Career Opportunity

Environment, Health and Safety Manager - Recreation and Parks (0931) - (129730)

Recruitment: RTF0129685-01088459

Published: January 20, 2023

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Specific information regarding this recruitment process are listed below:

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• Application Opening: January 11, 2023
• Application Deadline: Receipt of applications may close at anytime, but not before January 26, 2023
• Compensation:  $141,492 - $180,622 annually (Range A)
• Recruitment ID: 129730 / RTF0129685

ALL APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT VERIFICATION (PROOF) OF THEIR VALID CERTIFICATION(S) AND CALIFORNIA DRIVER’S LICENSE AT THE TIME OF FILING APPLICATION.

FAILURE TO SUBMIT THE REQUIRED VERIFICATION WILL RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR APPLICATION.

ABOUT US
Amid a dynamic and ever-evolving urban landscape, the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department stewards one of the premier urban park systems in America.  San Francisco recently became the first city in the United States for which 100% of its residents live within a ten-minute walk of a park.  Considered by San Franciscans to be one of the City’s most popular and effective public agencies, our Department manages and maintains more than 225 parks, playgrounds, and open spaces in San Francisco, including two outside of city limits: Sharp Park in Pacifica and Camp Mather in the High Sierras. Our 4,100- acre system includes 25 recreation centers, 9 swimming pools, 5 golf courses and numerous athletic facilities, including sports courts, ball diamonds, soccer fields and gymnasiums. Included in the department’s responsibilities are Golden Gate Park, Coit Tower, the Marina Yacht Harbor, the Palace of Fine Arts, and TPC Harding Park golf course.

More than 2,000 talented individuals are part of our team, from gardeners, foresters, and recreation leaders to park rangers, custodians, electricians, painters and more. Our core mission, as it has been throughout our history, is to provide opportunities for San Francisco residents and visitors alike to gather, play, learn, relax, and enjoy nature in the city.

Race and Social Equity Statement
We believe that parks and open space in San Francisco provides the opportunity to model equitable access for all.  With this belief, San Francisco became the first city in the United States for which 100% of its residents live within a ten-minute walk of a park. The Recreation and Park Department’s goal is to close the gaps and improve equity and access to quality parks and open space, and recreation activities for historically marginalized communities.  

We envision a department that proactively infuses racial and social equity in its internal operations.  With a multi-disciplinary team of talented individuals - gardeners, recreation leaders, park rangers, custodians, craft shop personnel, park and recreation managers and more, the department is committed to doing its part to provide equitable access to parks and programs for all the communities we serve to enjoy, as well as foster a work environment where our differences are celebrated, and everyone has what they need to thrive regardless of their race, age, ability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or country of origin.

Role description

The Environment, Health and Safety Manager will be responsible for administering all activities pertaining to environmental health and occupational safety services, ensuring compliance with laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.  Plans, develops, directs and provides leadership in comprehensive loss control, safety and health programs for the Department.  This includes managing existing and implementing new programs to prevent occupational injury and illness, decrease workers’ compensation management expenditures, and development of staff development and training for safety and non-safety areas.  Informs and advises senior managers and executive staff.

Essential duties of the position include:
1.  Directing the work of subordinate professional staff (including safety officers, senior industrial hygienists) and supporting staff in the identification, evaluation and control of hazardous conditions (physical, chemical, and biological) and comprehensive loss control program including management of workers’ compensation services.

2.  Implementing and maintaining a comprehensive safety program to prevent occupational injury and illness.

3.  Developing health and safety performance standards, goals, and objectives for all divisions of a department and monitoring performance for effectiveness and continuous improvement.

4.  Developing section budget, goals, plans and priorities and establishing standards for performance of subordinate staff.

5.  Consulting with and advising management and staff on policies, procedures, and practices contributing to improving health and safety policies and procedures.

6.  Directing efforts to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and departmental policies and procedures.

7.  Managing and implementing department-wide program of training and education in the areas of occupational safety and health.  Including review of training and education programs and ensuring mandated training is conducted in conformance with legal requirements.

8.  Representing the department on occupational safety and health issues, policies, procedures, and regulations before a variety of boards, commissions and other groups and interfacing with regulatory, environments and special interest organizations.  Working with representatives of the City Attorney as needed to address legal concerns and compliance.

9.  Performing other duties as assigned.

How to qualify

a) Bachelor’s degree in Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Management, Physical, Natural or Biological Science, Environmental Health/Management, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Studies/Sciences or a closely related field from an accredited college or university.  AND

b) Five (5) years of professional occupational or industrial safety and health, and/or industrial hygiene experience.  Qualifying experience must include three (3) years of experience supervising professionals engaged in industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, and/or workers compensation services.  AND

c) Possession of Certification as a Certified Industrial Hygienist by the American Board for Global EHS Credentialing of Industrial Hygiene and/or Certification as a Certified Safety Professional by the Board of Certified Safety Professionals.  AND

d) Possession of a valid California Driver’s License.
 

Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

Desirable Qualifications
The stated desirable qualifications may be considered at the end of the selection process when candidates are referred for hiring.

