Performs professional, supervisory, and administrative work in the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of the Adams County Health Department (ACHD) Emergency Preparedness and Response program. Has direct and indirect supervisory accountability for EPR Planners, operations, and activities within the public health emergency preparedness program; typically includes coordinating staff training, assigning and reviewing work, and evaluating performance independently or in conjunction with a higher-level supervisor/manager.

Demonstrates a mastery of local public health response planning work in the planning, design, and implementation of public health preparedness and response activities and programs including conducting response and capacity assessments, training and exercise development, and program evaluation in the Adams County and in coordination with partners in the North Central Region and around the state. Also serves as a consultant to other divisions at ACHD and community agencies in and around Adams County.

• Provides leadership and expertise to bring ACHD resources and external resources together to meet local, state. and federal emergency preparedness goals and in delivering effective local public health emergency services and response.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance with the grant benchmarks, preparing annual action plans. and submitting required reports and program information.
• Works with other ACHD programs including communicable disease/population health epidemiology and environmental health to identify current and emerging emergency hazards. Develops and implements appropriate strategies, tools, monitoring, training, and action plans for disaster response and recovery.
• Works closely with process improvement staff at ACHD to develop and implement methods for continuous process improvement and program accountability metrics.
• Responsible for developing and conducting training programs 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.
• Leads contract management and budget planning. Assist in the negotiation of program contracts.

Community Engagement:

• 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.

Additional duties:

• Serves as part of an on call rotation for urgent business hours/after-hours calls related to emergency preparedness and response/incident management
• May communicate information to the media under the direction of the Executive Director, Deputy Director, supervising Division Director, or Strategic Communications Manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned and required.

• Principles, practices, techniques, and procedures as related to emergency preparedness and response in a local public health program.
• Clearly articulate the structures and roles with the response plans to the rest of the health department, county, and partner agencies.
• Coordinate and train health department staff on their roles in the department Incident Command System.
• Understand and coordinate the roles of Environmental Health, Communicable Disease, Nursing, and Data Science programs in the development and integration into local public health EPR planning efforts.
• Cultural humility and experience working in multicultural environments, including the ability to work with diverse 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, including an understanding of oppression, privilege, and social justice.
• 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 diverse backgrounds from both within and outside the organization.
• Ability to problem solve and provide exceptional customer service.
• Ability to work in a complex political environment.

A portion of the experience and/or education requirements may be met through relevant personal, family, or other lived experience dealing with inequitable economic, social, health, and educational systems and environments. Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. Years of experience may substitute for a degree, on a year-to-year basis. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be as follows:

• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public health, emergency preparedness, or similar and a minimum of 4-years working in emergency preparedness and response at the local public health level.
• Master degree in public health or related field may substitute for 1-year of work experience.

• Completion of applicable ICS Trainings including 100, 200, 300, 400, 700, 800 required
• 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. Proficiency in project management and facilitation software is preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work is primarily conducted indoors with occasional time spent in an outside environment. Incumbent will experience routine exposure to hazards of a typical office environment. Requires travel between Adams County offices and to locations in the surrounding community for meetings with partner organizations. May be required to work outside regular hours to respond to on-call events and emergency response events.

• Occasional moderate lifting and carrying objects up to 15 pounds.
• Occasional use of automobile, usually no more than one hour at a time.
• Requires sufficient hearing and speech ability to communicate verbally in response to inquiries, to conduct needs assessments and evaluations, and to speak to groups of people in presentations.
• Requires sufficient writing ability to fluidly and accurately communicate needs in grants and program development.
• Travel between offices and to other locations.

Adams County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees that goes above and beyond what is offered at most organizations.

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Benefits You Expect:

• AFLAC Supplemental Medical Insurance
• Basic Term Life & Optional Term Life Insurance
• Deferred Compensation Plan
• Dental/Vision/Medical Plans
• Generous Vacation/Sick leave
• Long-Term Disability
• Retirement Plan
• Short-Term Disability

• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Fitness Center
• Employee Health Clinics
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Recreation Center Discounts
• Remote/Hybrid work options, depending upon position
  • Sheriff's Office positions are not currently eligible for Remote/Hybrid work options
• Training & Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Wellness programs