Health Educator / Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

Rice County; Faribault (MN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Rice County Public Health in Minnesota seeks a Health Educator to serve as the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. This role works with the Public Health Director to plan for emergencies, conducts trainings, and acts as the main contact for local emergency preparedness needs.

The position involves developing emergency plans, coordinating drills, educating the public, and managing grant reporting for PHEP and RSG.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Community Health, Health Education, or a health-related field and 1–3 years of public health education experience.
• Experience in emergency preparedness or public health training preferred.
• Strong communication and coordinating skills for trainings/exercises and partner relations.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains and updates public health emergency plans.
• Transmits health advisories and health alerts within required timelines.
• Develops and tests emergency plans by conducting exercises and drills.
• Educates individuals and groups on emergency preparedness and provides community presentations.
• Establishes relationships with local, regional and state partners including media.
• Co-leads logistics for vaccination clinics or other response needs at county/community sites.
• Coordinates and implements community-based health promotion strategies.
• Provides health education and information to the public.
• Manages grant reporting for PHEP and RSG grants.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Public health education

Emergency preparedness

Community outreach

Education

Bachelor's degree (Nursing|Community Health|Health Education|health-related field)

Job description

FIRST REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS NOVEMBER 23rd

This Health Educator role serves primarily as the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator. The individual works with the Public Health Director and Public Health Disease Prevention & Control/Emergency Preparedness Supervisor on public health emergency preparedness planning responsibilities. Conducts training and exercises in order to build and sustain departmental capacity to plan for and respond to various emergencies or pandemics and is the main point of contact for local public health emergency preparedness needs.

• Develops, maintains and updates public health emergency plans.
• Transmits health advisories and health alerts within required timelines.
• Develops and tests emergency plans by conducting and evaluating public health emergency preparedness exercises and drills.
• Educates individuals and groups on emergency preparedness topics and provides community presentations and outreach.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with key local, regional and state partners including media.
• Co-leads logistics with public health staff for the planning and execution of vaccination clinics or other response needs at both county and community locations.
• Coordinates and implements community-based health promotion strategies.
• Provides health education and information to the public.
• Grant reporting and implementation for two public health emergency preparedness grants (PHEP and RSG).
• Practices continuous quality improvement. Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

This position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Community Health, Health Education, or a health-related field, and one to three years of public health education experience, or equivalent.

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

Previous work experience in public health or emergency preparedness.

HOURS:

32 - 40 hours per week (.8FTE - 1.0 FTE). Typical work hours between approximately 8:00a.m - 4:30p.m., 4 - 5 days per week, Monday-Friday. Occasional weekend or evening hours.