Executive Director of Environmental Health Legal

The Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy (BESP) in EH works to ground Health Department programs and policy in science and law to support a healthy and equitable natural, built, and occupational environment for all New Yorkers. We promote environmental health through legal and data-driven program support, using innovative methods to track environmental determinants of health with a focus on New Yorkers disproportionately impacted by environmental risk.

We share data and research findings to encourage evidence-based decision-making, and partner with communities in community science and outreach to address stakeholder concerns and empower residents.

The Bureau of Environmental Science and Policy (BESP) seeks to hire a lawyer to serve as Executive Director of the Environmental Health Legal team (EH Legal). BESP's mission is to ground Health Department programs and policy in science and law to support a healthy and equitable natural, and occupational environment for all New Yorkers. We promote environmental health through legal and data-driven program support, using innovative methods to track environmental determinants of health with a focus on New Yorkers disproportionately impacted by environmental risk.

EH Legal supports the diverse legal needs of the Division's regulatory, enforcement and policy initiatives, collaborating with division leadership and the agency's Office of General Counsel (OGC). Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner, the Executive Director will assume oversight responsibility for multiple legal and policy projects and team supervision, while operating with a wide degree of independence and autonomy.