This position is in the Adams County Health Department (ACHD) Division of Environmental Health (EH). The Community Air Network Coordinator will provide backbone support to ensure implementation of the Community Air Network and the EPA Community Air Monitoring grant. This position will convene an ongoing and expanding group of partners, referred to as the Colorado Local Entity Air Network (CLEAN), including the design, facilitation, and hosting of meetings, as well as facilitating connections with other community partners. The Air Network Coordinator will also provide technical assistance to partners including support with data inquiries, identifying relevant air quality resources, and researching best practices. This position will also be responsible for helping to connect researchers, community partners, and entities throughout the state to air sensor data in order to analyze, understand, and begin to answer community questions regarding air quality concerns. Central to this role is connecting community concerns, ideas, and questions to best practices around monitor placement, programmatic opportunities, educational strategies, and analysis. Additionally, this position will share successes, challenges, educational opportunities, and research findings with partners across the State through convenings, such as the Regional Air Monitoring and Messaging Collaborative, the Regional Air Quality Council, the Air Pollution Control Division, and the Metro Denver Partnership for Health, to continue to build capacity across the region and state.

LEARNING RESPONSIBILITY:  
Must commit to a learning mindset and continuous improvement regarding the practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of work within Adams County and The Department of Public Health including management style, work style, training, communication, and evaluation.

ACTION-RELATED RESPONSIBILITY RE: WORK OF THE POSITION:  

• Performs both internal and external work in a way that is equitably inclusive and effective within the diverse communities we serve.
• Regularly assesses work and supports changes to remove systemic barriers, build systems that address inequities, and integrate Health Equity into all areas of work.  
• Creates and maintains partnerships and processes that support and integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into all aspects of Adams County Health Department work.
• Prioritizes transparency and supports an open-door culture.
• Integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion into internal and external goal setting.

Leadership:  

• Serves as central point of contact and resource for the Love My Air program and the EPA Community Air Monitoring grant with understanding of air quality and regional air quality issues.  Coordinates technical assistance, as appropriate, for county staff, local government staff, community organizations and the public.
• Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing, in support of Love My Air cohort partners. Make informational, educational, and persuasive presentations internally and externally.
• Contributes to the development of educational models and materials to promote policy, system and environmental changes.
• Gather, use and consider the application of data to understand and solve problems.

• Convenes and facilitates Love My Air cohort partners, including community members, to identify and facilitate actionable work toward shared goals.  Plans, prepares and facilitates meetings, with interactive presentations, agendas, speakers, and community leaders.  
• Assists with development and evaluation of community-based initiatives and forges partnerships with key partners to advance the initiatives within the community.
• Develops and maintains positive, trusted working relationships with community members, community partners, ACHD staff, and Adams County staff in order to advance work in a mutually beneficial manner.  
• Participates in regional and state-level workgroups to support and influence various air quality initiatives.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with Adams County Health Department staff, outside agency staff, policy makers, community partners and the public.

• Supports the Cohort partnership in advocating for policy and systems changes to improve air quality.
• Gathers and analyzes information from community members and organizations that can inform options for policies, programs, and services related to air quality.  
• Utilize systems-oriented approach to understand the multiple origins of a complex challenge and how the parts of a system can work together to improve community outcomes.
• Participates in regional and state-level workgroups to influence policy in order to meet the needs of residents. 

• Assists and leads in the preparation of reports and program evaluation by gathering information, describing relevant evaluation data, and preparing documents.
• Conducts research of evidence-based findings that can impact policy and program decision-making.
• Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, using, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Prepares written materials and presents program updates for the cohort partners, public, county staff, and/or other government agencies. 
• Responsible for monitoring compliance with applicable program contracts, monitors budgets, expenditures and billing processes related to the EPA grant. 
• Coordinates activities and engagement with partners, identifies opportunities to leverage existing efforts to best serve community.  

• Social determinants of health, their impact upon health, and strategies to address them within community settings 
• Techniques and best practices related to community engagement, coalition building and developing community partnerships.
• Community needs assessment, program development, and evaluation techniques.
• Community planning elements that protect public health and facilitate healthy behaviors and access to basic services
• Microsoft operating system computer, Internet and spreadsheet functions and resources.
• The socioecological model of behavior change and how environmental, social and policy influences on health align to create change 
• Community-based social marketing to support sustainable and healthy behavior change in programs.  

• Performs other duties as assigned and required.
• Respond, as required, to support public health emergencies, incidents, and events.
• Participate in all exercises and drills on emergency preparedness, as required.
• Complete emergency preparedness and response trainings as appropriate for this level of employee within the health department.
• Maintain sensitive & confidential client information according to the HIPAA policy confidentiality requirements.

• Presentation and Facilitation Skills – Is effective in organizing and running primarily virtual, facilitated meetings/webinars.  Effective in formal/informal presentation settings, one-on-one settings, small groups, larger groups; must have strong facilitation skills.  
• Interpersonal Savvy – Is effective in stakeholder engagement/relations in the public sector.  Ability to build good rapport with a variety of stakeholders and partners, uses diplomacy and tact in building constructive and effective relationships. 
• Organizational Agility – Ability to get things done in an organization, navigating formal and informal channels, understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the cultures of organizations.
• Project Management – Ability to develop a project scope of work, plan and track progress over time, maintain accountability, manage data and associated equipment.   
• Partnership Development – Principles and practices of partnership development, coalition building and community networks to advance the work.

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. Years of experience may substitute for a degree, on a year-to-year basis. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be as follows:

Experience: 

• Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience working with coalitions, local government, policy makers and/or government entities to measurably improve health and social outcomes. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading program planning to achieve successful, sustainable, policy and systems-level changes.  
• Experience in Air Quality work is preferred. 

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in public or environmental health, environmental science/chemistry, atmospheric sciences, public policy, urban planning, environmental education, or a related field. 
• A Master's Degree is preferred and may substitute for two (2) years of the required experience.

• Occasional moderate lifting and carrying objects up to 15 pounds.
• Occasional use of automobile, usually no more than one hour at a time.
• Requires sufficient hearing and speech ability to communicate verbally in response to inquiries, to conduct needs assessments and evaluations, and to speak to groups of people in presentations.
• Requires sufficient writing ability to fluidly and accurately communicate needs in grants and program development.
• Requires manual dexterity to operate computer equipment
• Requires ability to occasionally drive an automobile in all types of weather conditions.
• Requires the ability to sit and perform administrative and computer work for significant periods of time.