Public Health Preparedness Logistics Coordinator

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Job ID: 35757

Agency: Department of Health - Division of Healthcare Access

Location: Pierre, SD

Salary: $26.61-$31.31

Pay Grade: I

Closing Date: 5/27/26

This is a Full-Time position with the Department of Health - Division of Healthcare Access. For more information on the Department of Health, please visit https://doh.sd.gov/ .

The South Dakota Department of Health's programs and services help prevent illness and injury, promote healthy places to live, work and play; provide education to help people make good health decisions; prepare for, respond to, and prevent public health threats; and support efforts to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our services touch the lives of every person in the state of South Dakota. We recognize that employees are our most valuable resource, and we are committed to promoting a culture of excellence in DOH.

We trust our employees to be innovative, challenge existing processes, and make the best decisions. We are interested in employing a diverse and skilled workforce that exhibits the values of leadership, accountability, communication, integrity, and teamwork. Public health is a diverse and growing field that offers many career options for people from a variety of educational backgrounds.

Imagine yourself as part of a winning team that is making the lives of South Dakotans healthier and safer.

The South Dakota Department of Health Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response manages multiple warehouses containing critical supplies and equipment used in emergency response. As part of the Public Health Preparedness and Response team, the Logistics Coordinator contributes to ensuring strong public health and healthcare system readiness. This position will serve as a project manager for warehouse operations, including conducting hard counts of inventory, organizing warehouse contents using a grid system, receiving items into the inventory management system, and developing a comprehensive standard operating procedure manual for all warehouse tasks.

The position is also responsible for overseeing the purchase and maintenance of items and services required for inventory and warehouse operations.

The Public Health Preparedness Logistics Coordinator is responsible for managing South Dakota's medical materiel preparedness and response activities. This role ensures the effective distribution, deployment, and utilization of medical materiel during public health emergencies, including pandemics, natural disasters, and bioterrorism events.

Key responsibilities include overseeing the inventory, storage, and maintenance of stockpile assets within the state to ensure they are ready for rapid deployment. During emergencies, the Coordinator will manage medical materiel orders and allocations, ensuring that supplies are distributed to the appropriate agencies and healthcare facilities.

The Logistics

Coordinator serves on a team that works to ensure adequate public health and healthcare preparedness and response to public health emergencies and/or emergencies with health implications.

This position will work in both office and warehouse settings. The office setting involves sitting at a desk for extended periods, working on a computer, and performing administrative tasks. The warehouse setting may include frequent lifting, moving, and handling of products, some of which may be heavy and may require operating forklifts, pallet jacks, and other warehouse equipment.

Licenses and Certifications:

• forklift certification preferred, not required;
• ability to drive a pickup, pull a trailer, and back up to a trailer preferred, but not required.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• strong organization, communication, and problem-solving skills;
• experience in developing and maintaining standard operating procedures;
• experience in local and/or state public health preparedness;
• experience learning new technological systems, maintaining systems, and teaching others on the use of systems.

Knowledge of

• computer applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook;
• warehouse operations, inventory control, and supply chain management;
• best practices for storage, handling, and maintenance of critical supplies and equipment;
• familiarity with local, state, and federal government operations;
• familiarity with potential public health threats, desired but not required.

Skills to

• manage warehouse operations;
• maintain a fleet of vehicles and equipment to include pickups, trailers, and forklifts;
• effectively utilize inventory management systems;
• organize and structure processes to enha