Bergenfield Board of Health
Board of Health · Bergen County
Bergenfield Board of Health is a confirmed New Jersey civil service jurisdiction — a board of health in Bergen County that has adopted Title 11A of the New Jersey Statutes to govern how it hires, classifies, and promotes employees.
Bergen County has 50 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in total, including this one.
About boards of health in New Jersey
A local board of health handles public health functions such as inspections, environmental health, and communicable disease response for its municipality or county. Where a board of health is listed as its own civil service jurisdiction, its personnel decisions are made separately from the rest of the local government.
See all 50 civil service jurisdictions in Bergen County, or browse the full employer directory.
Pension and salary data for Bergenfield Board of Health
Bergenfield Board of Health's staff appear on Bergenfield Borough's pension rolls: 134 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $87,270 and a median 13.1 years of credited service. Single-purpose public bodies are often reported through a parent municipality or county rather than as their own pension employer.
See every civil service jurisdiction in Bergen County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
Other public employers in Bergenfield Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Bergenfield Borough. Each is its own employer for pension purposes, and only some are civil service jurisdictions — school boards, charter schools and parking authorities are ordinary public employers that were never part of Title 11A. Names link only where the body appears in this directory.
| Employer | Enrolled members |
|---|---|
| BERGENFIELD BD OF ED | 467 |
| BERGENFIELD BOROUGH | 134 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Bergenfield Board of Health
A local board of health handles inspections, environmental health, vital records and communicable disease work. Where it is listed as a jurisdiction in its own right, its personnel decisions are made separately from the rest of the local government, even when it shares a building with it.
Public health titles are unusually credential-driven. The health officer title requires a state health officer licence. Environmental health work runs through the Registered Environmental Health Specialist title and its state licence. Public health nursing requires New Jersey registered nurse licensure. In each case the credential comes first and the examination second, which also makes these titles portable from one board of health to another.
Your title, not your assignment, defines what you are supposed to be doing. If the duties you actually perform drift outside the specification for the title you hold, that is a classification question rather than a management preference, and an employee can ask for the position to be reviewed and reclassified. It is one of the quieter protections in the system and one of the least used.
New Jersey does not require an employer to hire whoever scored highest. When a list is certified, the appointing authority may choose among the top three interested candidates, which is why a rank of two or three on a list is still a serious position and why interviews still decide outcomes.
Civil service employers in Bergenfield Borough
Bergenfield Board of Health serves Bergenfield Borough, a borough in Bergen County, but it is in the listing as a board of health on its own account rather than as part of the borough government.
The Bergenfield Borough government is listed too: Bergenfield Borough. Both run under Title 11A, and both certify their own appointments, so applying to one tells you nothing about openings at the other.
One further Bergenfield Borough body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Bergenfield Library, public library
Civil service titles used by New Jersey boards of health
Real classifications that New Jersey boards of health draw on, each linked to its official specification: the definition of the work, the requirements, and any licence the title depends on. A sample of the system rather than a roster or a list of openings.
- Health Officer
- Assistant Health Officer
- Health Officer / Registrar of Vital Statistics
- Registered Environmental Health Specialist, Public Health
- Public Health Nurse
- Senior Public Health Nurse
- Public Health Investigator
- Senior Public Health Investigator
- Public Health Nutritionist
- Public Health Coordinator
Civil service coverage across Bergen County
Bergen County holds 50 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 21 municipalities, 20 public libraries, 4 boards of health, 1 board of social services, 1 county government, 1 housing authority, 1 school district, and 1 municipal utilities authority.
21 of the county's 70 municipalities are among them.
Bergen County is a jurisdiction too, though a county's decision does not bind the towns, authorities, libraries or districts inside it.
Also in the directory: Lodi Housing Authority, Lodi Library, Lodi School District, Moonachie Borough, North Arlington Board of Health, North Arlington Borough, North Arlington Library, Oakland Borough. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about Bergenfield Board of Health
Is Bergenfield Board of Health a civil service employer?
Yes. Bergenfield Board of Health appears in the New Jersey Civil Service Commission's listing of local civil service system jurisdictions as of July 2024, which makes it an appointing authority under Title 11A. Permanent appointments to competitive titles there come from eligible lists the Commission certifies, rather than from purely local hiring.
Does civil service status at Bergenfield Board of Health cover the rest of Bergenfield Borough?
No. Bergenfield Borough has more than one employer in the listing, and each holds its own status, runs its own examinations and keeps its own eligible lists. Seniority and permanent status earned at one do not transfer automatically to another, even inside the same town.
Do you have to live in New Jersey to work here?
Generally yes. The New Jersey First Act requires public employees hired after September 1, 2011 to live in the state, with a grace period for new hires to relocate and a narrow exemption process. Separately, individual examination announcements sometimes carry a local residency preference, which affects the order of the list rather than eligibility.
How do you find out when an examination is announced?
Announcements are published by the Civil Service Commission on their own schedule, each with a filing window that closes on a fixed date. Local employers do not always advertise separately, so watching the announcements directly is more reliable than watching a municipal website. Filing late is not curable, which makes the calendar the single most important part of the process.