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NEOGOV · 5 days ago

JR Emergency Preparedness & Response Planner-165453

Brighton, CO

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry Level

$74K/yr - $85K/yr

1+ years exp

NEOGOV is dedicated to serving the Adams County community with integrity and innovation. The role involves performing public health response planning work, including assisting with response assessments, training development, and program evaluation in coordination with regional partners.

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Responsibilities

Assist in evaluating plans, procedures, protocols, and agreements through the development and implementation of discussion-based and functional exercises. This includes developing Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant after-action reports and improvement plans and assisting in the coordination and completion of improvement activities

Help to coordinate and facilitate planning groups to complete plans related, but not limited, to mass dispensing, medical surge, mass fatality, communications, and logistics

Assisting and facilitating planning groups including internal and external partners to complete plans included in the Emergency Operations Plan and Continuity of Operations Plan related, but not limited, to mass dispensing, medical surge, mass fatality, communications, and logistics

Assist in the development of a comprehensive training and exercise plan to prepare agency staff and regional partners for designated emergency response duties and use of response equipment and supplies

Tracking participation in training and exercise activities as part of the EPR and agency comprehensive training and exercise program

Developing training curricula and delivering the trainings to the appropriate audiences

Operating in command and general staff positions or advisory roles during responses to real world incidents. Works closely with process improvement staff at ACHD to develop and implement methods for continuous process improvement and program accountability metrics

Develops and conducts training programs, with assistance from EPR supervisor or EPR senior planner for ACHD staff and educational programs for the community related to public health EPR functions

Collaborates with and represents ACHD as a technical consultant to foster, promote and develop emergency preparedness activities with Adams County OEM, other divisions of ACHD, local, state, and federal agencies, the medical community, and other allied agencies and groups

Assists in the identification, procurement, and management of emergency preparedness equipment and supplies

May be responsible for staffing the Emergency Support Function #8 (ESF8) position in the county and jurisdictional Emergency Operations Centers during incidents and functional exercises

Works directly with ACHD staff and designated partners to plan exercises and develop response plans based on needs assessments

Provides complete administrative support for the EPR program staff providing a wide range of word processing, data entry, file management, case report form filing, and administrative functions

Assists in maintaining accurate program records needed for budget management, tracking, evaluation, and reporting

Coordinates Health Alert Network activities including providing training and leadership to HAN support staff, along with maintenance of the HAN data, testing, and updating data

Coordinates the ACHD staff responder data, ACHD Emergency Notification System, associated training and exercise data and exercises a high level of confidentiality and attention to detail in collecting and maintaining data for these systems

Manages/supports the integration of ACHD EPR activation needs with the Adams County Office of Emergency Management and provides overall support to the ACHD Public Health Incident Management Team

Serves as a liaison to designated partners, which may include military installations, animal response teams and/or city/county agencies

Provides ongoing review of program specific web pages and gathers updated content, as appropriate, to update and maintain current program specific web pages

Assist with administrative emergency preparedness tasks as needed by senior EPR staff

Serves as a liaison to other response partners, including but not limited to offices of emergency management, hospitals, behavioral health, fire, law enforcement, fatalities management, emergency medical services agencies and military installations to ensure and that the public health needs of the community are met during incident planning, response, and recovery

Develops partnerships with the community, other local health departments, and OEMs to coordinate emergency response plans

Builds and maintains relationships with community, government, healthcare partners, business leaders and partner organizations to support EPR plans

Supports diverse perspectives in developing, implementing, and evaluating EPR planning efforts

Serves as part of an on-call rotation for urgent business hours/after-hours calls related to emergency preparedness and response/incident management

Performs other duties as assigned and required

Qualification

Emergency preparednessPublic health programTraining developmentMicrosoft OfficeProject managementCultural sensitivityCommunication skillsCollaborationProblem solving

Required

Requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public health, management, emergency preparedness, or a related field and one (1) year experience in working in a local public health department emergency preparedness program

Must be in possession of valid driver's license and have access to dependable transportation readily available for business use

Must be proficient in Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook as well as Teams online meeting platform

Principles, practices, techniques, and procedures as related to emergency preparedness and response in a public health program

Understand the roles of Environmental Health, Communicable Disease, Nursing, and Data Science programs in the development and integration into EPR planning efforts

Sensitivity for working in multicultural environments, including the ability to work with various staff and partners from community-based organizations, government staff, and elected officials

Outstanding skills and abilities in verbal and written communications; ability to adapt a style to fit audiences of varying technical levels, and at various levels within an organization, in groups and individual settings

Have working knowledge of the principles of health equity and how it is applied in various communities

Knowledge of current conditions influencing health in Adams County communities

Use professional concepts and agency objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways

Routinely demonstrate a collaborative leadership style that embraces a diversity of opinion that will lead to clear outcomes

Have a strong track record of working effectively with people from different backgrounds from both within and outside the organization

Ability to problem solve and provide exceptional customer service

Determination to achieve outcomes, complete tasks, and deliver on professional commitments

Ability to work in a complex political environment