Georgia Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Director

Georgia Healthy Homes And Lead Poisoning Prevention Program Director

Directs statewide compliance of the Georgia Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. Establishes policy and procedures in compliance with rules, regulations, and codes. Ensure programs implemented are designed to protect employees and communities served. Directs subordinate staff. Provides direction and influence on agency policy. Reports to the EH Director.

Job Responsibilities :

• Plans, organizes, and directs the work of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CLPPP) to provide continuous service to internal and external clients.
• Manages human resources and employee functions.
• Participates in the development and administration of the environmental health and CLPPP budgets; management of programmatic grant(s)
• Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of the CLPPP
• Assures the services provided by the Department are adequate, appropriate, and accessible for the Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention Program.
• Set priorities and implements goals and objectives to meet or resolve CLPPP problems.
• Participates in or assesses internal / external customer needs and develops policies and plans based on data collection, activity reports, planning documents, program plans and objectives.
• Develop long-term (five year) and short term (one year) goals and objectives for the assigned CLPPP program and participates in the environmental health branch's strategic and operational planning.
• Plans and organizes assigned CLPPP program structure to meet environmental health branch organizational objectives.
• Maintains professional knowledge of current laws, policies, trends and developments in the field of CLPPP and applies pertinent new knowledge to performance of other responsibilities.
• Creates and maintains a high-performance environment characterized by positive leadership and a strong team orientation.
• Knowledge of EH Emergency Response plan and ESF 8 responsibilities; and Incident Command Structure.

Minimum Qualifications :

Additional Information :

The DPH Commissioner and agency leaders encourage all employees to engage in regular wellness activities and to make lifestyle choices that promote health and well-being. The use of physical activity breaks during the workday is authorized to support this philosophy and help employees meet their wellness goals. A maximum of 30 minutes of physical activity may be allocated per workday, typically in the form of two 15-minute breaks or one 30-minute break.

Employment Information :

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or e-mail. All qualified applicants will be considered, but may not receive an interview. DPH will contact selected applicants to proceed with the application process. Applicants who are not selected will not receive notification.

This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.

BENEFITS

Standard Benefits for Full-Time Salaried Employees

Standard Benefits for Part-Time Employees