Bloomfield Board of Health
Board of Health · Essex County
As a board of health in Essex County, Bloomfield Board of Health falls under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system, which governs competitive hiring, classification, and promotion for its employees.
It is one of 33 confirmed civil service jurisdictions in Essex County.
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 33 civil service jurisdictions in Essex County, or browse the full employer directory.
Pension and salary data for Bloomfield Board of Health
Bloomfield Board of Health's staff appear on Bloomfield's pension rolls: 355 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $85,848 and a median 9.8 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 Essex County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
Other public employers in Bloomfield Township
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Bloomfield Township. 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 |
|---|---|
| BLOOMFIELD TWP BD OF ED | 824 |
| BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP | 355 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Bloomfield 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.
Permanent employees carry layoff rights. In a layoff, rights are determined by permanent status and seniority within the affected unit, displacement into another title can be available, and laid-off employees go onto a special reemployment list that takes priority when the title is filled again. None of that applies to provisional or temporary service.
Temporary and seasonal appointments sit outside the permanent track entirely. Summer recreation staff, short-term project help and coverage for an absent employee are filled without an examination and end when the need does. The work counts as experience when you later apply for a competitive title, but it confers no status of its own.
Civil service employers in Bloomfield Township
Bloomfield Board of Health serves Bloomfield Township, a township in Essex County, but it is in the listing as a board of health on its own account rather than as part of the township government.
The Bloomfield Township government is listed too: Bloomfield. 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 Bloomfield Township body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Bloomfield 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 Essex County
Essex County holds 33 confirmed jurisdictions in the Commission's listing: 11 public libraries, 11 municipalities, 5 municipal departments, 2 housing authorities, 1 board of health, 1 county government, 1 fire district, and 1 school district.
11 of the county's 22 municipalities are among them.
Essex 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: West Orange Township, Belleville, Belleville Library, Bloomfield, Bloomfield Library, East Orange, East Orange Library, Irvington. See all 33 in Essex County.
Common questions about Bloomfield Board of Health
Is Bloomfield Board of Health a civil service employer?
Yes. Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Board of Health cover the rest of Bloomfield Township?
No. Bloomfield Township 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.
How long does it take to get hired through this process?
Longer than an ordinary job application, and the timing is not in the hands of the employer. An announcement has to close, the examination has to be held and scored, the eligible list has to be promulgated, and only then can the employer request a certification. Several months between filing and an appointment is normal rather than a sign that something has gone wrong.
Do veterans get a preference on these lists?
Yes, and in New Jersey it is unusually strong. On an open competitive list, disabled veterans who pass are ranked ahead of all other candidates, and other veterans who pass are ranked ahead of non-veterans, regardless of score. Preference has to be claimed and verified in advance, and it does not carry over to promotional examinations.