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Salary : $73,611.21 - $84,652.89 Annually
Location : Adams County Government Center, 4430 S. Adams County Parkway, Brighton, CO
Job Type: Regular Full-time
Job Number: 07613
Department: Public Health Department
Division: Epidemiology and Data Science
Opening Date: 08/11/2026
Closing Date: 8/25/2026 4:30 PM Mountain
Our Mission: To responsibly serve the Adams County community with integrity and innovation.
EEO: Adams County is an equal opportunity employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment opportunities based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic.
Position classification: Hybrid -- Job duties and expectations allow for onsite and remote work scheduled every week. Employees in this classification are regularly scheduled onsite one (1) to four (4) days per week based on the County needs and as determined by Department Director. Hybrid classified roles can be onsite more than the set minimum based on employee preference.
What Success Looks Like In This Job
Performs public health response planning work in the planning, design, and implementation of public health preparedness and response activities and programs including assisting with response and capacity assessments, training and exercise development, and program evaluation in the ACHD jurisdiction and in coordination with partners in the North Central Region and around the state. Works independently or may work at the direction of senior staff in the planning and evaluation of public health preparedness activities. Also serves as a consultant to other divisions within the department and with community agencies.
The anticipated hiring range for this role is $73,611.21 - $84,652.89 annually. The full salary earning potential for this role is $73,611.21 - $106,736.26 annually.
Examples of Duties for Success

• Assist in evaluating plans, procedures, protocols, and agreements through the development and implementation of discussion-based and functional exercises. This includes developing Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant after-action reports and improvement plans and assisting in the coordination and completion of improvement activities.
• Help to coordinate and facilitate planning groups to complete plans related, but not limited, to mass dispensing, medical surge, mass fatality, communications, and logistics.
• Assisting and facilitating planning groups including internal and external partners to complete plans included in the Emergency Operations Plan and Continuity of Operations Plan related, but not limited, to mass dispensing, medical surge, mass fatality, communications, and logistics.
• Assist in the development of a comprehensive training and exercise plan to prepare agency staff and regional partners for designated emergency response duties and use of response equipment and supplies.
• Tracking participation in training and exercise activities as part of the EPR and agency comprehensive training and exercise program.
• Developing training curricula and delivering the trainings to the appropriate audiences.
• Operating in command and general staff positions or advisory roles during responses to real world incidents. Works closely with process improvement staff at ACHD to develop and implement methods for continuous process improvement and program accountability metrics.
• Develops and conducts training programs, with assistance from EPR supervisor or EPR senior planner 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.
• Assists in the identification, procurement, and management of emergency preparedness equipment and supplies.
• May be responsible for staffing the Emergency Support Function #8 (ESF8) position in the county and jurisdictional Emergency Operations Centers during incidents and functional exercises.
• Works directly with ACHD staff and designated partners to plan exercises and develop response plans based on needs assessments.
• Provides complete administrative support for the EPR program staff providing a wide range of word processing, data entry, file management, case report form filing, and administrative functions.
• Assists in maintaining accurate program records needed for budget management, tracking, evaluation, and reporting.
• Coordinates Health Alert Network activities including providing training and leadership to HAN support staff, along with maintenance of the HAN data, testing, and updating data.
• Coordinates the ACHD staff responder data, ACHD Emergency Notification System, associated training and exercise data and exercises a high level of confidentiality and attention to detail in collecting and maintaining data for these systems.
• Manages/supports the integration of ACHD EPR activation needs with the Adams County Office of Emergency Management and provides overall support to the ACHD Public Health Incident Management Team.
• Serves as a liaison to designated partners, which may include military installations, animal response teams and/or city/county agencies.
• Provides ongoing review of program specific web pages and gathers updated content, as appropriate, to update and maintain current program specific web pages.
• Assist with administrative emergency preparedness tasks as needed by senior EPR staff.
• 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.
  • Performs other duties as assigned and required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Qualifications for Success

• Principles, practices, techniques, and procedures as related to emergency preparedness and response in a public health program.
• Understand the roles of Environmental Health, Communicable Disease, Nursing, and Data Science programs in the development and integration into EPR planning efforts.
• Sensitivity for working in multicultural environments, including the ability to work with various 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 in various communities.
• 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 different backgrounds from both within and outside the organization.
• Ability to problem solve and provide exceptional customer service.
• Determination to achieve outcomes, complete tasks, and deliver on professional commitments.
• Ability to work in a complex political environment.

More Qualifications for Success
A portion of the experience and/or education requirements may be met through relevant, comparable experience or involvement in economic, social, health, and educational systems and environments.
Requires a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public health, management, emergency preparedness, or a related field and one (1) year experience in working in a local public health department emergency preparedness program
Up to 6 months of required experience may be substituted with comparable experience in economic, social, health, and educational systems and environments.
If you would like your comparable experience considered for Qualifications for Success, please respond to the prompts in the Questions section.
Other qualifications:

• 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.
• Masters Degree desirable.

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 investigations and meetings. May be required to work outside regular hours to attend meetings or 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 communicate needs fluidly and accurately in grants and program development

Adams County and the 17th Judicial District Attorney's Office complies with Colorado's Job Application Fairness Act ("JAFA"). JAFA prohibits employers from asking individuals to disclose their age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation on an initial employment application. However, additional application materials such as certifications and transcripts containing this information may be required for certain positions; if such additional materials are requested, applicants may redact information that identifies the applicant's age, date of birth, or dates or attendance or graduation.
Adams County provides a comprehensive benefits package to employees that goes above and beyond what is offered at most organizations.
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

Plus some you might not expect:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Fitness Center
• Employee Health Clinics
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Recreation Center Discounts
• Training & Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Wellness programs
• Lactation friendly certified workplace

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Please be aware that your cover letter and resume will not be accessed in the initial screening process, so you must complete your application and supplemental questions with as much detail as possible. Any personally identifiable information (PII) such as name and address will be redacted from applications that meet the minimum screening requirements and are forwarded to the hiring manager. If the hiring manager selects you to advance in the hiring process, your cover letter and resume will then be accessible to the hiring team. Information provided on the application is used to determine if a candidate meets minimum qualifications. Only information provided at the time of the application being completed will be considered and additional information that is not listed on the application will not be considered when deciding if a candidate meets or does not meet the qualifications. Applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to include all information and details on their application. I understand and agree that only information provided at the time of my application will be used to determine if I meet the minimum requirements for this position.

• Yes, I understand and agree
• Yes, I understand but disagree.

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A requirement of this role is a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public health, management, emergency preparedness, or a related field. Do you meet this requirement?

• Yes
• No

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Please indicate how you meet the minimum experience requirements for the role.

• Minimum of 1 year experience working in a local public health department emergency preparedness program
• 6 months experience working in a local public health department emergency preparedness program AND 6 months of comparable experience.
• A combination of more than 6 months professional work experience and less than 6 months of comparable experience, equivalent to 1 year minimum of comparable and professional experience combined
• None of the above

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A requirement of this position is that you