Essential Functions: Direct and oversee staff and operations of the Environmental Health Division. Supervise assigned staff (e.g. training/orienting, scheduling, monitoring, coaching, evaluating, recommending personnel action). Coordinate and develop medical policies and procedures with the advice and consent of the Health Department Medical Advisor. Establish and maintain effective work relationships with clients, supervisors, County employees, elected officials, attorneys, law enforcement, judges, other agencies, and the public. Comply with Civil Service policies and regulations, collective bargaining agreements, County policies, department policies and laws to create a cooperative, safe, respectful and quality work environment. Implement new Division regulations. Plan and/or conduct environmental health inspections and investigations. Direct the development and implementation of standard operating procedures. Develop and apply division plans, long/short term goals and strategies monitoring progress toward achieving the Department’s strategic plan. Assist the Director with preparing the annual budget (e.g. compile budget information, monitor/approve expenditures, report significant variances). Respond to sensitive or difficult inquiries from staff, the public, healthcare providers, and the media concerning the Division. Prepare or provide staff in-service and/or continuing education opportunities ensuring continued certifications, licenses and/or registrations. Develop reports, studies, and analyses. Seek grant opportunities and funding sources, and recommend grant applications and funding opportunities to the Director. Serve on various intradepartmental and community boards and committees. Testify on behalf of the Department at County Board meetings, City Council meetings, State Legislative Committee Hearings, and other agencies/organizations. Maintain communication with State agencies, area groups and agencies. Present information (e.g. public health issues, community health needs, community health status) to the community. Promote a safe working environment for staff through various activities (e.g. safety awareness education, review and recommendation of safety policies, enforcement of safety procedures, reporting and investigating work-related accidents). Ensure staff adhere to work rules, procedures and other requirements. Prepare and maintain various documents (e.g. records, reports, analyses, correspondence). Maintain job knowledge and skills (e.g. research, training, webinars, seminars, meetings, conferences, continuing education). Safely operate a motor vehicle when required to travel on County business. Report to work with regular, consistent attendance. Perform other duties as assigned and directed.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is generally performed in an office setting. Noise level is usually moderate. Work hours are typically standard day-shift hours; however, schedule may vary (e.g. hours, weekends, extra hours, holidays, emergency call-in). Work involves potential exposure to dirt, allergens, odors, chemicals, and weather conditions. Work may be stressful when dealing with time constraints, multiple/changing priorities, limited resources, and uncooperative/irate individuals. Work requires some physical activity, including extended periods of sitting, standing, frequent walking, reaching, carrying, and occasional climbing, balancing, bending and kneeling. Work also requires the ability to frequently lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Required sensory abilities include vision, hearing and touch. Visual abilities, correctable to normal ranges, include close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Communication abilities include the ability to talk and hear within normal ranges. Incumbent must possess the hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate computers and other equipment.

The county operates under the board of commissioners-administrator form of government. Policymaking and legislative authority is vested in the Board of Commissioners, which consists of seven members. The Board of Commissioners is responsible, among other things, for passing resolutions, adopting the budget, appointing committees and hiring the county's chief administrative officer. The board is elected within their respective districts. Board members are elected to four-year terms, staggered, with three or four members elected every two years. The Chief Administrative Officer is responsible for carrying out the policies and resolutions of the Board, for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county, and for appointing the heads of county departments that do not have an elected official.