Environmental Protection Specialist, Institutions Program Unit - FAA; EPS

This announcement is only open to current State of Colorado residents! If you are not currently residing in the State of Colorado, your application will not be considered.

Now hiring for our Institutions Program Unit

Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado citizens. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play.

Our vision is to create a healthy and sustainable Colorado where current and future generations thrive.

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. In addition to working with a great team and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:

• Employee wellness programs and facilities
• Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
• Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
• Tuition assistance for college level courses including Masters degree programs
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
• A variety of employee resource groups

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

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The Institutions Unit is under the direction of the Deputy Division Director and is responsible for assuring compliance with the requirements of the food laws and sanitation regulations of the State for assisted living residences, swimming pools, child care facilities, and schools. These duties are accomplished through inspections, recall coordination, outbreak investigations, compliance assistance, and compliance assurance; by reviewing registration information, plan review submissions, and other field-generated information for assisted living residences (for retail food regulation compliance), swimming pools, child care facilities, and schools within the State.

The school and child care programs are delegated through contracts to Local Public Health Agencies (LPHA). LPHAs conduct inspections and day-to-day program functions at the local level. This unit provides direct service for schools and child care facilities in the absence of a local program. The Division performs program assessments and inspection standardization exercises with the delegated LPHAs. The unit, in cooperation with LPHAs, is responsible for assuring compliance with the requirements of the institutional environmental health laws and regulations of the State.

The Unit determines the appropriate response, which may include informal or formal inquiries, such as embargo, condemnation, seizure, injunctive relief, and recalls, requesting additional field investigations, recommending and subsequently researching and developing administrative or judicial enforcement actions, and developing and negotiating civil penalties. The Unit is also responsible for drafting new regulations, completing State Board of Health documents, and coordinating stakeholder meetings.

The purpose of this position is to serve as an environmental protection specialist within the school and child care programs. This position conducts regulatory inspections; prepares inspection reports, compliance advisories, LPHA assessments, and orders or recommendations for enforcement. Additionally, this position serves as a trainer in school and childcare programs. The position conducts training and joint inspections for LPHA staff and develops guidance materials for the programs.

In addition to direct facility inspection oversight, this position provides compliance assistance, guidance, and training to the regulated community and local public health agencies.

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Five (5) years of experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position such as environmental health inspections, regulatory compliance, or in an…