ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER 41242

07/01/94 B

This is the second managerial class in the Environmental Health Management series which is primarily responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and setting goals and objectives for a district's total environmental program and/or serves as an Assistant Manager in large complex health districts, exercising line authority over a segment of the district and managing multiple Environmental Health Supervisors and other support staff. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Health Manager Senior by the latter class' district-wide responsibility for all environmental activities, supervising sub-unit managers and serving in a large complex district with multiple environmental functions. Positions within the Environmental Health Manager Senior class also have final authority to approve or deny district environmental budgets, policy proposals, resource allocations; and may supervise Environmental Health Manager positions. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Health Supervisor class by its emphasis upon managerial and administrative duties, as opposed to exercising direct line authority and the first level of supervision over multiple Environmental Health Specialist Seniors, Environmental Health Specialists, and Environmental Health Specialist Assistants.

Complexity of Work: Performs work of moderate complexity which involves management of environmental services for a portion of a health district. Positions in this class develop goals, objectives, and standards for health district environmental programs. The class is primarily devoted to the performance of managerial and administrative duties of routine difficulty. Responsibilities include developing and recommending goals and objectives and standards for health district environmental program; implementing management policy and procedures for a segment of the district's total environmental programs; monitoring the effectiveness of programs and adjusting priorities; assessing community needs; preparing and developing a segment of the total environmental budget; reassigning staff and formally recommending policy and resource allocations to management; making public presentations; supervising multiple Environmental Health Supervisor positions. Positions manage program resources, staffing, organizational structures; acquire grants; negotiate service agreements with other local human service agencies concerning coordination of services; determine in-service training needs; and coordinate overall program communication, and dissemination of agency information to subordinate environmental staff.

Supervision Given: Environmental Health Manager positions exercise direct line authority over multiple Environmental Health Supervisors and may supervise other lower level staff.

Supervision Received: This class receives direction from an Environmental Health Manager Senior or Public Health Officer in a large health district. Positions within the Environmental Health Manager class develop their own work sequence and methods within established policies and procedures.

Scope: Environmental Health Manager positions set goals and objectives for the overall environmental program which affects the accuracy and reliability of the total environmental programs of a health district, or a segment of a major health district's environmental program.

Impact of Actions: This class exercises moderate impact within the managerial group concerning the effectiveness and efficiency of assigned programs as it relates to the performance of statewide environmental health programs. Decisions regarding management actions, program growth, and implementation of policies and procedures impact the effectiveness of public health protection, future funding of assigned programs, public and private finances and public goodwill toward the agency.

Personal Contacts: Frequent internal and external contacts with local officials, Commonwealth Attorneys, county attorneys, other federal, state, and local agency officials and managers, the general public and vendors concerning planning, developing programs, goals, and objectives, and to resolve procurement, staffing, procedural, or regulatory conflicts. Occasional external contacts are made with businesses, consultants, and attorneys to resolve conflicts and to procure or provide program information.

Knowledge: Working knowledge of state, federal, and local environmental laws; criminal and civil actions; rules of evidence; laws relating to liability; management principles and practices to include accounting. Considerable knowledge of specialty assignment(s); knowledge of acute and chronic disease causation, disease control and prevention methods; soils; landscape position and geology related to on-site wastewater treatment and disposal technology, ground water movement and contamination, and private well development and construction.

Skills: Working skill in utilizing augers, transits, clinometers, ph meters, thermometers, water analysis kits, and lead and radiation detection equipment.

Abilities: Demonstrated ability to supervise or lead the work of technical and professional positions and provide advanced technical guidance in the assigned environmental specialty or specialties; utilize standardized epidemiologic investigative methods; prepare thorough and accurate documentation of regulatory activities; read and interpret and independently apply policies and regulations; and communicate effectively both 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. Super-visory experience, project management and administrative experience.

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 Manager class, effective July, 1994.