| Purpose: |
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Under limited direction, provides management of the Environmental Health Services Division and coordinates revisions to regulatory ordinances, strategic planning and quality improvement initiatives.
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| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Develops long and short term planning for the division
- Develops and revises regulatory ordinances for impacts to Quality Improvement initiatives.
- Provides Public Health information to the public, business owners and government agencies.
- Coordinates quality assurance activities with outside consultants, associations, regulatory agencies, neighborhood associations, and general public facilitates.
- Evaluates programs for effectiveness and accomplishment of goals and makes recommendations to changes in programs to meet division and departmental goals.
- Develops, reviews, approves, revises operational and standard operating procedures, policies and processes.
- Interprets, explains, and enforces applicable policies, procedures, and regulations
- Coordinate as a liaison for interdepartmental and interagency issues, projects, and protocols.
- Serves as needed on committees and boards, and attend City Council meetings as a department representative.
- Reviews reports from Environmental Health Officers and provides recommendations for appropriate actions.
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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- Responsible for the full range of managerial duties including planning and oversight of Division Programs and Supervisors; managing supervisor performance through selection, planning, coaching, evaluation and disciplining direct reports, to include recommendation for dismissal.
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of Environmental Health Services operations, techniques, and processes.
- Knowledge of City of Austin budget process and performance measures.
- Knowledge of health industry and operations.
- Knowledge of basic accounting and/or bookkeeping procedures.
- Knowledge of supervisory and management techniques.
- Skill in communicating orally and in writing
- Skill in determining needs, gathering, analyzing and presenting data to provide accurate information for management's use.
- Skill in identifying and assessing potential process improvements.
- Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with internal and external customers.
- Ability to resolve complex problems or situations requiring the exercise of good judgment.
- Ability to understand and explain industry trends, processes, and procedures.
- Ability to manage multiple programs, projects, and tasks
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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- Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with at least thirty (30) semester hours of natural or basic Science.
- Six (6) years’ experience in the field of Environmental Health, two (2) years of which was in a lead or supervisory or management capacity.
- Master's degree in a related field may substitute for two (2) years of the required experience.
- Registered in the State of Texas as a Professional Sanitarian.
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| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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- Valid Texas Class C Driver’s License.
- State of Texas Professional Sanitarian Registration
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