IN-IDOH-Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator District 4 @ Remote w/travel w/in district 4 for meetings and assistance

Public Health Preparedness Field CoordinatorWill be required to travel once a month to each of District 4's Local Health Department and Healthcare Coalition meetings. Counties in District 4 include Benton, White, Cass, Carroll, Warren, Tippecanoe, Clinton, Fountain and Montgomery. May also be required to travel within District 4 for assistance as needed.Field Coordinator is a remote work position but expected to travel across respective district/State of Indiana approximately 65%-75% of the time.

Candidate must reside within district 4. Candidates may be required to work an occasional weekend during an emergency response.The Public Health Preparedness Field Coordinator serves as primary point of contact for Local Health Departments within their assigned District for issues relating to IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness, goals and objectives.Essential Duties & Responsibilities:Communicate regularly with the Regional Supervisor to share the needs, challenges, and accomplishments of the health departments within the assigned District and to receive instructions and guidance.Participate in IDOH-Division of Emergency Preparedness conference calls and staff meetings as scheduled by the respective program Director and Regional Supervisors.Attend scheduled District Coalition meetings along with the HCC Coordinator assigned to the district as well as any additional health department related meetings or events as assigned by Regional Supervisor.Identify and communicate any planning, training, and exercise support needs or activities to Regional Supervisor.Provide guidance and answer questions to IDOH preparedness efforts or direct them to where they may obtain the requested guidance when necessary.Assist in tracking grant deliverable progress and completion during preparedness activities, data collection efforts, and inventory tracking as directed.Complete any reporting and/or tracking forms and documents as identified and requested by Regional Supervisor and/or Director.Assist in coordinating Medical Countermeasure (MCM) Operational Readiness Review(s) (ORR) in CRI jurisdictions as needed.Submit summary reports of coalition or district meeting, individual meetings summarized on the bi-weekly (unless specified otherwise) reporting template.Staff are expected to have a strong familiarity and understanding with IDOH Division of Emergency Preparedness policies, standard operating procedures, preparedness and response plans, and technical concepts of operations, and be able to effectively communicate these to the local partners.Report outcomes (notes) of each meeting by submitting summary to Regional Supervisor within 2 business days.Stay up to date on CDC, ASPR, ISDH and other relevant guidance documents and programs.Emergency preparedness, public health or public safety experience.RequiredPrior experience facilitating and managing meetings within program agency and local partners, including maintaining meeting notes.Prior experience collaborating with Public Health or public safety program entitiesExperience identifying and communicating training and support needs or activities of program.Must possess strong working knowledge of and practical skills in the use of Microsoft Office applicationsStrong communication skills, both orally and in writing.Flexibility and ability to multi-task and prioritize according to agency's needs.Prior working experience with grant managementHighly desiredBachelor's Degree preferred, will accept Public Health or Public Safety Experience as a substitute.