Program Manager, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
Harris CountyAbout the role
Posting number: 16839
Department: Public Health Services
Division: Public Health Preparedness & Response
Job classification: Manager
Posting type: Open
Categories: Community Services, Public Health, Management, Program Management
Summary
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If you’re looking to be a part of a collaborative environment where your skills can make an impact, explore our current opportunities in creating a better future for public health.
About Harris County Public Health:
Harris County Public Health (HCPH) includes a network of more than 1,100 public health professionals working together to improve health outcomes for the third most populous county in the United States. HCPH provides a multitude of services such as medical and dental services, community programming, and health education for the approximately 2.3 million people in unincorporated Harris County. Through its core values of innovation, engagement, and health equity, HCPH strives to bring meaningful solutions to public health issues while keeping Harris County healthy and vibrant.
Our Values:
HCPH embraces a foundation of progressive work anchored by the department’s cornerstone values guiding our work to improve the community’s health and well-being.
- Transparency: We share information openly and honestly so that staff, partners, and the community understand our actions and the reasons behind them.
- Integrity: Our actions reflect strong ethical principles, ensuring we remain trustworthy, accountable, and consistent with our mission.
- Respect: We foster a supportive environment by valuing diverse perspectives, listening intentionally, and treating people with dignity in every interaction.
- Impact: We focus our efforts on activities that improve health, reduce disparities, and create meaningful, measurable outcomes for the communities we serve.
- Collaboration: We actively partner across teams, disciplines, organizations, and communities to align our efforts toward common goals.
This is a grant-funded position.
Position Overview:
The Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) program establishes a network of medical and non-medical volunteers to strengthen public health and emergency response by building community resilience and better equipping residents to respond to terrorist attacks and other threats faced by the region. The MRC Program Manager is responsible for enhancing the region's healthcare response capabilities by recruiting healthcare professionals and non-medical volunteers in supporting roles, matching volunteers' skills to address community needs, training volunteers to respond effectively to local emergencies, and improving awareness of individual and community preparedness through outreach and education. Under the supervision of the Community Resilience Manager of the Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR) Division, the MRC Program Manager will work closely with the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management (HCOHSEM), the cities of Harris County, the State MRC program, and the National MRC program developing the mission objectives, recruitment criteria, program documents, training, and exercise programs that will meet the needs for Harris County. This involves the necessary administrative and operational activities associated with the community-based grant program designed to organize and utilize volunteers who want to donate their time and professional skills. This position will supervise the day-to-day activities of the MRC Team, and together they will be responsible for coordinating local MRC volunteers and all activities with the local emergency response plans and teams. The position will be an active member of the incident management team and, as such, will participate in the HCPH all-hazards approach to emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plans, implements and coordinates the ongoing recruitment and program initiatives for medical and non-medical MRC volunteers
- Oversees and manages grants, grant applications and reports, as well as program development and evaluation
- Identifies opportunities for volunteer activities, and promotes and coordinates volunteer involvement in emergency trainings, drills, exercises, and other volunteer opportunities throughout the area
- Develops and maintains the HCPH MRC’s Training and Exercise Plan in conjunction with HCPH PHPR Training and Exercise Team
- Maintains a database of Medical Reserve Corps members and verifies volunteer credentials,
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