ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGER SENIOR 41243

07/01/94 B

This is the third managerial class in the Environmental Health Management series which is principally responsible for setting goals and objectives for health district environmental programs. This class is allocated to the largest health districts and emphasis is placed on long-range planning to ensure adequate services, programs, staff, and facilities are available to meet current and future needs. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Health Manager by its focus upon long-range planning activities while the Environmental Health Manager's primary responsibility involves resolving daily operational problems and ensuring more immediate program needs are met. It is further distinguished from an Environmental Health Manager by its line supervision authority over multiple Environmental Health Manager positions. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Health Assistant Director class by the latter's statewide responsibility for multiple environmental programs while the Environmental Health Manager Senior is responsible for district environmental programs.

Complexity of Work: Performs work of considerable complexity which involves managing all environmental services provided in a health district. Reviews recommendations made by subordinates to make determinations relative to the development of a district-wide program consisting of federal, state, and locally mandated programs. This class is expected to make determinations on the development of goals, and to provide district-wide direction to subordinates. Positions determine health district program direction (subject to Health District Director's approval), manage total district environmental staffing and organizational patterns; review the monitoring of programs and subordinates' personnel performance evaluations; determine the effectiveness and quality of services; assess community needs; promote community input while developing environmental programs to meet local needs, and fulfilling federal and state requirements; manage resources, staffing, organizational structures; acquire grants, promote volunteerism; and negotiate or approve the work of subordinates relative to service agreements with other local agencies concerning coordination of environmental services. Positions determine in-service training needs, assign development and implementation of in-service to the appropriate subordinates. Coordinates overall program communication and disseminates agency information through the management chain. Positions develop and conduct environmental and staff development in-service training activities associated with environmental practices, procedures, and standards of performance; evaluate the quality and effectiveness of program specialty or specialties in health districts; assist managers in program planning and development; and provide consultative services to district management.

Supervision Given: Positions exercise line authority over multiple Environmental Health Manager and Environmental Health Supervisor class positions.

Supervision Received: This class typically receives general direction from a Public Health Officer (health district), or a Medical Program Director, or may report to an Environmental Health Assistant Director (state office). Positions in this class plan and carry out assignments with little supervision in a major health district.

Scope: Health district positions affect the design, operation, and delivery of all environmental programs.

Impact of Actions: Significant costs in terms of time, money, services, and public goodwill could be incurred due to decisions made relative to program coordination or consultation, new program implementation, and cost effective expenditure of environmental program funding.

Personal Contacts: Frequent internal and external contacts with federal, state, and local officials to resolve regulatory issues, to plan, or to develop programs, goals, and objectives.

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

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 the work of technical and professional positions and to provide advanced technical guidance; to evaluate environmental staffing, organizational patterns, and program effectiveness; to determine program direction and implementation; to develop and carry out long-range goals and objectives; to establish and maintain working relationships with federal, state, and local officials and the community; to utilize standardized epidemiological investigative methods; to prepare thorough and accurate documentation of regulatory services; to read, interpret, and independently apply policies and regulations; and to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a variety of audiences.

QUALIFICATION 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. Expe-rience in administration of fiscal, personnel and information resources and supervisory experience. Experience in program design, implementation and maintenance.

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 Senior, effective July, 1994.