Jobs with Wake County

Work Schedule/Location: Mon.-Fri. 8:30a.m.-5:15p.m./Waverly F. Akins Wake County Office Building (336 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC)

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health Education, Exercise Physiology or related field and three years of experience in health and wellness or related field; or equivalent.

Special Requirements: A valid driver's license and a "safe" driving record required.

Duties: Enhance the health and wellness of County employees through program research, planning, development, implementation and evaluation of an organization-wide wellness program; assess current employee population health and lifestyle needs to develop a total integrated health and wellness program; provide services and programs related to the County's consumer-driven health plan design and strategy; oversee program delivery and evaluation to determine value while integrating cost-effective measures and cost-containment; work with benefit plan vendors, consultants and counterparts in comparable organizations with a focus on efficiencies, best practices and improvements; develop marketing campaign for wellness programs; collect and analyze relevant data to track the ongoing effectiveness of the program and present to various audiences, including County Management; serve as a coach and counsel with managers and employees regarding integrated health and wellness issues and programs; research, benchmark and evaluate for outreach and education regarding integrated health and wellness programs; compile health plan utilization and care management data (claims, RX, disease management) to determine wellness program needs and ROI; survey employees for information regarding current and future needs; assist in benefit program development and analysis for health and welfare plans; provide subject matter knowledge in RFP development and vendor selection for benefit programs relating to wellness and total health integration; and other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule/Location: Mon.-Fri. 8:30a.m.-5:15p.m./Waverly F. Akins Wake County Office Building (336 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC)

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance or related field and four years of experience in financial management; or equivalent.

Special Requirements: A criminal record check will be conducted. A credit check will be conducted.

Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated knowledge of municipal debt instruments and the financial analysis skills needed to analyze cash flows and to assist senior management with decision-making as well as strong experience with Microsoft Excel and Word; knowledge of capital plan and debt financial modeling a strong plus.

Duties: Administer the County's debt portfolio and complete the associated bond draws; monitor the variable rate debt weekly; work with other staff to plan future debt issues; approve and pay all debt service and related payments; assist with budgeting and year-end reporting; provide significant contact with Senior County Management, Auditors, Financial Advisors, State, Federal and Local Governments, and the Bond Counsel; prepare and file annual secondary market disclosures; interface closely with County's Bond Counsel to review legal documents associated with debt and perform all compliance monitoring associated with the County's debt agreement; maintain the County's capital plan and debt models.

Notes: Please note changes in the Preferred and Duties section effective 11/16/09.

Work Schedule/Location: Mon.-Fri. 8:00a.m.-5:00p.m./Waverly F. Akins Wake County Office Building (336 Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC)

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Environmental Engineering or Science, Business Administration or related field and seven years of experience in environmental services or environmental programs; or equivalent.

Special Requirements: A valid driver's license and a "safe" driving record required.

Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in the areas of watershed management and planning; onsite wastewater system planning, design and construction; groundwater well design and construction; sedimentation and erosion control planning, permitting, design, construction and operation; stormwater management planning, permitting, design, construction and operation; strong written and verbal communication skills; five years of experience as a supervisor of technical and non-technical staff; experience working independently and with minimum direction; ability to motivate and develop staff; ability to work with citizens and elected officials on environmental resource protection issues as well as a demonstrated ability to recognize and solve problems.

Duties: The Water Quality Division Director for Wake County's Environmental Services Department is responsible for executing programs and services to protect public health, water resources and land resources in Wake County. The Director provides leadership for a staff of approximately 34 professionals and is responsible for the administration of a total annual budget of approximately $2.8 million. The incumbent will protect public health in Wake County through the enforcement of rules and regulations enacted for individual groundwater wells and onsite wastewater systems. In addition, the Water Quality Division protects water resources in Wake County through the enforcement of rules and regulations for stormwater management, floodplain management and erosion and sediment control. The Water Quality Division is also responsible for the implementation of a watershed management program, which is designed to (a) collect information and data to monitor the health and condition of Wake County water resources; (b) analyze and quantify specific causes and sources of water resource problems in Wake County; and (c) develop specific recommendations to address identified problems. Specialty services provided by the Water Quality Division include mobile home park inspections, migrant labor camp inspections, emergency response for hazardous materials spills that threaten waters of the state and inspection of package wastewater treatment facilities.

Notes: Periodic off-hour work during nights and weekends is required to inspect development sites, respond to customer inquiries about service, attend community meetings as well as to conduct special studies and investigations.

This publication lists positions with Wake County Government for which applications are currently being accepted. It is published weekly, except when there are no vacancies or during any week the Wake County Offices are closed for two or more days. Applications may be obtained from Human Resources, Waverly F. Akins Wake County Office Building, Suite 300, 336 Fayetteville Street Mall, Raleigh, N.C. 27602, (919) 856-6090, Monday thru Friday, 8:30am - 5:15pm, except holidays. They may also be downloaded from this web site in the How to Apply section. Information about current vacancies is available by accessing this web site at www.wakegov.com. Wake County applications must be received by the closing date indicated for each position. A separate application must be submitted for each position listed; however, copies are acceptable. Faxed applications are accepted at (919) 856-6256. Please indicate the job number and position title when applying.