California Department of Public Health
Wastewater Surveillance Section Chief | RESEARCH SCIENTIST SUPERVISOR II (MICROB
California Department of Public Health, Richmond, California, United States, 94875
Overview
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) works to protect the public's health in California, and helps shape positive health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities.
The Center for Laboratory Sciences (CLS) is based on the Richmond Campus which employs more than 1,200 people. The Richmond Campus is a flat, 29-acre property located in Richmond's Marina Bay. The CLS serves to protect and promote the health of all Californians through innovative and collaborative infectious disease and environmental testing, including provision of investigation and surveillance activities which form the basis of disease response and prevention. The CLS works to bring together emerging scientific capabilities in testing, analytics, and communications reflecting a new level of coordination, support, and leadership for the public health laboratory system at the state, local and national level. In addition, the Center relies on a continuous improvement infrastructure as a core value in developing solutions that emphasize a culture of quality and performance through performance management success.
The Drinking Water & Radiation Laboratory Branch (DWRLB) is staffed with approximately 35 professional scientists, technicians, and admin support personnel who support a variety of Public Health programs by conducting special studies and by providing scientific expertise and laboratory services. DWRLB provides environmental radiation/radiochemistry measurements, testing marine biotoxins in shellfish, researching emerging chemical contaminants of public health concerns, testing of opioids and illicit drug residues, and is an accredited clinical laboratory for testing toxic substances and their metabolites in human specimens. DWRLB conducts wastewater surveillance to detect viral and bacterial pathogens to protect, maintain and advance public health readiness against known and emerging infectious disease threats and does water testing for microbial pathogens and indicator organisms. DWRLB is located in a state-of-the-art, 500,000 square foot facility located a few blocks from the San Francisco Bay at the CDPH Richmond Campus.
*The salary information listed on this advertisement may not reflect recent salary increases from salary adjustments or changes in the fiscal year.
*The CDPH is not currently an E-Verify employer.
Department Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov
Position responsibilities This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by coordinating sample collection and receipt from wastewater utilities across the state, processing the samples, performing laboratory testing, reporting the detected pathogen results, and evaluating results for trends and correlating wastewater results to reported case numbers.
The Research Scientist Supervisor (RSS) II (Microbiological Sciences) (MS), acting as the Wastewater Surveillance Section Chief in the Wastewater Surveillance Section (WWSS) of the Drinking Water and Radiation Laboratory Branch (DWRLB), serves as a second line supervisor, primary subject matter expert and manager of the Wastewater Surveillance (WWS) and Microbiology programs. The RSS II (MS) is responsible for managing and directing laboratory programmatic activities for the WWSS and environmental microbiology outbreak responses, provides guidance for implementation of methodologies and applications for achieving overall program deliverables, and designs complex scientific studies and experimental plans related to program advancements and achievement of major goals. Manages cooperative agreements and grants and related program milestones and works directly with branch management and outside collaborators for developing new projects and programmatic plans for further outreach.
Minimum Requirements You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
RESEARCH SCIENTIST SUPERVISOR II (MICROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES)
Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
Excellent technical writing and scientific communication skills, including grant proposals, reports, SOPs, and peer-reviewed publications.
Demonstrated success ininterdisciplinary collaborationand stakeholder engagement, including state and local health departments, academic partners, and federal agencies.
Proven ability to oversee and evaluatecooperative agreements,grants, or multi-agency partnerships focused on environmental health or surveillance.
How To Apply Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.
Job posting: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=491176
At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do.
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The Center for Laboratory Sciences (CLS) is based on the Richmond Campus which employs more than 1,200 people. The Richmond Campus is a flat, 29-acre property located in Richmond's Marina Bay. The CLS serves to protect and promote the health of all Californians through innovative and collaborative infectious disease and environmental testing, including provision of investigation and surveillance activities which form the basis of disease response and prevention. The CLS works to bring together emerging scientific capabilities in testing, analytics, and communications reflecting a new level of coordination, support, and leadership for the public health laboratory system at the state, local and national level. In addition, the Center relies on a continuous improvement infrastructure as a core value in developing solutions that emphasize a culture of quality and performance through performance management success.
The Drinking Water & Radiation Laboratory Branch (DWRLB) is staffed with approximately 35 professional scientists, technicians, and admin support personnel who support a variety of Public Health programs by conducting special studies and by providing scientific expertise and laboratory services. DWRLB provides environmental radiation/radiochemistry measurements, testing marine biotoxins in shellfish, researching emerging chemical contaminants of public health concerns, testing of opioids and illicit drug residues, and is an accredited clinical laboratory for testing toxic substances and their metabolites in human specimens. DWRLB conducts wastewater surveillance to detect viral and bacterial pathogens to protect, maintain and advance public health readiness against known and emerging infectious disease threats and does water testing for microbial pathogens and indicator organisms. DWRLB is located in a state-of-the-art, 500,000 square foot facility located a few blocks from the San Francisco Bay at the CDPH Richmond Campus.
*The salary information listed on this advertisement may not reflect recent salary increases from salary adjustments or changes in the fiscal year.
*The CDPH is not currently an E-Verify employer.
Department Website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov
Position responsibilities This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by coordinating sample collection and receipt from wastewater utilities across the state, processing the samples, performing laboratory testing, reporting the detected pathogen results, and evaluating results for trends and correlating wastewater results to reported case numbers.
The Research Scientist Supervisor (RSS) II (Microbiological Sciences) (MS), acting as the Wastewater Surveillance Section Chief in the Wastewater Surveillance Section (WWSS) of the Drinking Water and Radiation Laboratory Branch (DWRLB), serves as a second line supervisor, primary subject matter expert and manager of the Wastewater Surveillance (WWS) and Microbiology programs. The RSS II (MS) is responsible for managing and directing laboratory programmatic activities for the WWSS and environmental microbiology outbreak responses, provides guidance for implementation of methodologies and applications for achieving overall program deliverables, and designs complex scientific studies and experimental plans related to program advancements and achievement of major goals. Manages cooperative agreements and grants and related program milestones and works directly with branch management and outside collaborators for developing new projects and programmatic plans for further outreach.
Minimum Requirements You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
RESEARCH SCIENTIST SUPERVISOR II (MICROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES)
Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
Excellent technical writing and scientific communication skills, including grant proposals, reports, SOPs, and peer-reviewed publications.
Demonstrated success ininterdisciplinary collaborationand stakeholder engagement, including state and local health departments, academic partners, and federal agencies.
Proven ability to oversee and evaluatecooperative agreements,grants, or multi-agency partnerships focused on environmental health or surveillance.
How To Apply Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareer Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.
Job posting: https://calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jobs/JobPosting.aspx?JobControlId=491176
At the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), equity, diversity, and inclusion are at the core of our mission to advance the health and well-being of California’s diverse people and communities. We are genuinely and strongly committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness where we can grow and learn together with a diverse team of employees. In recruiting for team members, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring to us and the work we do.
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