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The Town of Battleford is looking to fill the position of Public Safety Officer, who, under the direction of the CAO, will primarily be responsible to engage with the community to review and update existing bylaws, develop new bylaws as necessary, inform, educate and enforce bylaws as necessary. This position will draft bylaws, legal correspondence and perform general office and clerical duties related to the development and enforcement of bylaws. The Bylaw Officer must possess the following:
degree or diploma in a related field
five years of related experience
certification(s) and/or licence(s) appropriate to industry
The Town of Battleford offers competitive compensation and career advancement opportunities.
Qualified applicants should contact John at: hr@battleford.ca.
This competition closes September 6, 2019.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Health and safety training course
- Driver's licence
- By-law enforcement training courses
Specific Skills
- Advise on laws and regulations
- Serve subpoenas and summonses
- Report contraventions of laws and regulations to appropriate authorities
- Prepare field and statistical reports
- Perform related clerical duties
- Issue warnings, citations and tickets
- Investigate complaints
- Input and retrieve computer data
- Handle specialized equipment related to specific by-laws such as weights and measures and animal control
- Enforce municipal or provincial regulations
- Attend and provide testimony in court
Type Of Work Experience
- Zoning inspector
- Parking control officer
- Noise by-laws enforcement officer
- Humane society inspector
- By-law enforcement officer
- Animal control officer
Work Setting / Industry Experience
- Municipal government
Weight Handling
- Up to 45 kg (100 lbs)