Assistant Director

City of New York • New York City, NY

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About The Position

The Associate Public Health Sanitarian II (Assistant Director) is a senior instructor in the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Health Academy and reports directly to the Director of the Health Academy. The role supervises instructors and educates the public through courses focused on food service establishments and mobile food vending, while maintaining regulatory compliance and protecting public health.

The Health Academy provides required training to members of the public and environmental health personnel. Its courses cover food protection, food safety for mobile vendors and soup kitchen operators, infection control for tattoo artists, and animal handling for pet shop operators. Courses are offered in daytime and evening sessions.

Requirements

• Applicants must be permanent employees in the title and reachable on the Associate Public Health Sanitarian civil service list.
• Meet one of the stated education and experience pathways: a relevant bachelor’s degree with specified science credits and at least two years of satisfactory full-time inspection experience; a relevant associate degree with specified science credits and four years of such experience; or equivalent education and/or experience.
• All candidates must have at least 60 semester credits from an accredited college, including at least 15 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences.
• All candidates must have at least two years of experience as a public health sanitarian performing inspections to assure compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations governing food, drugs, and general environmental conditions.
• Candidates seeking promotion to a supervisory level must have two years of experience as a public health sanitarian pursuant to the cited New York State regulation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Associate Public Health Sanitarian Level I staff in the program’s daily activities.
• Teach the Food Protection Course for food service establishment operators, ensuring compliance with Health Code requirements and departmental regulations.
• Teach the Mobile Food Vending Course and provide vendors with technical guidance on food safety practices and regulatory compliance.
• Facilitate the 4-Hour Food Safety Course, teaching environmental health and safety rules and best practices.
• Conduct in-service training programs and provide technical guidance on more difficult inspections.
• Review and proctor the online course and exams for outside approved providers.
• Direct programs that enforce Health Code regulations and environmental health and safety rules.

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position’s associated union or benefit fund.
• Public sector defined benefit pension plan.
• Tax-deferred savings program.
• Worksite Wellness Program.
• Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
• Job security compared with private-sector employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager