CHIEF REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST, PUBLIC HEALTH

 DEFINITION:

 Under direction, manages the Registered Environmental Health
 Specialist, Public Health program and staff involved in the 
 enforcement of relevant public health laws within the concerned
 jurisdiction; conducts inspections, investigations, and
 educational outreach activities; performs other related duties
 as required.

 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.

 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 santiation.

 Give testimony in court cases.

 Prepares reports on inspection activity.

 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.

 REQUIREMENTS

 EXPERIENCE: 

 Six (6) years of experience in performing the duties incumbent 
 upon a Registered Environmental  Health Specialist in the 
 enforcement of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public 
 health laws, rules, and ordinances.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English 
 sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language 
 or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of  communication.

 Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they 
 can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation 
 is made to their known limitations.  If the accommodation cannot be made 
 because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may 
 not be eligible.


This job specification is applicable to the following title code:
Job
Spec
Code
Variant
State,
Local or
Common
Class of
Service
Work
Week
State
Class
Code
Local
Class
Code
Salary
Range
Note
01205
L
C
  
N/A
31
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This job specification is for local government use only.
Salary range is only applicable to state government.
Local salaries are established by individual local jurisdictions.

 11/15/2007