Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator

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Hiring Agency:

Health & Human Services - Agency 25

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$30.865

Job Posting:

JR2025-00017182 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

06-18-2025

Job Description:

The Public Health Emergency Preparedness team is looking for a Coordinator to work with the Emergency Management team to assure the capacity to respond to disasters and highly infectious diseases.

 

The PHEP Coordinator will:

• Participate in Division of Public Health’s response to disasters, highly contagious diseases, and threats to the public health of Nebraska.  This is in conjunction with the team, assuring coverage of Emergency Coordination Center roles.
• Assure communication with Local Health Departments to support local response activities.
• Travel to Local Health Departments across the state for program monitoring and to annual national conference.
• Monitor and track all grant expenses assuring compliance with federal regulations.
• Facilitate Community of Practices. 
• Create and submit reports to our federal partners relating to work plan and fiscal activities.
• Complete and manage all subawards related to federal funding sources.
• Collaborate with team members to plan and present annual seminar for sub-awardees. 

Work Environment and Travel:

This position requires approximately 95% of work time spent in an office environment; the remainder is spent traveling or working in alternative sites such as off-site storage, conferences or meetings. There is also approximately 5 days of overnight travel per year.

 

Requirements/Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 4 years of experience working in data analysis, statistics, & interpretation of data in a health subject area OR Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Epidemiology, Informatics, or Health field plus 2 years of related experience. Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in Public Health, Public Administration or related fields. Experience in Emergency Management, Public Health Emergency Response, or Grant Management.

Other: Must have a valid driver's license. Must have or can complete FEMA ICS training within 6 months of hire:  ICS100, 200, 700, 800, 300 and 400.

 

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.

Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.

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