Deputy Director, Bureau of Environmental Protection

Position Summary

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

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, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of:
• 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.

Benefits

• 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.