Introduction
THIS IS A CONTINUOUS EXAMINATION: The examination consists of an
on-going review of candidates’ applications and supplemental questionnaires to
verify possession of minimum qualifications. Those candidates who possess
the minimum qualifications for the class will be placed on the eligible list
based on an evaluation of education, training, and experience. The eligible
list resulting from this recruitment and selection process may be used to fill
future vacancies which may arise within the next year.
This examination will cancel any
existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended. This examination may be reopened as necessary,
and the names of additional candidates merged onto the existing list according
to examination score.
Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed
Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application.
Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the
Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure
to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Applications and Supplemental
Questionnaires will only be accepted online.
Qualified
bilingual persons who speak English and are also fluent in: Spanish, Chinese,
Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Korean, Mien, Tagalog, Amharic, Farsi, Dari,
Tigrigna, Russian, Romanian or Sign Languages are especially encouraged to
apply. There is an additional biweekly compensation for persons in positions
designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be tested to
demonstrate language proficiency.
DESCRIPTION
THE COUNTY
Alameda County, located on the east side
of San Francisco Bay, is California's seventh-largest county. The County
employs 9,700 full-time employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4
billion. Oakland, the County seat, is California's eighth-largest city. One and
a half million people call Alameda County home and live in a variety of
incorporated cities, unincorporated communities, and rural areas. As a major
urban county, Alameda provides a full range of services to its citizens. The
County is a blend of culturally and ethnically diverse communities, and its
mixture of cosmopolitan and suburban areas provides the perfect environment for
families and their active lifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural
resources, countless recreational opportunities, and an array of fine public
and private colleges and universities.
ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH
Alameda County Health is the local
government agency that promotes and protects the health and well-being of all
who live, work, learn, and play in Alameda County. We coordinate services and
cultivate partnerships with community organizations and providers to help
ensure access, organize, and deliver health care and services to people with
Medi-Cal and without insurance, support resilient communities, and improve
health for all. We focus on health equity by developing programs and systemic
solutions that reduce disparities for the people and communities we serve.
Alameda County Health’s departments and
programs focus on services and support that provide care for the whole person.
- The
Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use
services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance and supports
people along their path to wellness, recovery, and resilience.
- The
Environmental Health Department works to keep our air, water, and food
safe; it regulates, protects, and promotes the health of everyone in
Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure
to toxins and diseases.
- The
Public Health Department focuses on community and population-level health,
preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of
communicable and chronic diseases.
- Alameda
County Health also provides services through Housing and Homelessness
Services, Emergency Medical Services Agency, HealthPAC, and Healthy
Schools and Communities.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Environmental Protection Division (EP): As part of Alameda County Health, the
Environmental Health Department protects and enhances people’s health and
quality of life by ensuring food and recreational safety, reducing exposure to
toxins and diseases, and protecting the quality of our water, air, and
environment. We are environmental protection specialists, food and recreation
facilities inspectors, certified hazardous materials and waste specialists,
recreational water quality technicians, land and water protection regulators,
and vector control biologists.
For more information about the
Department of Environmental Health, please visit www.acgov.org/aceh
Hazardous Materials Division/Certified
Unified Program Agency (CUPA): Hazardous
Materials Division/Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA): Incumbents assigned
to the Hazardous Materials Division/CUPA are responsible for conducting
inspections, permitting, training/outreach and enforcement; investigating
incidents related to hazardous materials, waste tire or pollution of the waters
of Alameda County; lending technical assistance during emergency response;
providing regulatory oversight; and ensuring compliance with applicable laws
and regulations
Local Oversight Program (LOP): Incumbents assigned to the LOP
Division are responsible for providing regulatory and technical oversight
for the routine or frequently seen leaking Underground Storage Tanks and other
contamination sites; Providing review and analysis of technical data and
evaluates the effectiveness of corrective actions at contaminated sites;
Conducting environmental oversight surveys; investigating potential community
health hazards; evaluating sites based on current and future use; ensuring
compliance with applicable laws and regulations and local ordinances.
Household Hazardous Waste Program (HHW):
Incumbents assigned to
the HHW Division will be responsible for employee safety, efficiency and
compliance with applicable requirements during operations and service to the
public and businesses, including during handling, accumulation, transport and
disposal of hazardous waste and materials collected at a Permanent HHW
Facilities and for oversight of all activities at temporary events. Duties
include: train and supervise Senior Hazardous Materials (HM) Specialists, HM
Specialists, Environmental Health (EH) Technicians, EH Maintenance Workers,
Clerks and administrative staff and contractor employees to provide good
communication and service to the public; material handling, packing and
shipping, recordkeeping and reporting compliant with all relevant requirements;
arrange for purchase of all needed equipment, supplies, services; determine and
implement preventative measures to reduce risk of incident, injury or
disruption of service to the public; coordinate on-call response to monitoring
system activation and; take a leading role in response to any incident or
emergency.
Food & Recreational Health Program: Incumbents within the Food and
Recreational Health Program are responsible for conducting complex inspections
of retail food facilities, temporary food events, swimming pools, spas,
recreational water facilities, and other regulated establishments; reviewing
and processing plan review submittals for food and recreational facilities;
evaluating compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws,
regulations, and ordinances; providing guidance and technical assistance to
operators regarding safe food handling, sanitation, and recreational water
safety requirements; investigating foodborne illness complaints and suspected
outbreaks; responding to public health emergencies related to food and
recreational water; preparing detailed inspection and enforcement reports;
issuing permits and notices of violation; coordinating enforcement actions when
necessary; mentoring and training assigned staff; and serving as a program
resource to ensure protection of public health and safety.
