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Position Title: Environmental Health and Safety Officer (EHSO)

School/Division: Office of the Provost (division)

Full Time/Part Time: Full-Time

Description:

• Develops and evaluates standard operating guidelines, laboratory inspections, provision of guidance and training, maintaining inventory of chemicals and other hazardous materials, hazard assessment, and spill response.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations, as well as University policies.
• Collaborates with numerous constituencies on campus, including faculty, administrators, the Environmental Safety Committee, the Hazardous Waste Coordinator, and others to ensure environmental health and safety on campus.
• Incorporates sustainability principles into new construction, renovations, and university standards.
• Develops a campus sustainability plan that provides a foundation for the University to centrally track, report, and achieve coordinated progress to improve campus sustainability.
• Serves as a full-time member on the University Senate Environmental Priorities Committee to champion community sustainability issues.
• Establishes and maintains an effective communications strategy, including website development, an electronic newsletter, and/or news articles with the objective of raising internal and external awareness of Hofstra's safety and sustainability efforts.
• Keeps current on best practices at peer colleges, benchmark other institutions of higher education, and participate in off-campus events to identify new ideas and practices related to safety and sustainability.
• Works with academic departments to identify and pursue potential grant and resource development opportunities to support environmental sustainability initiatives.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering or equivalent (BSc) required.
• Six years of relevant experience in EHS, Sustainability, Bio Safety, Process Safety, Environmental Technology, or Risk Management.
• Experience working with a complex regulatory framework and multiple regulatory bodies.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to employee health and safety and hazardous waste management.
• One or more of the following certifications: CIH, CSP, CBSP.
• Valid New York State Driver's License.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree.

EEO Statement:

About Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a nationally ranked and recognized private university in Hempstead, N.Y. that is the only school to ever host three consecutive presidential debates (2008, 2012 and 2016). At Hofstra, students get the best of both worlds. Our campus is a leafy oasis just a quick train ride away from New York City and all its cultural, recreational and professional opportunities. We offer small classes and personal attention, with the resources, technology and facilities of a large university. Students can choose from more than 160 undergraduate program options and 165 graduate program options in the liberal arts and sciences, education, health professions and human services, the Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, the Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Frank G. Zarb School of Business, the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, the Maurice A. Deane School of Law, the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Hofstra University is a dynamic community of more than 11,000 students from around the w...orld who are dedicated to civic engagement, academic excellence and becoming leaders in their communities and their careers.

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