Workforce Activation

Planning Team

THE VALUE OF A DEPARTMENT-WIDE PLANNING STRUCTURE

A Public Health jurisdiction is segmented into core operating divisions, ensuring that the core services of Public Health are met. It was important in our planning process for the core preparedness team to form a Steering Committee with representation from each Public Health division to oversee planning activities. In addition, the assistance of a skilled process facilitator was enlisted to ensure an efficient and focused planning course of action. The role of the Steering Committee is to ensure the integrity of the process and serve as key decision makers.

The Steering Committee identified the need to develop topical Work Groups that would be tasked with conducting research and making recommendations on specific elements of formulating the Public Health Workforce Activation Response Plan. The following organizational chart illustrates the structure and job title representation of the Public Health Workforce Activation team.

THE RACI APPROACH

To facilitate the organization of tasks to be accomplished, a proven organizational management model referred to as RACI - an acronym for Responsible-Accountable-Consulted-Informed - guided the planning structure. This model is an effective tool for clarifying roles and responsibilities, and for ensuring a broad base of involvement, yet a limited commitment of core team resources.

Download Workforce Activation RACI Matrix PDF