Solid Waste Program – Body Art and
Medical Waste:
Incumbents within the Solid Waste Program are responsible for oversight of body
art facilities and medical waste generators, with duties such as conducting
complex inspections of solid waste handling and disposal facilities, transfer
stations, landfills, body art establishments, and medical waste generation,
storage, treatment, and disposal sites; reviewing and processing plan review
submittals, permits, and registrations; evaluating compliance with applicable
federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances; investigating
complaints related to solid waste, body art practices, and medical waste
management; responding to illegal dumping and improper disposal incidents;
providing technical assistance and regulatory guidance to facility operators
and practitioners; preparing detailed inspection and enforcement documentation;
issuing notices of violation and coordinating corrective actions; assisting
with emergency response related to solid or medical waste incidents; mentoring
and training assigned staff; and serving as a program resource to ensure
protection of public health, worker safety, and environmental quality.
THE POSITION
Under general supervision, conducts
inspections and investigations to enforce applicable state health and safety
codes, regulations and local ordinances; and to perform related work as
required. Program responsibilities include, but are not limited to retail food
facilities, consumer protection, public swimming pools/spas, public water
systems, on-site sewage disposal/treatment systems, housing, recreational
areas, institutions, work sites, solid waste, medical waste, hazardous
materials, vector control and public health nuisances.
Incumbents in this class are typically
assigned to a geographical area or a specific program, in which they are
responsible for maintaining disciplinary surveillance for assigned program
areas, conducting routine inspections of all facilities on inventory,
investigating disease outbreaks and responding to complaints as they arise.
Under the supervision of the Supervising
Environmental Health Specialist, the Section Chief, or the Director, incumbents
submit all completed inspection reports, records, correspondence and daily
activity reports for review. Additional responsibilities include consulting
with supervisors concerning technical matters, policy interpretation and legal
action.
For a detailed listing of the essential
responsibilities and core competency requirements for this position,
please click here for the job description.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
The minimum professional requirements
for admission to the competitive assessment process include:
CERTIFICATION:
Possession of a valid Certificate of
Registration as an Environmental Health Specialist Issued by the California
State Department of Health Services.
EDUCATION:
Graduation from an accredited four-year
college or university (180 quarter units or 120 semester units) with major
course work in environmental health science or a closely related field.
LICENSE:
Possession of a valid California
driver’s license.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify
the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
NOTE: The level and scope of the following knowledge and abilities are related to duties listed under the “Examples of Duties” section of this specification.
The most suitably qualified candidates
will possess the following competencies:
Knowledge of:
• Principles and practices of environmental health, including water supply, sewage disposal and treatment, refuse disposal, housing, recreational and industrial sanitation, vector control and land use.
• Principles and practices relating to sanitary food production, processing, and handling.
• Principles of zoonoses and control of rodents and arthropod vectors.
• Techniques of conducting environmental health inspection, preparing risk assessments and enforcing relevant laws.
• Provisions of the California Health and Safety Code, other statutes and regulations pertaining to environmental health.
Ability to:
• Explain and interpret rules, regulations and laws.
• Establish effective working relationships with others.
• Write and communicate effectively.
• Read and interpret structural plans and blue prints.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS
THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE
FOLLOWING STEPS:
1)A review of candidates' applications and supplemental questionnaires to verify possession of minimum qualifications. Those candidates who possess the minimum qualifications for the classification will be placed on the eligible list based on an evaluation of education, training, and expertise.
CANDIDATES
MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
We
reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service
Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on
broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to
test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications,
fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant
position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs
of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be
exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be
more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate
jobs with comparable scopes of work.
To learn more about
our recruitment and selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know”
section of our website, hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN
THIS IS A CONTINUOUS, ACCELERATED
EXAMINATION: The examination consists of an on-going review of candidates’
applications and supplemental questionnaires to verify possession of minimum
qualifications. Those candidates who possess the minimum qualifications
for the class will be placed on the eligible list based on an evaluation of
education, training, and experience. The eligible list resulting from this
recruitment and selection process may be used to fill future vacancies which
may arise within the next year for this and other County Departments; this
examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year
but can be extended. This examination may be reopened as necessary, and the
names of additional candidates merged onto the existing list according to
examination score.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED
RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
BENEFITS
The County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
- Medical – HMO & PPO Plans
- Dental – HMO & PPO Plans
- Vision or Vision Reimbursement
- Share the Savings
- Basic Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- County Allowance Credit
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
- Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future
- Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
- Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance
- 12 paid holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Vacation and sick leave accrual
- Vacation purchase program
- Catastrophic Sick Leave
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
- Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
- Child Care Resources
- 1st United Services Credit Union
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
Conclusion
All notices related
to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via
email. Please add @jobaps.com, @acgov.org, nonreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org, and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses
to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do
this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the
notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised
to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to
check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will
be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account.
You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account
by clicking on the "My applications" button on the Current Job
Openings page.
Please take
the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a
recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not
responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any
applicant for a County recruitment.
NOTE: All
notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies
to the email boxes Noreply@jobaps.com and nonreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org,are
routed to unmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions, please go to our
website at hrs.alamedacountyca.gov. You may
also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the
recruitment for which you have applied.
Nicole
Lewis-Bolton, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource
Services, County of Alameda
(510) 272-6468
• nicole.lewis-bolton@acgov.org
hrs.alamedacountyca.gov
Disaster Service Worker
All Alameda County employees are
designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment
with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this
effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event
of an emergency.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Alameda County has a diverse workforce,
that is representative of the communities we serve, and is proud to be an equal
opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence,
performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in
employment on the basis of: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and
gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation,
marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee
organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other
non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County
celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming
workplace environment.
