Senior Public Health Inspector

The Associate Public Health Sanitarian I will serve as an instructor reporting directly to the Assistant Director of the unit. The APHS I will educate the public by delivering courses such as the Food Protection Course, Mobile Food Vending Course, and the 4-Hour Food Safety Course, ensuring compliance with pertinent laws, rules, and regulations governing these areas of activity. They will also review and proctor online courses and exams for outside approved providers, while offering technical guidance to participants.

Responsibilities

Teach the Food Protection Course for operators of Food Service Establishments, ensuring compliance with Health Code requirements and departmental regulations; Teach the Mobile Food Vending Course to MFV vendors, providing technical guidance on food safety practices and regulatory compliance; Facilitate the 4-Hour Food Safety Course, offering instruction on environmental health and safety (EHS) rules and best practices; Conduct in-service training programs, providing technical guidance in more difficult inspections; Review and proctor the online course as well as the exams for outside approved providers; Direct programs to enforce the Health Code regulations and EHS rules

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 30 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences (no more than 12 credit hours in applied sciences) and at least two years of satisfactory full-time experience performing inspections to assure compliance with laws, rules and regulations governing food, drugs and general environmental conditions; OR associate degree from an accredited college with 15 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences (no more than 6 credit hours in applied sciences) and 4 years of satisfactory full-time inspection experience; OR education and/or experience equivalent to the above, with at least 60 semester credits from an accredited college including at least 15 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences, and at least 2 years of experience as a public health sanitarian; eligibility for promotion to a supervisory level requires 2 years of experience as a public health sanitarian (NYCRR Title 10, Section 11.112)

Benefits

Premium-free health insurance plan; additional health, fitness and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union/benefit fund; public sector defined benefit pension plan; tax-deferred savings program; Worksite Wellness Program; possible work from home up to two days per week depending on position; job security