Environmental Health Program Manager
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- Posted: January 22, 2025
- Closes: February 3, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- Status: Exempt
- Salary Range: $45,000 to $55,000
- Hours: 8 am - 4:30 pm; Monday - Friday
Job Summary
Provides professional leadership to Marion County staff and residents to improve the health of the environment and residents of Marion County through environmental protection, consultation, and compliance. Provides leadership and direction to the Environmental Public Health Program, including on-site wastewater, rabies follow-up, well plugging and rehabilitation, swimming pool/tattoo shop inspections, septic truck inspections, and other environmental work as requested. Complete and file reports, supervise staff, may testify in court, and provide customer service and office coverage. Provides written and verbal reports to Director.
Job Duties
• Provides professional leadership and oversees Environmental Health programming and staff, including review/approval of time off requests assuring coverage, time worked, work assignments, and policy compliance.
• Manages designated state contracts using required software systems.
• Provides direction and assures work product to the Environmental Health Program
• Request purchases for necessary maintenance/supplies/equipment through established processes
• Assures the program remains within the budget allocated
• Provides Director with Board of Health action requests, and written monthly reports to Board of Health and attends as requested
• Collaborates with Marion County department heads involved with projects and workflow (especially Zoning, Emergency Management, County Attorney Office, Engineering), and applicable state staff.
• Assures EH office coverage, and provides customer service and technical assistance to the public as they request services.
• Data management, including GIS, data input, reports, and report submission in a variety of systems.
• Issue permits per MCPHD and EH protocols.
• Inspections: Complete and/or assign and schedule staff, inspections and document inspection results in a timely manner. Inspections can include but are not limited to on-site wastewater, wells, pool and spa, tattoo, nuisance (including hoarding, vector, vermin, etc), animal welfare, and animal bite/rabies follow-up.
• Conduct water testing as requested.
• Provide consultation and provide enforcement of state law and local ordinances, including animal welfare, dangerous animals, rabies follow-up, nuisance abatement, non-public water wells, on-site wastewater treatment, and other public health-related activities as directed.
• Receive signed complaints, and arrange for investigation. Investigate complaints; determine and document if violations have occurred. Establish a dialog to correct the situation. Document actions working toward a resolution. Document non-compliance attempts to resolve to the program manager and work through legal processes as required. Complaints will be investigated and tracked under the direction of the Public Health Director.
• Completes documentation in a timely manner
• Follows program, departmental, and county policies
• Works well with others
Job Qualifications
Ability to learn, operationalize, and enforce environmental health laws, policies, and practices.
Ability to lead and communicate clearly and accurately with professionalism and confidence, while maintaining a public servant attitude.
Ability to learn in-depth knowledge of commonly used environmental health rules and regulations, Iowa Code, and Ordinances. Understanding and application of organizational policy.
Must have excellent computer skills, and be competent with a variety of Windows-based software packages, including the Microsoft suite of software. Must become comfortable with other types of software, including time tracking, mapping, etc.
Valid driver's license
Certified Pool Operator (CPO), AFO, PPSO, or LAFT certificate and meet the education requirements of 641 IAC 15 (must obtain)
NIMS Compliance (must obtain)
