Sample Verification Program (SVP) Manager

Title: Sample Verification Program (SVP) Manager

State Role Title:Environmental Manager II

Hiring Range: $84425.00-$94425.00

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location:VDH-Central Office

Agency Website: Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) Office of Drinking Water (ODW) is seeking to fill an Sample Verification Program (SVP) Manager position in the Central Office team! The position is located at 109 Governor Street Richmond VA. This is an exciting opportunity to work in an office filled with passionate public health professionals dedicated to ensuring safe and reliable drinking water for citizens of Virginia. This position is eligible for partial telework and alternative work schedules. Join a team of professionals committed to protecting public health associated with treatment and delivery of drinking water to the citizens of the Commonwealth.

Responsible for managing the Sampling Verification Program (SVP) and supervising SVP program staff with the goal of ensuring waterworks compliance sample results are free of errors and falsification. Develops the policies and procedures for the Sampling Verification Program. Responsible for maintaining and updating the sampling verification chapter for the sampling manual. Communicates issues discovered to the ODW Division of Compliance and Enforcement and the Field Office Director as appropriate. Recommends program budget and coordinates procurement. Manages organizes and interprets all data related to the Sampling Verification Program. Collaborates with ODW leadership and external partners to promote program goals in conjunction with wider ODW goals.

Minimum Qualifications

- Proven experience with project management and excellent leadership and team management skills.
- Ability to interpret and implement the data collection and reporting requirements of the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act and State regulations.
- Knowledge of statistics modeling interpretation and presentation of information and the ability to use presentation software and create/integrate graphs & charts in reports.
- Strong interpersonal oral and written communication customer service leadership data quality and analytical skills.

Additional Considerations

- Current experience with Tableau or similar data visualization and analytics platform preferred.
- Experience supervising direct reports preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to Your Application in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed mailed or e-mailed applications will not be considered.
Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should
include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Supplemental
questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent
knowledge skills and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.
Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check
and the Department of Social Services Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check U.S. HHSIG
Exclusion List check employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial credit driving background
checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests maybe required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be
conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture hair type
and protective hairstyles such as braids locks and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual
orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic
information; and pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of
Ethics which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: .

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening
Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card) you must submit the card before the closing date
for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

Contact Information

Name: Isis Romero

Phone:

Email:

In support of the Commonwealths commitment to inclusion we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS) or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation if applicable to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at .

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1 2022- February 29 2024 can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.