Edgewater Board of Health
Board of Health · Bergen County
Edgewater Board of Health, a board of health in Bergen County, operates under New Jersey's Title 11A civil service system rather than setting its own hiring rules independently.
Within Bergen County, 50 local government entities in total carry this same confirmed status.
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 Edgewater Board of Health
Edgewater Board of Health's staff appear on Edgewater Borough's pension rolls: 97 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $87,602 and a median 13.8 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 Bergen County for the ones that do report, or how we compile this.
Other public employers in Edgewater Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in Edgewater 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 |
|---|---|
| EDGEWATER BORO BD OF ED | 116 |
| EDGEWATER BOROUGH | 97 |
| EDGEWATER HOUSING AUTHORITY | 3 |
What civil service status means for jobs at Edgewater 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.
When there is no eligible list for a title, an employer can fill the job provisionally. Provisional service is real work at real pay, but it builds no permanent rights, and the employer is supposed to request an examination so the position can be filled permanently. Anyone appointed provisionally who wants to keep the job needs to take that examination when it comes.
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.
Civil service employers in Edgewater Borough
Edgewater Board of Health serves Edgewater 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 Edgewater Borough government is listed too: Edgewater 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 Edgewater Borough body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- Edgewater 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: Wallington JFK Memorial Library, Wood-Ridge Borough, Wood-Ridge Library, Bergen County Board of Social Services, Bergen County Utilities Authority, Bergenfield Board of Health, Bergenfield Borough, Bergenfield Library. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about Edgewater Board of Health
Is Edgewater Board of Health a civil service employer?
Yes. Edgewater 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 Edgewater Board of Health cover the rest of Edgewater Borough?
No. Edgewater 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.
Does the state salary schedule apply to local jobs?
No. The salary schedules in the Compensation Compendium cover state employees. A local employer sets its own pay through ordinance and its own collective bargaining, so two towns using the identical civil service title can pay very differently. The title specification is statewide; the money attached to it is local.
Are there jobs here that never go through an examination?
Yes. Unclassified positions, which typically include department heads and confidential staff, are filled at the discretion of the appointing authority. Noncompetitive and labor titles inside the classified service are also filled without a competitive examination, though they still sit under civil service rules for things like layoff rights.