The Fairfax County Health Department is a progressive public health leader serving 1.2 million residents from diverse ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. With more than 100 years of leadership in the field, we are committed to promoting population health, protecting public health and the environment, and ensuring residents' equitable access to health services and information.
Oversees and directs the development, implementation, and evaluation of outreach, education and community capacity-building activities of a staff team in the Health Department’s Outreach and Engagement Unit. Ensures program priorities are based on interventions aimed at addressing the social determinants and other root causes of poor health across a large and diverse community. Works directly with health department subject matter experts to guide the development of culturally appropriate health promotion and improved access to services across agency programs. Engages community partners in efforts to foster and build capacity for health promotion and disease prevention within organizations, with particular emphasis on hard-to-reach populations and interfaith communities. Acts as a bridge for initiating functional partnerships within the multi-cultural and interfaith communities that promote the development of effective, sustainable solutions to gaps in service delivery or department efforts to advance health equity. Supervises a team of Community Health Specialists within COEU, assigning tasks, providing oversight and ensuring the implementation of effective, culturally appropriate, evidence-based interventions and best practice models leading to improved population health outcomes. Responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of capacity-building activities, including relationship management, partnership engagement, emergency preparedness, coordinated volunteer management and training design and delivery. Manages the health outreach database, ensuring programmatic activities are tracked and reported. Position works under the supervision and strategic guidance of the Community Outreach and Engagement Unit Manager (COEU)
Maintains working knowledge of emergency plans, with an emphasis on understanding the duties and responsibilities of their position during an emergency. Completes all required emergency preparedness trainings; participates in additional trainings and exercises as needed. Maintains up-to-date contact information in the county emergency alert system (EAN), including after-hours contact information (e.g., home or cell phone) and responds to emergency alerts as specified. Responds to public health emergencies, as directed, and effectively carries out emergency duties as assigned. Performs other duties as assigned for the benefit of the Health Department.
The functional areas of this position are: partner/community engagement, multi-cultural outreach, non-profit capacity building, health promotion and disease prevention, and volunteer management.
The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 38.7% of residents speak a language other than English at home (Spanish, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indo-European, and others) and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.