Overview
Job Description and Duties
This job announcement is a re-posting. If you have already applied to JC-444905, you do not need to re-apply, we have your application on file.
Under the general direction of the Program Manager I, in the Plans & Training Unit of the Disaster Medical Services (DMS) Division, the Senior Emergency Services Coordinator (Sr. ESC) develops procedures and job action sheets for the California Emergency Support Function 8 (ESF 8) Medical and Health Coordination Center (MHCC), which will ensure activation continuity and procedural standardization. The Sr. ESC leads statewide public health and medical disaster response readiness for internal and external stakeholders by developing and maintaining disaster response readiness training and exercise programs. The Sr. ESC also analyzes and develops disaster public health and medical preparedness and response issue and concept papers and develops funding applications through the State budget process for grants, endowments, and/or other funding mechanisms.
The emergency management and response duties are complex, difficult, and sensitive and are essential to the Governor’s Disaster Preparedness Initiatives, which is critical to EMSA’s basic missions.
About The California Department of Public Health
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in the Golden State and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families and communities. The Department's programs and services, implemented in collaboration with local health departments and state, federal and private partners, touch the lives of every Californian and visitor to the state 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Our Shared Vision
CDPH public health professionals, researchers, scientists, doctors, nurses, and other staff members have a shared vision to protect and improve the health of all Californians. We are dedicated to public service and passionate about our work and the people and communities we serve and protect.
