Appointing Authority Summit County Public Health
Department/Division Summit County Public Health
Full Time/Part Time Part Time
Regular/Temporary Temporary
Work Schedule Temporary Status – 28 hours per week
(May through August, 2021) may include evening and weekend work.
Job Description
This posting is for Student/Temporary Help in two separate programmatic areas; one is in the Water Quality Program and the other is in the Mosquito Program. The Student/Temporary Help position performs programmatic activities under supervision, conducts field inspections, and collects samples. Must display initiative and follow through in completing tasks; be reliable, mature and adaptable; interact successfully with the community and coworkers regardless of their social, ethnic, or religious status; comply with agency objectives, philosophy and policies. Work under the general direction and guidance of the program coordinator and supervisor.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid driver’s license
- Reliable automobile available
- At least liability insurance on the vehicle
- Ability to pass a drug screening and background check
- Clean driving record
Preferred Qualifications
- College or university science/health majors preferred
- Pursuing a bachelor’s degree or graduate degree or be a recent graduate seeking practical experience in the field
- Must have an understanding of basic biology or science, and must be capable of learning to respond to questions and concerns from general public
- Certificate of registration or pursuing a certificate of registration as a SanitarianIn Training
- Mechanical experience
Pre Employment Testing Requirements
Criminal Background Check, Preemployment Drug and Alcohol Testing
Work Environment
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers, handle, feel, carry or operate objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand; talk or hear; walk; sit. The employee may be required to lift items as heavy as 80 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
Licensing/Certification – A valid Ohio driver’s license, automobile availability and insurance coverage.
Additional Information – Summit County Public Health (SCPH) is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our human capital is the most valuable asset we have. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and organization’s achievement as well. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
Description of Job Duty
• May investigate mosquito complaints in an assigned area
• Informing residents of steps for mosquito abatement
• Mosquito surveillance
• Larviciding for mosquito breeding sites
• Reading and maintaining accurate maps and data
• Responsible for various program equipment
• May perform evening adult mosquito spray treatments utilizing a truck mounted sprayer up to five nights per week
• May assist in data entry or research
• May assist with special mosquito spray applications as needed (parks, special events, etc.)
• Employee has the obligation, set forth by the Summit County Public Health Emergency Operations Plan and within the scope of their employment, to be available for emergency service during routine and non-routine hours of operation including 24/7/365 availability.
Requisition Number – C/U – 0352021-P
Working Title – Mosquito Control Field Technicians – Student/Temporary Help
Posting Type – External/Public Posting
Number of Vacancies – 10
Advertised Salary – $13.50 per hour/28 hours per week
Open Date – 02/11/2021
Close Date – Until filled
Documents Needed to Apply
- Resume
- Cover Letter