Environmental Public Health Manager
About Environmental Public Health Manager:
This is a highly responsible, professional, administrative, and supervisory position coordinating the activities of the Environmental Public Health Division of Linn County Public Health, which includes three separate branches each headed by a Branch Supervisor: Air & Water Quality; Environmental Quality; and Healthy Homes. Responsibilities also include budget and grant writing for ongoing funding support. Responsible for supervising and instructing the work of three Branch Supervisors. Acts as a working supervisor with a combination of duties, with emphasis on providing technical assistance to staff, other agencies, and the public, to resolve difficult or extensive community problems. Assists Health Director in implementation of environmental health policies, laws and required action.
Essential Functions
- Ensures a comprehensive air and water quality control program that includes permitting, compliance, enforcement, monitoring, and education and outreach.
- Ensures an effective comprehensive food safety program for restaurants and grocers and environmental sanitation program for pools and hotels, environmental vector control, and general public health nuisances affecting the lives of all Linn County residents.
- Ensures a comprehensive program addressing environmental hazards in the home including childhood lead poisoning prevention asthma management, radon, property maintenance, and indoor air quality.
- Develops policy by planning, developing, and implementing environmental programs; provides education and instruction to Environmental Public Health staff; provides technical expertise to staff as needed; writes grants, establishes fees for service proposals, and directs divisional resources to maximize program efficiency. Stays abreast of regulatory and program changes. Coordinates program activities and new program development with other agency staff.
- Maintains good public relations and public policy by attending board meetings and other required meetings; serves on community boards and task forces; makes presentations to public groups; maintains division records and prepares reports by submitting reports to the EPA, Iowa DPH, DIA, and DNR; prepares monthly reports, instructs and trains division personnel.
- Applies and demonstrates principles of ethics, health equity, and environmental justice and implements improvements to policies, programs, and services to reduce health inequities.
- Under the direction of the Health Director, serves as the chief Environmental Health Officer. Enforces state and local laws and regulations; plans and prepares Division’s budget and grant requests and negotiates the 28E Agreements with state and local jurisdictions.
- Performs all other related duties as assigned.
- Knows the products they personally produce and the customers of each product. Listens to the “Voice of the Customer “and closes gaps between customer expectations and experience whenever possible.
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