• Master’s degree in Safety, Occupational Safety and Health, Safety Management, Physical, Natural or Biological Science, Industrial Hygiene or Environmental Studies/Sciences.
• Possession of state certification for asbestos and lead. 
• Credential as a Claims Examiner by the Industrial Claims Association. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects effectively and work independently.

VERIFICATION
Applicants are required to submit verification of valid certification(s) and California Driver’s License prior to the filing deadline.  Verification may be submitted as a PDF attachment to the application.  If you are unable to upload the required document, you can scan and email the material to Tara.Stevens@sfgov.org with the subject line: “0931 EHS Verification”.

Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. More information can be found at: Information About the Hiring Process | Department of Human Resources (sfdhr.org)
when requested. 

Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification for this and future job opportunities with the City and County of San Francisco.
 

All work experience, education, training and other information substantiating how you meet the minimum qualifications must be included on your application by the filing deadline. Information submitted after the filing deadline will not be considered in determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a completed City and County of San Francisco application.

Applications completed improperly may be cause for ineligibility, disqualification or may lead to lower scores.

SELECTION PROCEDURES
After application submission, candidates deemed qualified must complete all subsequent steps to advance in this selection process, which include the following:

Minimum Qualification Supplemental Questionnaire (MQSQ): Candidates will be invited via a separate link to complete a MQSQ as a required part of the employment application. This MQSQ is designed to obtain specific information regarding an applicant's experience in relation to the Minimum Qualifications (MQ) for this position. The MQSQ will be used to evaluate if the applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications.

Management Test Battery (Weight: 100%):
Candidates will be invited to participate in a computer-based examination designed to measure competencies in job-related areas which may include but are not limited to:  Problem Solving; Leadership; Decision Making; Interpersonal skills; Team Building; Communication & Conflict Management. For more information about this Management Test (and a suggested reading list) please visit SFDHR.org.  Please note: this examination is only held in San Francisco. 

A passing score must be achieved on the Management Test Battery in order to continue in the selection process.

This is a standardized examination, and, therefore, test questions and answers are not available for public inspection or review.

Scores attained on the Management Test Battery will be valid and 'banked' for three years, starting from the date of the examination. This means that, during this three-year time period, you will not be required to take the Management Test Battery. The Management Test Battery may be used for many other classes; therefore, your test score may be applied to one or more of these classes if you choose to apply to future recruitments. If the selection process for the future announcement is held within one year of the date of this examination and it includes the Management Test Battery, your score will be automatically applied to that announcement, However, after one year, you have the option to either (a) apply your test score to the other announcement or (b) re-take the Management Test Battery. Re-testing is permitted no sooner than one year from the date of the examination and only in association with your eligibility for another announcement for which the Management Test Battery is used. Please note that, should you re-test, your retest score would become your official score since it is the most recent.  

Note: A passing score must be achieved on all examination components in order to be placed/ranked on the resulting Eligible List.  Candidates will be placed on the eligible list in rank order according to their final score.

Candidate scores on this examination may also be applied to other announcements involving other job titles, when directed by the Human Resources Director.   

What else should I know?

Certification:  The certification rule for the eligible list resulting from this examination will be Rule of the List.  The hiring department may conduct additional selection processes to make final hiring decisions.

Eligible List/Score Report: A confidential eligible list of applicant names that have passed the civil service examination process will be created, and used for certification purposes only. An examination score report will be established, so applicants can view the ranks, final scores and number of eligible candidates. Applicant information, including names of applicants on the eligible list, shall not be made public unless required by law. However, an eligible list shall be made available for public inspection, upon request, once the eligible list is exhausted or expired and referrals resolved. The eligible list/score report resulting from this civil service examination process is subject to change after adoption (e.g., as a result of appeals), as directed by the Human Resources Director or the Civil Service Commission.

The duration of the eligible list resulting from this examination process will be of 12 months, and may be extended with the approval of the Human Resources Director.

Terms of Announcement
Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations.  Clerical errors may be corrected by the posting the correction on the Department of Human Resources website at https://careers.sf.gov/.

The terms of this announcement may be appealed under Civil Service Rule 111A.35.1. The standard for the review of such appeals is ‘abuse of discretion’ or ‘no rational basis’ for establishing the position description, the minimum qualifications and/or the certification rule.  Appeals must include a written statement of the item(s) being contested and the specific reason(s) why the cited item(s) constitute(s) abuse of discretion by the Human Resources Director.  Appeals must be submitted directly to the Executive Officer of the Civil Service Commission within five business days of the announcement issuance date.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco

• Candidates for positions with the Recreation and  Park Department may be disqualified from consideration should their conviction history not meet the standards established under California Public Resources Code 5164.
• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview  
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Seniority Credit in Promotional Exams
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for City and County of San Francisco jobs are only accepted through an online process. Visit https://careers.sf.gov/ and begin the application process.

• Select the “Apply Now” button and follow instructions on the screen

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, @sfdpw.org, @sfport.com, @flysfo.com, @sfwater.org, @sfdph.org, @asianart.org, @sfmta.com, @sfpl.org, @dcyf.org, @first5sf.org, @famsf.org, @ccsf.edu, @smartalerts.info, @smartrecruiters.com, and notifications@smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

Exam Analyst Information: If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact the exam analyst, Tara Stevens at Tara.Stevens@sfgov.org.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.