ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR 41233

07/01/94 B

This is the second class in the Environmental Health Consultant series. This class is principally responsible for setting goals and objectives for all environmental programs in a region or directing all aspects of a statewide specialty program in the central office such as milk, soils and sewage, water, food, general services, and shellfish processing and growing. The Environmental Health Coordinator is distinguished from the Environmental Health Specialist Consultant by its broader scope of responsibilities. It is distinguished from the Environmental Health Assistant Director, which is in charge of multiple large statewide environmental programs and which has formal supervision over Environmental Health Coordinator positions and other environmental support staff.

Complexity of Work: This class performs work of unusual difficulty in reviewing resource utilization and in addressing all environmental activities in a health region or statewide usage of resources for a specific environmental program. This class is also responsible for reviewing, developing, analyzing, and interpreting environmental statistics; setting and/or modifying policies and procedures to assure compliance with applicable regulations; performing on-site reviews of health districts to verify compliance to established guidelines or to resolve technical questions, conducting community needs assessment to set priorities among environmental program; and serving as principle contact between field and central office staff to disseminate information and to provide feedback to management on operational and regulatory issues.

Supervision Given: Positions in this class may exercise formal supervisory authority over a limited number of staff of Environmental Health Specialist Consultants or other lower level support positions, but supervision is not the focus of the Environmental Health Coordinator.

Supervision Received: The Environmental Health Coordinator typically receives general direction from a higher level environmental or administrative position.

Scope: Positions in this class are located in a health region or the central office. In the region, this class oversees and provides technical support for all environmental programs. Positions in the central office direct all aspects of a statewide specialty program such as milk, food, soils, sewage, water, and shellfish processing or growing.

Impact of Actions: These positions have a serious impact upon the programs under their guidance. The decisions made by positions in this class have long-term implications upon resources, staff, and the public.

Personal Contacts: Frequent internal and external contacts with agency staff, local, state, and federal agencies, private enterprises and legal representatives to promote assigned program, resolve enforcement conflicts or to coordinate multi-jurisdictional efforts.

Knowledge: Comprehensive knowledge of assigned program(s); acute and chronic disease causation, disease control and prevention methods; soils, landscape position and geology related to on-site wastewater treatment and disposal technology, groundwater movement and contamination; private well development construction; local, state, and federal environmental laws, criminal and civil actions, rules of evidence, and laws regarding liability; administrative and management principles and practices; and training principles and legislative procedures. Working knowledge of management practices and principles. Some knowledge of supervisory practices and principles.

Skills: Considerable skill in using instruments such as augers, transits, clinometers, ph meters, thermometers, water analysis kits, and lead and radiation detection equipment.

Abilities: Demonstrated ability to lead others, to analyze information, to utilize standardized epidemiological investigative techniques, to prepare thorough and accurate documentation of regulatory activities, to develop, read and interpret policies and regulations and apply them independently, and to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a variety of audiences.

QUALIFICATIONS GUIDE*

License or Certification: None.

Education or Training: Completion of college level course work in public or environmental health, biology, chemistry, geology, or a related program.

Level and Type of Experience: Experience related to environmental health. Experience in leading or supervising others, administrative experience to monitor and report program or operational performance.

An equivalent combination of training and experience indicating possession of the preceding knowledge, skills, and abilities may substitute for this education and experience.

This class replaces the Sanitarian Coordinator, effective July, 1994.