City of Albuquerque Director Environmental Health UN

The City of Albuquerque seeks a Director of Environmental Health to oversee various public health programs, including consumer health protection, environmental services, and air quality initiatives. This role involves strategic planning, budget management, and collaboration with agencies and stakeholders to enhance environmental health and safety. The position is full-time and does not require a specific degree.
The Environmental Health Director works under the direction of the City Chief Operations Officer. The Director manages and oversees a wide range of programs and activities within the Environmental Health Department. The Environmental Health Department is responsible for promoting and protecting public health, by preventing disease, and by preserving the integrity and quality of our environment through sustainable management and responsible stewardship.

Department programs include Consumer Health Protection (noise permitting, pool and food safety and inspection and epidemiology), Environmental Services (landfill remediation and groundwater monitoring), Urban biology (mosquito control, bed bugs, rodent borne disease and urban wildlife), Air Quality Programs (permitting, monitoring, enforcement and vehicle pollution) and Sustainability and Resilience efforts.

This is an unclassified at-will position

Job descriptions are intended to present a general list of tasks/duties performed by employees within this job classification. Job descriptions are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

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https://ralphandersen.com/jobs/director-environmental-health-department-albuquerque-nm/The Director is responsible for:

Advancing efforts to improve environmental health and safety, including implementing short-term and long-range strategic plans, departmental goals, objectives, policies and prioritiesDeveloping and administering the department budget, recommending and approving expenditures and implementing adjustments as necessaryMonitoring the Department's performanceOverseeing operations, financial matters and personnelResponding to complaints, investigations and environmental remediationOverseeing activities related to public information, planning, standards and compliance, regulation review and development, enforcement, inspection; surveillance, and analysisWorking with local, state and federal agencies to provide related public servicesCollaborating with interested stakeholders and the general public on environmental health issuesPromoting the quality of our environment through sustainable resource management and responsible stewardship