Deputy Director, Bureau of Environmental Protection

How To Apply

Applications are submitted online until the position is filled and/or the posting is closed. After reviewing this job announcement, please click on the link at the bottom of the page to apply online. A resume and cover letter are required with the application. Further instructions on submission of documents are available in the online application. A resume may not be substituted for an application.

Position Summary

This is executive environmental protection work which involves developing, coordinating and evaluating the major County-wide programs in environmental protection.

An employee in this class has executive and consultative responsibilities for planning, organizing, and for maintaining high level professional performance by the environmental protection staff on both a generalized and a specialty basis. The work involves continuous analysis and appraisal of County-wide environmental protection programs with the objective of developing policy, procedures, and techniques to achieve maximum professional quality and effectiveness of environmental protection services. An important aspect of the work is participation in Health Department policy development, and the enlisting of community support and stimulation of interest in environmental protection. Supervision is exercised over a staff of program managers or other subordinate managers. An employee in this class with executive responsibility for the Bureau of Environmental Protection is expected to exercise independent professional judgment and initiative and receives general administrative directions from the Director.

Overview

Fringe Benefits

• Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
  
  
  

Perks Working for ACHD

• Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First AID, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more); ability to advance in county system; job security; meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service; eligible for federal loan forgiveness; organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.
  
  
  

Duties

• To plan, develop and coordinate the overall environmental protection programs including but not limited to air quality, solid waste management.
• To formulate, interpret and implement policy in carrying out the objective of the environmental protection programs.
• To supervise a staff of Program Managers who are responsible for planning, consulting, coordinating and evaluating public health activities in assigned areas.
• To coordinate the environmental protection programs with other departmental programs, and other governmental units, agencies and industry.
• To plan or direct the planning of budgets, personnel requirements, facilities and services for the overall programs of environmental protection.
• To confer with environmental protection staff and executive leadership to explain policies, to review work progress and to instruct staff in new and revised procedures.
• To plan and formulate rules and regulations related to environmental protection controls and to recommend appropriate legislation.
• Responds to Public Health emergencies as assigned by the Health Department.
• Performs other duties as required or requested.
  
  
  

Knowledge Of

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• The principles, practices, and techniques of environmental protection.
• The laws, rules and regulations relating to environmental protection.
• The social and health problems of the community.
• The principles of environmental protection statistics, and of the uses and applications of such statistics.
  
  
  

Skill In

• Administrative Management
• Budget Preparation
• Business Planning
• Executive Management
• Legal Information
• Performance Motivation
• Human Resources (HR)
• Persuasion
• Microsoft Office
• Public Health
  
  
  

Ability To

• Take leadership in planning, initiating and guiding a specialized phase of the total Health Department program.
• Organize staff development and training needs and to supervise the organization and administration of effective program development.
• Work effectively with assistants, public officials, and the general public.
• Respond to public health emergencies.
  
  
  

Residency: Allegheny County within 1 year.

Veterans' Preference: Will be awarded to eligible candidates.

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