Environmental Health Officer ; PCN

Environmental Health Officer 3

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety and Sanitation Program is seeking an energetic and proactive environmental health professional to serve as an Environmental Health Officer 3 in our Dutch Harbor office.

This position is sole representative in the Dutch Harbor office is primarily responsible for permitting, conducting inspections, technical regulatory assistance, complaint investigation for retail food facilities, manufacturing food facilities and public facilities (pool/spa operations and body art shops). The work may include regular travel to other areas of Alaska.

The Environmental Health Officer 3 is a professional-level position for staff who have positions in which staff independently perform routine acts as an office lead.

The Food Safety and Sanitation program's mission is to protect public health at regulated food, seafood, and public facilities. Our vision is to collaboratively work with these facilities to prevent illness, injury, and loss of life caused by insanitary practices.

Environmental Health Officers work directly with regulated establishments- educating them on food safety and sanitation standards and communicating with establishment owners and employees to ensure these standards are being implemented. This is a boots-on-the-ground position that can truly make a difference in our communities.

We offer a positive and inclusive culture with an emphasis on professional development. Work-life balance is a high priority and is supported through flexible work arrangements, hybrid telework, and approved time off. This position has many opportunities for training and travel. We invest a lot in our employee's education and growth as Environmental Health professionals.

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• 37.5-hour work weeks; 11 paid holidays; personal leave accrual starting at over 6 hours per pay period (about 21 days annually) and increasing with years of service.
• Optional membership in the Alaska State Employees Association, Local 52, AFL- CIO

Competitive health and retirement benefits. Learn more about what to expect as a new State of Alaska employee at:
New Employee Orientation, Division of Personnel and Labor Relations, Department of Administration (alaska.gov)

This position is located in the Dutch Harbor DEC office. The work environment is friendly, professional, and collaborative. The Food Safety and Sanitation Program maintains a positive team atmosphere with staff statewide both in-person and through group discussions on Microsoft Teams.

Our staff are now working a combination of in-person (in the office) and teleworking. This position is a combination of fieldwork and office/desk work. There are frequent opportunities to travel to other locations in the state for inspections, audits, and training.

We are looking for a candidate that has experience in the following areas:

• Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment
• Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, and sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one's knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

• Alaska Drivers` License desired
• This position requires travel within the State, travel by small plane, boat, automobile or other
• May have to stay in noncommercial accommodations such as school gyms, village clinics, seafood vessel, company bunkhouses, etc.