Lead Medical Countermeasures Coordinator

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Coordinator serves as the statewide lead for pharmaceutical logistics, asset allocation, and countermeasure distribution within the Wyoming Department of Health. This role ensures the state's public health system is prepared to rapidly receive, stage, store, and distribute medical supplies during public health events.
Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility

• Retirement - Pension and 457(b) plans that help you build a secure future

• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options

• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function which may be performed in the job level.

Serve as the lead planner, coordinator, and manager for requesting, receiving, staging, storing, and distributing the CDC’s Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) assets.

• Serve as the liaison for Wyoming’s SNS program, with an emphasis on maintaining a ready Receipt, Staging, and Storage infrastructure and operational relationships with supporting state-level partner agencies.

Provide guidance, feedback, and evaluation to state, local, and federal MCM partners.

Serve as the coordinator for the Federal CHEMPACK Program within the State of Wyoming.

Develop training and exercises to evaluate state and local MCM and CHEMPACK plans.

Provide consistent guidance, feedback, and evaluation to local City Readiness Initiative (CRI) partners.

Work with CRIs to review planning and preparedness; make recommendations for improvement, and provide support to achieve those recommendations.

Complete, evaluate, maintain, and update Public Health Preparedness and Response Plans.

Lead collaborative work groups to revise and update plans.

Serve as a member of the Response Coordination Team.

Fulfill emergency response duties as required by the program, which may include on-call requirements, travel, after-hours work, etc.

PREFERENCES:

Preference given to candidates who have a Master of Public Health degree focused in Public Health Preparedness or have attained one or more of the following through the National Disaster and Emergency Management University (NDEMU):
Professional Development Series, the Master Exercise Practitioner Program (MEP), or the Planning Practitioner Program.

KNOWLEDGE:

An understanding of Emergency Preparedness Planning, especially as it relates to Public Health

• Experience in Emergency Planning and Logistics
• Completion of the following FEMA coursework:

  IS-100.c Introduction to Incident Command System

  • IS-200.c Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
  • IS-700.b National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
  • IS-800.d National Response Framework, An Introduction
  • IS-235.c Emergency Planning
  • IS-242.c Effective Communication
  • IS-120.c An Introduction to Exercises
  • IS-906 Workplace Security Awareness

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Experience:

0-3 years of progressive work experience (typically in Emergency Preparedness) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Emergency Preparedness Specialist I

OR

Education & Experience Substitution:

4-6 years of progressive work experience (typically in Emergency Preparedness) with acquired knowledge at the level of an…