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Job description
Overview
The Director of Environmental Health (0941 Manager VI) oversees and directs all activities of the City and County of San Francisco’s Environmental Health Branch (EHB). This position reports to the Deputy Director for Public Health Services, Population Health Division and works in close collaboration with the County Health Officer/Director of Population Health Division. The Director provides effective leadership for the branch by developing a shared vision, purpose, values, and strategy with managers and staff. The Director positively engages, empowers, and inspires branch team members to pursue and achieve strategic goals and objectives.
The Director of Environmental Health (0941 Manager VI) performs the following essential job functions:
Develops policies and procedures for all Environmental Health Programs; leads SFDPH’s environmental health strategy to ensure health protection
Directs the operations and staff of all the environmental health regulatory programs for SFDPH including Food Safety, Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste, Healthy Housing, Solid Waste, Water Quality, Local Oversight Program and Site Mitigation for contaminated sites, Massage Parlors, Body Art, Tobacco Sales, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, and the Air, Noise, and Radiation Program. The Director also supervises the County Agricultural Commissioner, Weights and Measures, Children’s Environmental Health Promotion, Food Systems Programs, and the Program for Health, Equity and Sustainability (PHES)
Supervises Environmental Health managers and staff engaged in Operations (budget, payments, purchases, and building), Information Technology, and Disaster Planning; addresses personnel and union related issues
Ensures continuous quality improvement, and performance and service excellence at all levels of the branch; reviews and approves training
Determines and ensures proper staffing levels for each program within the branch
Oversees high-quality environmental health assessments, health impact assessments, and data/knowledge management, synthesis, and translation to guide and inform environmental health protection efforts, policy development, and regulatory and enforcement actions
Participates in budget development; reviews and approves the branch budget, expenditures
Ensures that Environmental Health fees are set to pay for the costs of each program, and that all fees are collected and deposited using the proper codes
Oversees EHB’s expenditure and revenue budgets of approximately $26,000,000 annually, with approximately 150 staff employees and additional contracted staff
Works with SFDPH Office of Policy and Planning, the Board of Supervisors, and the City Attorney’s Office to draft and pass city legislation that involves environmental health issues; participates in California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health meetings and conference calls
Updates the Director of Health and the Health Officer of urgent environmental health concerns with potential city-wide impacts
Partners with community organizations, private citizens, private industry, environmental justice advocates, and other city departments on environmental health matters
Interacts extensively with numerous and diverse stakeholders on controversial, high stakes, and emotionally charged environmental and human health issues that require having extensive experience in conflict resolution, negotiation, change management, and ethical leadership.
The Director of Environmental Health (0941 Manager VI) may perform other duties as assigned/required.
Qualifications
Required Minimum Qualifications
License/Certification : Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) certificate issued by California Department of Public Health, AND
Experience : Five (5) years of verifiable management experience supervising employees performing food, housing, general sanitation, or other related inspection work. Experience must also include three (3) years working in an environmental health agency*.
Experience Substitution: Possession of a Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Science, Public Administration, or a related field from an accredited college or university may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience working in an environmental health agency.
Details
Seniority level : Director
Employment type : Full-time
Job function : Science
Industries : Hospitals and Health Care
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Worksite address
san francisco, CA, 94199, US
Who can apply
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