POSITION TITLE: Director of Inspections (Manager of Environmental Health) (Non-Union Position)

SALARY RANGE: $75,444.24 - $101,626.74 (35 Hours)

DEPARTMENT: Health and Community Wellness

Environmental Health

94 William Street

OPENING DATE: January 11, 2023

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SEND COVER LETTER & RESUME TO:

Berlyne Vilcant, Health Officer vilcantb@ci.newark.nj.us

Sandra Williams, Personnel Officer williamss@ci.newark.nj.us

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POSITION DESCRIPTION

REQUIREMENTS

The Newark Department of Health and Community Wellness is seeking to hire a Director of Inspections. Under direction, the individual will manage three units – Food and Drug which consist of the REHS, Animal/Vermin Control Bureau and Childhood Lead Prevention Program. Each unit has a supervisor in which the Director of Inspections will manage and provide support to.

NOTE: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

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EXAMPLES OF WORK:

Manages and takes responsibility for corrective action when violations of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances are found.

Manages and works with a group of Registered Environmental Health Specialists engaged in conducting inspections of retail food establishments and other eating places and in investigating nuisances and violations of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances

• Confers with Health Officer, engineers, veterinarians, and Registered Environmental Health Specialists concerning improvements in public health and sanitation.
• Give testimony in court cases.
• Prepares reports on inspection activity.
• Prepares annual budgets for the division.
• Manages work operations and/or functional programs, and has responsibility for employee evaluation and for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining of employees.
• May respond to emergency situations.
• Supervises the establishment and maintenance of records and files.
• Performs other duties or special projects as required or as assigned.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

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REQUIREMENTS

EXPERIENCE:

Six (6) years of experience performing the duties of a Registered Environmental Health Specialist, in the enforcement of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances. Three (3) of those years must be in supervisory capacity.

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LICENSE:

Possession of an active Registered Environmental Health Specialist License issued by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services.

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

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KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of problems and procedures of the work of a Registered Environmental Health Specialist for the enforcement of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances.
• Ability to manage and work with a group of Registered Environmental Health Specialists engaged in conducting inspections of retail food establishments and other eating places and in investigating nuisances and violations of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances.
• Ability to assess environmental health risks and their influences on humans and the environment.
• Ability to analyze sanitary, environmental, and public health problems.
• Ability to organize assigned supervisory and other work and to develop effective work methods.
• Ability to develop a work program and work procedures for a group of Registered Environmental Health Specialists.
• Ability to assign and instruct employees in the duties and responsibilities incumbent upon a Registered Environmental Health Specialist, Animal Control Officers, Vermin Control Specialist and Lead Inspectors.
• Ability to interpret relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws and rules and apply them to specific cases.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with physicians, business proprietors, community residents, and others interested in and/or concerned with maintenance of public health standards.
• Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative supervisory and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Ability to testify accurately in court.
• Ability to supervise the establishment and maintenance of records and files.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

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