The Medical Countermeasures Program Coordinator I will be responsible for coordinating all aspects of the State Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Program and coordinate all Medical Countermeasures (MCM) Dispensing and Distribution planning with oversight of the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) program with Local Health Departments (LHD). The CRI is a federally- funded effort to prepare major U.S. cities and metropolitan areas to effectively respond to large-scale biological emergency events by dispensing antibiotics and/or appropriate medical countermeasures to their entire identified populations within 48 hours of the decision to do so. The incumbent will provide supervision for staff involved in the CRI Program. The incumbent will interface with other federal agencies, state agencies, and local partners involved in SNS and CRI activities and will serve as the liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC} and Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) SNS Workgroups to support SNS planning and program evaluation. The incumbent will also develop plans, trainings, and exercises to test New York State and local level SNS plans and be responsible for the monitoring and reporting of data required by federal partners.