical technical assistance regarding the evidence-based practice of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) treatment, quality indicators of care, improvement of service provision, and systemic recovery orientation. The position works with Prepaid Inpatient Health Plans (PIHPs), OTPs, treatment providers, MDHHS and its clinical leaders, other state departments, the federal government, and other stakeholders in the developing and implementing of treatment and structural initiatives related to opioid use disorder (OUD) and MOUD, as appropriate. This position monitors OTPs and other related activities and is among the first line staff to provide technical and administrative information, assessments, and recommendations to the Health Services administration about the infrastructure and requirements for OTPs and provides non-clinical technical assistance for additional MOUD services within OTPs.
Position Description Job Specification
To be considered for this position you must:• apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
- relevant experience and/or education referred to in supplemental questions must be documented in resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
- attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
- attach a cover letter.
- if applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.
Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: Instructions
Education Possession of a bachelor’s degree in any major
Experience
Departmental Specialist 13 Four years of professional experience, including two years equivalent to the experienced (P11) level or one year equivalent to the advanced (12) level.
The physical location of this position is 400 S. Pine Street, with remote options available. Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate or hybrid work schedule requests for this position may be considered. Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or a hybrid schedule must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview. Employees will be provided computers to perform state work. Phones may also be provided for necessary communications. If working remotely, employees will be responsible for providing other components of a remote office at their own expense, including:
- A secure work location that allows privacy and prevents distractions.
- A high-speed internet connection of at least 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
- Suitable lighting, furniture, and utilities.
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.
YOUR APPLICATION FOR ANY POSITION DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY THE DEPARTMENT/AGENCY FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. ONLY THOSE APPLICANTS INTERVIEWED WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE RESULTS.
The department reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.
For information about this specific position, please email [email protected]. Please reference the job posting number in subject line.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,842 open Behavioral Health jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$32.95–49.18/hr
- US median$24–32/hr722 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $41.07/hr, is 47% above the US median midpoint ($28/hr) — in the top quarter of Behavioral Health hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 51 open Behavioral Health jobs in Michigan and 1,842 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Michigan
- Humana8 open
- Corewell Health6 open
- Henry Ford Health System6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — more than three in four Behavioral Health postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 954 postings).
- Education
- 681 of the 1,842 open Behavioral Health jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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