Department Overview:

The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) is aligned with the American Public Health Association in declaring racism a public health crisis, and our School is committed to becoming an antiracist SPH. We are working to center social justice in our internal and external work as a school and are committed to addressing structural and institutional racism, and to holding ourselves accountable to this work.

Function/Duties of Position:

• Evaluating and updating state public health preparedness plans for disease outbreaks, mass fatality events, mass casualty events, traumatic events such as mass shootings, and catastrophic events such Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes.
• Supporting health equity initiatives and vulnerable populations planning.
• Evaluating past emergency response activities to streamline program processes and improve emergency response services for affected community members.
• Reviewing policies and laws.
• Supporting volunteer management for the State Emergency Registry of Volunteers in Oregon with evaluation, outreach and program administrations activities.
• Assessing and supporting emergency information systems and emergency notification systems
• Planning and supporting public health communications.
• Writing After Action Reports and collecting lessons learned after specific incidents
• Cross-training in Incident Management Team (IMT) roles (planning, operations, logistics, safety, public information, command) in order to provide support.
• Support project management, collaboration activities, meeting facilitation, and knowledge capture.
• Participate in developmental training, observation and job shadowing to support the above responsibilities and develop the individuals for potential careers in the field of public health preparedness.

The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) is aligned with the American Public Health Association in declaring racism a public health crisis, and our School is committed to becoming an antiracist SPH. We are working to center social justice in our internal and external work as a school and are committed to addressing structural and institutional racism, and to holding ourselves accountable to this work.

Required Qualifications:

• Enrolled in or on vacation from or is otherwise registered in Graduate Program (minimum 4.5 credit hours).
• Strong teamwork skills
• Strong verbal & written communication skills
• Detail orientation
• Close adherence to regulations guiding storage and transfer of protected health information
• Responsiveness to feedback
• Comfortable with phone conversations
• Able to maintain composure and remain task-oriented during times of crisis (e.g., health disasters)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working at a public health department
• A master's degree in public health or epidemiology or a related field
• Potential interest in a career in public health preparedness
• Experience conducting culturally responsive and equity-informed work
• Epidemiologic, public health, health care or other professional experience in communicable / infectious disease, disaster preparedness, or organizational development
• Prior experience with disaster response work, pandemic response work, or other crisis work

All are welcome: Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.

As an organization devoted to the health and well-being of people in Oregon and beyond, OHSU requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.