Executive Director of Environmental Health Legal
Core
Lead the Environmental Health Legal team to support regulatory, enforcement, and policy initiatives for the NYC Health Department, focusing on rulemaking, administrative hearings, and legal strategy.
Role type
Senior legal manager (Executive Director)
Builds
Regulations, enforcement strategies, and legal guidance for public health programs
Domain
Public health / Environmental law / Administrative law
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> client delivery (legal services & policy)
Required skills
Administrative law expertise, rulemaking experience, OATH hearing management, team supervision, legislative analysis, regulatory impact evaluation
Preferred skills
Environmental health background, public sector legal experience, project management, strategic policy development
Technologies
OATH systems, legal tracking systems
Responsibilities
Guide EH rulemaking and collaborate on Health Code amendments; Initiate data-driven policy assessments of enforcement outcomes; Act as primary liaison with OATH for legal and operational issues; Manage EH administrative hearings appeals process; Supervise 2 EH lawyers and the Division Hearing and Regulatory Coordinator; Manage tracking system for legal projects
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
