Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

County of Mecklenburg, NC • Charlotte, NC

1d • $63,080 - $82,793 • Onsite

About The Position

At Mecklenburg County, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. We’re counting on YOUR unique voice and perspective to help Mecklenburg County Public Health become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a healthier world for all. As a member of the Mecklenburg County Public Health team, you will become a subject matter expert in the public health field. The CDC foundation explains that “Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting health lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious disease”. Come be a part of Mecklenburg County’s Public Health department’s vision to “assure the health and safety of our diverse and changing community today and for future generations.

Leads and coordinates the public health preparedness program, providing strategic direction to strengthen organizational and community readiness for public health emergencies and other hazards. Develops, implements, evaluates, and continuously improves policies, plans, and processes in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements and standards. Provides technical expertise and cross-functional leadership in preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery, while coordinating internal and external partnerships, planning, training, exercises, risk reduction, and corrective actions. Ensures program effectiveness, compliance, accountability, and alignment with organizational and community health and safety objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum of four years of public health, healthcare and/or related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in public health or a field related to the program area, such as Nutrition, Public Administration, Social Work, Emergency Preparedness, Health Administration, or a related field.
• Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted? Yes
• Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver's License
• Requires County Driving Privileges
• Proficient in various computer applications including Microsoft Office Suite

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of NIMS, ICS, and/or emergency operations center functions
• Experience in emergency plan writing, reviewing and development
• Understanding of emergency exercise development using the HSEEP format
• Preferred master’s degree in emergency management, public health, or public administration

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality and accuracy in the implementation of public health preparedness programs and services
• Monitors and maintains preparedness inventory
• Assure that programs follow Departmental, County, State and Federal regulations, requirements, policies and procedures
• Collaborates and coordinates with internal programs during events and incidents
• Supervise, direct and evaluate the performance of staff within assigned program area
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with external agencies and organizations in program area
• Provide leadership for assuring and coordinating the availability of program services in the community in response to public health preparedness
• Understands and can execute multiple tasks during high stress and high demand situations
• In the event of a public health emergency, employees may be trained for and assigned duties unrelated to their regular work; work outside normal business hours and workdays and/or in a different work location may be required. Emergency events include, but are not limited to, communicable disease outbreaks, severe weather situations (e.g. snow or ice storms, tornados, hurricanes), natural disasters (e.g. earthquakes), fire, or power outages, and acts of terrorism.

Benefits

• This is an exempt (salary) position
• Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant’s salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level