North Arlington Board of Health
Board of Health · Bergen County
North Arlington 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 North Arlington Board of Health
North Arlington Board of Health's staff appear on North Arlington Borough's pension rolls: 85 enrolled members, a median pensionable salary of $78,255 and a median 10.6 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 North Arlington Borough
The pension system reports these separate public employers in North Arlington 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 |
|---|---|
| NORTH ARLINGTON BD OF ED | 264 |
| NORTH ARLINGTON BOROUGH | 85 |
What civil service status means for jobs at North Arlington 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.
Admission to an examination is decided on paper before anyone sits down to take it. The requirements printed in the specification are checked against what you wrote on the application, so experience you did not describe is experience that does not count. Vague employment history is the most common reason a qualified applicant never reaches the list.
A permanent appointment starts with a working test period. You hold the title, you draw the salary, and you can still be released for unsatisfactory performance without the full removal process. Permanent status, and the job protection that comes with it, begins only once that period is completed satisfactorily.
Civil service employers in North Arlington Borough
North Arlington Board of Health serves North Arlington 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 North Arlington Borough government is listed too: North Arlington 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 North Arlington Borough body is listed as well, which puts three separate civil service employers inside one town.
- North Arlington 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: Edgewater Library, Elmwood Park Board of Health, Elmwood Park Borough, Elmwood Park Library, Fair Lawn, Fair Lawn Library, Fairview, Fairview Library. See all 50 in Bergen County.
Common questions about North Arlington Board of Health
Is North Arlington Board of Health a civil service employer?
Yes. North Arlington 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 North Arlington Board of Health cover the rest of North Arlington Borough?
No. North Arlington 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.
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.
Does the Civil Service Commission decide who gets hired?
No. The Commission runs the examination, ranks the candidates and certifies the list. The employer is the appointing authority: it decides whether to fill the position at all and which of the reachable candidates to appoint. That division is why a high score improves your odds without guaranteeing anything.