Public Health Senior Environment 20653

The Public Health Senior Environmentalist is a permanent, full-time position with the Alabama Department of Public Health (www.adph.org). Positions are located throughout the state. Employees in this class may supervise a small staff of environmentalists, and/or support service personnel in the environmental health program of a local health department. Applicants must attach a transcript or complete the form on the back of this announcement listing courses taken and credit hours earned. Some positions in the Public Health Senior Environmentalist classification require employees to work outdoors in extreme weather conditions such as heat, cold, and rain. Any person hired as Public Health Senior Environmentalist and not presently employed by the Jefferson County Department of Public Health or Mobile County Department of Public Health must successfully complete the training program for environmentalists conducted by the Alabama Department of Public Health before being given permanent status. The Alabama Department of Public Health requires documentation verifying possession of the degree prior to employment. Complete an Application for Examination Form available at www.personnel.alabama.gov, the above address, or any Alabama Career Center Office. Apply by mail or by fax. Applications will be accepted until further notice. The State Personnel Department is not responsible for late receipt of applications due to mail service or faxing malfunctions.

Current, permanent status as a Public Health Environmentalist (for the promotional register only). Bachelor’s degree from an accredited* four-year college or university with a minimum of 30 quarter hours or 20 semester hours of course work in biology, chemistry, environmental science, mathematics, or physical science. Three years of experience in a public or private environmental health program.

Open-Competitive to all applicants and Promotional to current state employees in the classification listed above. An Evaluation of Training and Experience as shown on application will comprise 95% of the applicant’s final score for the promotional register, with the remaining 5% being based on the average of the applicant’s service ratings for the last three years. Scores from the Evaluation of Training and Experience will comprise 100% of the final score for the open-competitive register.

Except for pretest information provided by State Personnel to all applicants, you should not directly or indirectly.  obtain information about examinations. If you do, the State Personnel Director may do several things. One, you may not be given an examination. Two, you may be disqualified after an examination. Three, your name may be removed
from a register. Or four, your name may not be certified from the register. (Rules of the State Personnel Board, Chapter 670-x-9). According to the Code of Alabama, 36-26-47, a willful violation of exam security is a misdemeanor. Any person who is convicted of this type of misdemeanor will be ineligible for appointment to or employment in a position in State service for a period of five years and, if the person is an officer or employee of the State, will forfeit his or her office or position.

If you know of anyone who has violated this policy, you should contact the Examination Manager at the State Personnel Department.

Applicants hired by the State of Alabama on or after January 1, 2012 will be subject to the E-Verify process pursuant to Act No. 2011-535.

State of Alabama Personnel Department Policy on Accepting College Coursework, Post-Secondary and Advanced Degrees

1. Specific college coursework required for a job classification, as well as bachelor’s, graduate, post graduate,and doctoral degrees will be accepted from schools accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) or any of the six regional accreditation associations in the United States listed below:

 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)
 Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE)
 Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU)
 Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
 New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE)
 Western Association of Schools and Colleges –Senior College and University Commission (WASC-SCUC)

College coursework is defined as credit hours leading to a bachelor’s degree or higher.

2. Coursework or degrees from schools that have not been accredited by one of the above accreditation associations may be accepted if a regionally accredited school* considers the coursework or degree to be an acceptable prerequisite for admission to an advanced degree program. For example, if a regionally accredited school accepts an applicant’s bachelor’s degree for admittance into a graduate degree program, State Personnel will accept the degree. In the case of required college coursework (but no degree requirement), State Personnel will accept the college coursework if a regionally accredited school accepts the coursework towards a post-secondary degree (e.g., a
bachelor’s degree). This must be documented by a letter of acceptance from the regionally accredited school. State Personnel will review such requests on a case-by-case basis.

Note: This policy is subject to change. Certain state agencies may have additional requirements.

*The term “regionally accredited school” refers to an institution of higher education accredited by one of the six regional accreditation associations listed above.