Salt Lake County… A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place... it’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees.
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability
• Professional Development
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare, and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

• Develops, maintains, integrates and operationalizes all hazards of the division Emergency Management Plans, and local public health disaster response initiatives, and capabilities in collaboration with internal and external government partners and healthcare coalition partners.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and liaison to community agencies and healthcare partners regarding the public health aspects of infectious disease and natural hazards and other emerging public health threats.
• Evaluates plans to ensure consistency with national emergency response standards, Strategic National Stockpile, Cities Readiness Initiative, and Salt Lake County Emergency Operations Plan.
• Coordinates the Medical Reserve Corps/Public Health Volunteer Corps, and conducts recruiting, training, exercising, and activation of volunteers in healthcare and public health emergencies and disasters.
• Actively participates in the Salt Lake County Emergency Operations Center (EOC), SLCoHD Department Operations Center (DOC), and/or strike teams during a disaster, such as bioterrorism, infectious disease outbreaks with epidemic or pandemic potential, or other public health and related threats and emergencies.
• Serves as the Deputy Advisor of Emergency Support Function 8 at the Salt Lake County Emergency Operations Center during training, exercises, and actual emergencies and disasters.
• Creates and integrates public health aspects of bioterrorism incidents, diseases with epidemic or pandemic potential, and other public health threats and emergencies into response planning in collaboration with other local and county partners.
• Coordinates with key resource stakeholders and public health partners to ensure integration of preparedness program guidelines, best practices, and performance standards into public health emergency plans.
• Manages MRC program budget and related fiscal activities. Applies for grant funding opportunities and ensures grants are completed according to established time frames. Tracks progress of goals and objectives to ensure effective compliance with contract obligations.
• Initiates, coordinates, and maintains emergency management advisory groups and partners related to the Public Health Preparedness Capabilities that serve as national standards for local public health emergency management planning.
• Evaluates planning outcomes, identifies gaps, and develops recommendations to improve division preparedness.
• Assists in developing policies and procedures related to public health emergency preparedness and disaster response and recovery.
• Develops and provides presentations to national/state/county/and local or professional organizations/associations and key stakeholders.