Director of Environmental Health; Manager VI

Director of Environmental Health (0941 Manager VI)

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The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.

• Application Opening:
  October 3, 2025
• Final date to receive applications:
  Application filing will close on or after October 31, 2025.

The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. SFDPH strives to achieve its mission through the work of multiple divisions - the San Francisco Health Network, Population Health, Behavioral Health Services, and Administration. The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers.

The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response. Behavioral Health Services operates in conjunction with SFHN and provides a range of mental health and substance use treatment services.

The Director of Environmental Health (0941 Manager VI) oversees and directs all activities of the City and County of San Francisco’s Environmental Health Branch (EHB). This position reports to the Deputy Director for Public Health Services, Population Health Division and works in close collaboration with the County Health Officer/Director of Population Health Division. The Director of Environmental Health provides effective leadership for the branch by developing a shared vision, purpose, values, and strategy with managers and staff.

The Director positively engages, empowers, and inspires branch team members to pursue and achieve strategic goals and objectives.

The Director of Environmental Health (0941 Manager VI) performs the following essential job functions:

• Develops policies and procedures for all Environmental Health Programs; leads SFDPH’s environmental health strategy to ensure health protection
• Directs the operations and staff of all the environmental health regulatory programs for SFDPH including Food Safety, Hazardous Materials and Hazardous Waste, Healthy Housing, Solid Waste, Water Quality, Local Oversight Program and Site Mitigation for contaminated sites, Massage Parlors, Body Art, Tobacco Sales, Medical Cannabis Dispensaries, and the Air, Noise, and Radiation Program. The Director also supervises the County Agricultural Commissioner, Weights and Measures, Children’s Environmental Health Promotion, Food Systems Programs, and the Program for Health, Equity and Sustainability (PHES)
• Supervises Environmental Health managers and staff engaged in Operations (budget, payments, purchases, and building), Information Technology, and Disaster Planning; addresses personnel and union related issues
• Ensures continuous quality improvement, and performance and service excellence at all levels of the branch; reviews and approves training
• Determines and ensures proper staffing levels for each program within the branch
• Oversees high-quality environmental health assessments, health impact assessments, and data/knowledge management, synthesis, and translation to guide and inform environment health protection efforts, policy development, and regulatory and enforcement actions
• Participates in budget development; reviews and approves the branch budget, expenditures
• Ensures that Environmental Health fees are set to pay for the costs of each program, and that all fees are collected and deposited using the proper codes
• Oversees EHB’s expenditure and revenue budgets of approximately $26,000,000 annually, with approximately 150 staff employees and…