Environmental Health Program Specialist

he Wilson County Health Department is currently accepting applications for an Environmental Health Program Specialist to support our Food, Lodging, and Institutional Sanitation Program.

This role offers meaningful public health work that directly helps protect the safety and well-being of our community through inspections, education, and environmental health oversight.

Work Schedule:
Standard hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Occasional evening, night, or weekend work may be required to respond to environmental health emergencies, conduct investigations, or complete inspections.

Wilson County offers competitive compensation based on experience, along with the opportunity to serve the community in a professional and impactful public health role.

The primary purpose of this position is to implement the Food, Lodging, and Institutional Sanitation Program and provide immediate supervision to the program Environmental Health Specialist. The Environmental Health Program Specialist serves as the advanced professional in environmental health work in the promotion of public health through education, surveillance, consultation, inspection, and enforcement of State, local, and Federal environmental laws and regulations. 
 
Essential duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Performs inspections and evaluations of various food establishments and food stands, medical facilities, childcare facilities, swimming pools, summer camps, schools, bed and breakfasts, tattoo artists and residential care facilities (which includes mental health care facilities and group homes).
• Coordinate program staff to ensure total coverage and equal distribution of all required inspections.
• Ensures that staff is following proper guidelines for plan review.
• Review paperwork for consistency and quality.
• Keeps track of program responsibilities and oversee reports generated and other correspondence with NCDENR or other agencies. 
• Plan and present sanitation and environmental related programs for the public and for operators of facilities under inspection. 
• Investigate complaints that are received.
• Serve as team lead for outbreak investigation if there is a foodborne illness outbreak .
• Other duties as necessary.

Necessary Knowledges, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Extensive knowledge of food protection and thorough understanding of all applicable rules and laws is required. 
• Considerable knowledge of environmental health laws, rules, and procedures, as well as complete understanding of the concepts of public health law. 
• Considerable knowledge of microbiology, biology, chemistry, food science, epidemiology, soil science, entomology, and basic engineering technology as applied to environmental health practices. 
• General knowledge of the responsibilities of other agencies relating to environmental health and community resources. 
• General knowledge of the interrelationship between socio-economic factors and environmental health concerns. 
• Considerable knowledge of the design of on-site waste water treatment systems, protection of water supplies, food sanitation, food borne diseases, communicable diseases, vector control, solid waste management, and institutional sanitation.
• Extensive knowledge in area of specialty. 
• Ability to analyze and comprehend a wide variety of technical and administrative regulations, records, and reports. 
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and deal tactfully with a wide range of public contacts while enforcing public health laws and regulations. 
• Ability to motivate and educate business and property owners and the consuming public in matters related to protecting and promoting public health. 
• Ability to present formal environmental health training programs.
• Ability to develop and express ideas and opinions concisely, comprehensively, and clearly in oral and written form. 
• Ability to independently plan and schedule work activities and perform assignments.
• Ability to apply environmental health knowledges and techniques in the investigation of environmental health problems. 
• Ability to coordinate work in a specialized program area. 
• Ability to plan and implement education programs. 
• Ability to work with others in solving the more complex environmental problems

Must have two years of experience at the Environmental Health Specialist level in a health department.
 
Must provide copy of Transcripts. 
 
Necessary Special Qualifications: 

• Registered as an Environmental Health Specialist by the North Carolina State Board of Environmental Health Specialist Examiners. 
• Valid NC Drivers License