Community Planning Liaison, Part Time - Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Coordinator

Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer Coordinator

This Community Planning Liaison will establish relationships with new and existing medical reserve corps volunteers who respond to public health emergencies affecting the City of New Haven.

The Community Planning Liaison will work with the New Haven Health Department’s Medical Reserve Corps Unit to plan and execute public health emergency response volunteer activities. The Community Liaison will attend meetings with local and state public health emergency preparedness partners.

This is highly responsible, part time administrative work as a liaison with the federal, state and local governments and the community. Work involves the promotion of planning activities which will affect the future development of the City.

In this assignment, staff member will work with the Public Health Emergency Response Coordinator or designee on recruiting, training, deploying, and retaining Medical Reserve Corps volunteers.

Hybrid remote telework options may be available once work routines are established.

REQUIREMENTS include:

Graduation from a four year college or university with major course work in planning, public or business administration, or a related field; 3 to 5 years experience in public administration, municipal planning or public relations, or any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Knowledge of local community agencies.
• Knowledge of research methods.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationship with government officials, as well as businesses and community representatives.
• Ability to analyze a variety of administrative problems, to make recommendations for their solution, and to implement the recommendations.

Accepting applications until filled.