Alliance Alert:The Alliance for Rights and Recovery is excited to share that the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is hiring three new staff for its Behavioral Health Crisis Technical Assistance Center (BHCTAC), a critical statewide initiative focused on transforming how New York responds to mental health and substance use crises.
The goal of the BHCTAC is to support local governments and community systems in moving away from police as the default responders to behavioral health crisis calls and toward health-led, peer-informed, non-police responses wherever possible. This work is essential to advancing safer, more effective, and more humane crisis response systems across the state. The application deadline for these positions is January 2nd!
Open Positions
Advocacy Specialist 2 (Grade 18) – Central Office
This role focuses on providing technical assistance, reviewing program data, identifying system barriers, coordinating with community stakeholders and state agencies, and supporting the development and implementation of health-led crisis response protocols.
Read the full job posting and apply here: StateJobsNY – Advocacy Specialist 2
Mental Health Program Specialist 1 / Trainee (Grade 18) – Central Office
This position emphasizes collaboration with local government units and community partners, with a strong focus on centering and amplifying peer voice and lived experience in crisis response policy, program design, and evaluation. The role also supports data-driven quality improvement and compliance efforts.
Read the full job posting and apply here: StateJobsNY – Mental Health Program Specialist 1 / Trainee
Mental Health Program Specialist 2 (Grade 23) – Central Office
This senior-level role supports policy development, protocol design for crisis services (including 988 and mobile crisis), stakeholder training, and statewide coordination, again with a strong emphasis on peer leadership, lived experience, and non-police crisis response models.
Read the full job posting and apply here: StateJobsNY – Mental Health Program Specialist 2
The Alliance strongly supports the mission of the BHCTAC and encourages qualified candidates, especially those with experience in peer support, crisis services, systems transformation, and equity-centered policy, to apply. Building crisis response systems that prioritize compassion over coercion requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and lived experience at every level.
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