Community Health Educator

SALARY RANGE

WORK ASSIGNMENT DETAILS

Waukesha County Department of Health and Human Services – HHS Preparedness

Community Health Educator (Preparedness Planner)

Waukesha County's Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a collaborative, motivated professional to join our Preparedness team. This position serves as a public health preparedness planner, playing a critical role in protecting the community by coordinating planning, training, exercises, and emergency response activities across the county.
 

What You'll Do

This position sits at the intersection of public health preparedness and broader Human Services emergency readiness, giving you exposure to a wide range of planning and response functions. Core responsibilities include:

• Fulfilling deliverables under federal public health preparedness grants, including PHEP (Public Health Emergency Preparedness) and CRI (Cities Readiness Initiative)
• Developing, updating, and maintaining public health emergency plans and associated documentation
• Designing and delivering training programs and exercises for response teams and community partners
• Supporting activations and real-world emergency response efforts
• Coordinating with Healthcare Coalition partners and community-based response organizations
• Contributing to broader HHS preparedness initiatives, including emergency sheltering operations, facility safety readiness, and departmental continuity planning

What We're Looking For

We welcome applicants with experience or background in one or more of the following:

• Public health or community health practice
• Emergency management or homeland security
• Training and exercise development (HSEEP familiarity a plus)
• Community-based emergency response organizations (CERT, MRC, or similar)

What You Can Expect

• A collaborative, mission-driven team environment
• Opportunities to build expertise across public health, healthcare, and emergency management sectors
• Real-world experience in planning and response that makes a direct community impact
• Standard Monday–Friday schedule with flexible start/end times
• Hybrid/remote work options available per Waukesha County policy 
• Occasional non-standard hours may be required during emergency activations

Why Waukesha County HHS?

Learn more about what it's like to work with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6T0Ar-o3q0

CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATION

To view the full classification specification for Community Health Educator click here.  

Minimum Training & Experience Requirements

1.    Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in public health, community health education, education with at least a minor in health, or a closely related field.

OR

2.    Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in education, the behavioral sciences, or closely related field plus one-year work experience in planning and implementing community programs in public health.

Waukesha County provides a comprehensive compensation and benefits package including excellent health/dental/vision, life insurance, generous paid time off (vacation, 10 holidays, 3 floating holidays, ample accrued sick time that rolls over each year), an exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan. Amongst many other benefits, employees are recognized and valued through a pay for performance system. Successful candidates will be eligible for performance-based merit increases and non-base performance awards.

Employee well-being is promoted through a balanced work-life culture and through an exceptional employee wellness program that offers a variety of programs and tools to help promote an employee's wellness and health, including an on-site health & wellness clinic.

About Us:
Waukesha County prides itself on operating in a business-like manner and is recognized as a leader delivering high quality services with competence and skill. With our vision of "Leading the Way", we value teamwork and collaboration, ethics and diversity, communication, efficiency and cost savings, innovation, and the wellbeing of our staff and the citizens we serve. Employees are provided professional development opportunities and encouragement to learn and practice continuous improvement and LEAN principles as we regularly ask ourselves "Is there a better way?"

Location:
Located in the City of Waukesha, our campus offers an on-site fitness center, free parking, and easy access to interstate highway systems. Waukesha County offers a perfect blend of urban and rural living where one can enjoy the benefits of quiet rural lake communities or opt for nearby attractions that the greater Milwaukee area offers including vast beach and park systems, public markets, performing arts, music festivals, and sports including the Milwaukee Admirals, Brewers, Bucks, Wave, Marquette University Golden Eagles and the UW-Milwaukee Panthers Basketball programs.

EEO:

Waukesha County is committed to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in employment and adheres to all Federal, State and County Equal Employment Opportunity laws, policies, plans, rules, regulations and ordinances. The County recognizes and accepts its important leadership role in providing for equal employment/service opportunities. It is the express policy of Waukesha County to promote equal employment opportunity among all who are employed by Waukesha County and who seek employment with Waukesha County.

For further information visit: https://www.waukeshacounty.gov

The County does not sponsor applicants for work visas. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.