Environmental Health Supervisor

Title: Environmental Health Supervisor

State Role Title: Environmental Specialist II

Hiring Range: $75,161 to $85,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: Dept of Health

Agency Website: vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This is a restricted position, which is solely funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (EPA), which is a continuous revolving grant. The availability of funding is scheduled for review annually. Continued employment is contingent on the continued availability of funds.

To manage the Capacity Development program across the Commonwealth. Supervise Capacity Development staff and provide resources, consulting and assistance to small drinking water system in a defined geographical region.

Manages environmental program(s) in multiple central office work units or field districts. Focused on strategic planning, long-term goal development, securing resources and support for environmental goals and objectives. Responsible for administrative and operational actions, policy and quality assurance activities, and supervision of staff. Provides technical support, strategic planning, and consultation on actions associated with office mission. Responsible for establishment of standardized policies and procedures. Identify, develop and assist in implementing process improvement initiatives at agency/State level. Will formalize, document data processes, develop agency programmatic and strategic measures in collaboration with program managers and provide data to facilitate local health district monitoring and compliance. Develop policies, process and formulate metrics to track business processes. Duties include development of materials, presentations to public and technical audiences, support to other VDH offices, and development of program tools, training, and integration of federal and state guidance.

1. Manage the Capacity Development Program

2. Supervise the Capacity Development staff

3. Provide technical assistance to waterworks

4. Develop plans for providing services in compliance with Virginia’s Approved Capacity Development Strategy

This is a restricted position, which is solely funded by Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (EPA), which is a continuous revolving grant. The availability of funding is scheduled for review annually. Continued employment is contingent on the continued availability of funds.

Works autonomously with only little assistance from the Division Manager or Office Director on complex issues. Assistance on Policy, and Procurement may be required. Implementation of Central Office program that focuses on deployment of resources, training and assistance to the regulated community to assist waterworks in obtaining and/or maintaining technical, managerial, and financial capacity necessary to comply with federal, state, and local laws and VDH policies and procedures. Provides technical support, capacity development project planning, and
consultation on actions associated with the Office of Drinking Water mission.

These duties will focus on the implementation of the Virginia Capacity Development Strategy, implementation of outreach programs that support the EPA Capacity Development approach (including materials, training, and outreach),
technical assistance to waterworks owners/operators, and development of materials for the purpose of promoting the ODW mission to various audiences. Collaborate with Waterworks owners, VDH staff, and Technical Assistance providers to improve the sustainability of waterworks in Virginia. Management
of the DRSRF Planning and Design Fund and Small Project Engineering Services projects.

Duties may include presentations to public and technical audiences, reviews of technical, managerial and financial documentation, and support to other VDH offices.


1. Program Management

• Ensures supervised programs comply with EPA and VDH requirements.

• Maintains a list of priority systems at risk for lack of technical, managerial, or financial capacity.

• Provides technical assistance aimed at increasing technical, managerial, or financial capacities of priority and other small waterworks through direct contacts and/or on-site one-on-one visits, small event training, development of written or electronic resources, or through presentations at conferences.

• Uses surveillance data to make well-reasoned recommendations to the Capacity Development Manager that exhibit the ability to convey and substantiate conc