Salary : $70,149.87 - $122,762.22 Annually
Location : HEALTH DEPARTMENT KELLY SQUARE, 10777 MAIN ST, FAIRFAX (FJ56), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 26-01023
Department: Health Department
Opening Date: 07/11/2026
Closing Date: 7/17/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S24
Posting Type: Open to General Public

This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

Additional Work Schedule Requirements: Flexible work schedule will be required to work evening and/or weekend community meetings or events to and/or be on call.

This position is not telework eligible.
Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in health education, human services, or a directly related field; plus, one year of experience in community capacity building, public and/or community health education, or other types of health-related work involving considerable public contact.
CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid Driver's License (Required at the time of application)
CPR (Required within 60 days)
AED (Required within 60 days)

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• This position is considered Emergency Service Personnel to ensure the continuity of essential operations, and will be required to report to work during times designated countywide as approved for unscheduled leave regardless of the emergency situation (i.e., weather, transportation, other disaster).
• The appointee to the position will be required to complete the following to the satisfaction of the employer:
• Criminal Background Investigation
• Child Protective Services Registry Check
• Driving Record Check

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in public health or related field of study.
• One or more years of experience performing community outreach, and providing health promotion and prevention education to various ethnic communities, non-profit organizations, hard to reach populations, small businesses and faith communities.
• One or more years of experience working with community coalitions and with volunteers.
• One or more years of experience working with a community, state or national council or committee focused on food insecurity, food access, nutrition and/or behavioral health, health care access, and built environment to support active living
• One or more years of experience supporting the design and implementation of a multi-stakeholder community focused strategic plan.
• Experience in supporting effective relationships, engaging new partners and serving as a liaison with multidisciplinary, multisector stakeholders and volunteers throughout the Fairfax County Community.
• Experience in addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) through partnership approaches and community engagement.
• One or more years of experience designing, implementing, and contributing to community-based health initiatives with culturally and age-diverse populations.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, such as community members, businesses, nonprofits and faith-based groups.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Fairfax County's health and wellbeing priorities through work or volunteer experience with government agencies, health networks, community-based organizations and/or faith-based organizations.
• Experience facilitating virtual and in-person meetings and planning events.
• One or more years of experience working independently.
• Must communicate effectively using verbal, written and electronic means.
• Advanced knowledge of basic Microsoft Office Suite applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Microsoft Teams).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to drive a motor vehicle.
• Generally, works in an office environment may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting.
• Job is generally sedentary in nature, and requires walking, standing, sitting (for long periods of time), and kneeling, reaching, bending, climbing stairs; may be required to lift or carry up to 25 pounds. occasionally. Uses hands to grasp, handle, or feel.
• Position frequently communicates and must be able to exchange accurate information with others verbally and in writing.
• Visual acuity is required to read data on a computer monitor; ability to operate keyboard driven equipment and computer and use of touchscreen;
• All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:

Panel interview and may include a practical exercise.

Fairfax County is home to a highly diverse population, with a significant number of residents speaking languages other than English at home (including ) We encourage candidates who are bilingual in English and another language to apply for this opportunity.

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Requisition 26-01023
Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

Please click for a summary of our benefits.

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program:

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Non-Merit Positions

1. Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.
   • Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
   • Flexible Spending Program
   • Deferred Compensation
2. Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.
   • No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate your area(s) of study or major(s)/minor(s) towards a degree. Check all that apply.

• Health education
• Public health
• Human services
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list all of your majors and minors. If this question does not pertain to you, or you do not have a degree, enter "Not applicable".
05

Do you currently possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

06

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working in community capacity-building, public and/or community health education, or other types of health-related work involving considerable public contact?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

07

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working with community, state, or national council(s) or committee(s) focused on any of these topics: food insecurity, food access, nutrition, behavioral health, health care access, built environment to support active living?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

08

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have working with community coalitions and with volunteers?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

09

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have designing, implementing, and supporting community-based health initiatives that engage culturally and age-diverse populations, including diverse ethnic communities, nonprofit organizations, hard-to-reach populations, small businesses, and faith-based organizations?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

10

How many years of full-time equivalent experience do you have facilitating virtual and in-person meetings and planning events?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

11

Are you proficient in any of the following Microsoft Office Suite applications? Check all that apply.

• Outlook (Composing email messages; sending and receiving email messages; organizing email messages into folders; managing contacts; scheduling appointments & meetings, managing tasks)
• Word (Knowledge of common functions such as creating a title; using, modifying, and creating styles; indenting paragraphs; using tabs and tables; inserting a hard page break; using page numbering; creating headers and footers; inserting graphics; adding comments and tracking changes)
• PowerPoint (Creating a template and working with a design template; working with graphics, animation and multimedia; building interactive presentations using hyperlinks)
• Excel (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents; creating and modifying pivot tables; using formulas and links to other cells/worksheets)
• None of the above

12

If offered the position, do you accept that this position is not telework eligible?

• Yes
• No

13

Do you have experience in supporting effective relationships, engaging new partners and serving as a liaison with multidisciplinary, multisector stakeholders and volunteers throughout the Fairfax County Community?

• Yes
• No

Required Question