Commissioner of Public Health, Albany County

Job Title: Commissioner of Public Health

Salary: $180,000—$211,000

Description: This position involves responsibility for initiating and managing a local public health program and has the general powers and duties specified in Section 352 of the Public Health Law. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining a high standard of public health services in accordance with the general policies and objectives of the County Executive and County Legislature and with applicable State and local health laws and ordinances. General supervision is exercised over the environmental health, sanitation, medical and public and/or community health nursing services.  Does related work as required.

Requirements/Qualifications:

A commissioner of health of a county shall be a physician who is currently registered to practice medicine in New York State, has completed a residency program and possesses two (2) years of experience in administrative practice that demonstrates that the candidate possesses the knowledge and skills to administer public health programs including workforce and budget management, effective communications, effective establishment and implementation of policy or business goals, and compliance with legal requirements and EITHER:

1. Certified by the American Board of Preventive Medicine; OR,
2. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master's degree in Public Health that demonstrates the core competencies of a master’s in public health (Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management, and Social and Behavior Sciences) or a Master’s degree in a closely related field from an accredited college or university.

NOTES:

• All appointments to the position of Commissioner of Health must be approved by the State Commissioner of Health.
• Candidates who do not meet the above education or experience requirements may be conditionally approved by the State Commissioner of Health for an appointment of two (2) years, with an opportunity for two (2) additional one (1) year conditional renewals.  Final approval of these candidates shall be contingent on satisfactory progress in meeting a public health education or experience plan developed in conjunction with and approved by the State Commissioner of Health.

With this application please upload a Resume, Transcript, and Licenses.

APPLY at www.albanycountyny.gov/careers (the Albany County Civil Service Portal). 

Point of Contact:  Hannah Black, Director of Civil Service

Physical/Mailing Address: 112 State Street, Room 900, Albany, NY 12207

Email Address: hannah.black@albanycountyny.gov

 Phone Number: 518-447-4842