Director of Health

The Town of Manchester is a vibrant and diverse community with an array of public services that reflect a set of values shared by its residents and leaders committed to bringing Manchester into the 21st century as an up-and-coming community that cares about its residents, its children, its schools and parks, its roads and utilities, and the health and safety of the Manchester Community.

Town of Manchester’s employees are essential to the town’s ability to provide quality services to the community. It is our goal to attract a diverse, and well-qualified workforce that are representative of our residents to bring their experience and expertise to join our team.

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Under general direction of the Director of Human Services, performs professional and administrative work in planning, directing, and supervising a comprehensive public health program for the community, including the enforcement of laws and regulations relating to communicable disease control, environmental sanitation, and other public health functions.

Essential Functions

• Assumes primary responsibility for ensuring that health services and programs in the community effectively meet the priority needs of Manchester residents.
• Monitors and evaluates health needs and services in the community.
• Provides community leadership on health issues and assists agencies in Manchester with service coordination, priorities, and improvements.
• Plans and directs programs of communicable and chronic disease control and prevention supervising necessary epidemiological activities; plans and directs varied environmental health services program supervising inspection and compliance activities, including enforcement of the local housing code and State Public Health Code.
• Maintains up-to-date information resources on state and national health issues, innovations, and models, making these available to community providers and residents.
• Plans and administers employee health programs and contracts for medical services in implementation of such programs.
• Develops, prepares and administers grants to meet health related needs of the community; may collaborate with other agencies or communities in preparing grant proposals.
• Issues orders necessary for enforcement of public health laws and regulations; hears appeals from orders issued by subordinates.
• Prepares the annual operating budget for the Health Division and is responsible for the fiscal management of the division.
• Makes presentations to the Board of Directors, community agencies, boards and commissions.

Other Functions:

• Participates in Town projects and coordinates work of the Health Division with other activities of Town departments.
• Meets regularly with an Advisory Board of Health and serves on the Emergency Medical Services Council and Fair Rent Commission.
• Serves on regional and state advisory and planning committees to ensure that local concerns are addressed and to anticipate effects of pending changes on local programs.
• Provides assistance in negotiating collective bargaining agreements as necessary.
• May hear and make recommendations on grievances filed by employees within his/her department.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of the principles and practices of public health administration in its application to community and environmental health.

• Thorough knowledge of federal, state, and local laws relating to public health and of modern environmental health and sanitation practices.

• Ability to effect needed changes in community programs and influence regional and state decision-makers on issues of local concern.

• Ability to plan, direct and coordinate the work of professional and other subordinates.

• Ability to evaluate and make decisions and recommendations regarding community health problems.

• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, and to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees, the public and other public health agencies.

• Ability to prepare applications to secure grants and to use or learn to use computers.

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