Health Emergency Preparedness Evaluator

Overview

The Division of Public and Behavioral Health:
Public Health Prepardness has an opening for a full‑time Health Emergency Preparedness Evaluator in Carson City, NV. The evaluator plans, develops, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive statewide public health preparedness and response training and exercise program to enhance the emergency preparedness competencies and skills of the statewide public health workforce.

• Develop and implement a multi‑year exercise plan and schedule in compliance with federal agency requirements.
• Plan, coordinate, implement, facilitate, and track exercises to evaluate public health and hospital emergency preparedness and response for all‑hazard events.
• Research, analyze, and evaluate courses, providers, reference materials, trends, and various training and exercise formats; assess the quality of preparedness courses, classes, and training materials in cooperation with other staff.
• Identify resources and materials for exercise development; develop administrative steps and project plans in consultation with public health preparedness training and education staff and subject‑matter experts.
• Design and conduct emergency preparedness training and exercise needs assessments at the local and state levels; address identified deficiencies through corrective action and provide follow‑up training and retesting.
• Conduct program evaluation activities, generate reports, and develop recommendations to implement corrective action and maintain program evaluation plans including performance measures.
• Prepare progress reports and required federal reporting to division staff, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and other interested parties; submit written reports summarizing progress toward training goals related to the bioterrorism cooperative agreement with the CDC.
• Work with public health preparedness training staff, other preparedness staff, and external partners to develop role‑based preparedness competency sets and exercise evaluation competencies.
• Plan, organize, and develop revised operating procedures to improve the effectiveness of complex multi jurisdiction response operations; review and recommend changes to policies and procedures to enhance public health emergency response activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in biological science, health, education, or a related field and two years of professional experience in emergency response training and emergency operations involving response coordination and actual response to emergencies; OR high‑school graduation with four years of equivalent professional experience; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Intergovernmental relations and agreements related to emergency preparedness, disaster preparation, and/or emergency management.
• Adult education training techniques and procedures.
• Federal grants management requirements.
• Program planning and evaluation.

• Select and prioritize exercise scenarios and types to match the plans, policies, and procedures to be tested.
• Determine the appropriate organizations to participate in various levels of exercises.
• Conduct cost/benefit analysis of exercises.
• Interact, negotiate, collaborate, and maintain positive public relations with federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies and health care providers.
• Exchange ideas, information, and opinions to formulate policies and reach decisions, conclusions, or solutions.
• Represent the agency to community and regional groups, government agencies, the media, and the public.
• Read, write, interpret, and explain technical and professional documents; compose business correspondence, technical reports, proposals, policies, and procedures.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing; work independently.
• Negotiate agreements, establish cooperative working relationships, and monitor the work of independent contractors.