Community Services Officer - Training Opportunity

at  City of Kamloops

POSITION OVERVIEW

Looking for an exciting opportunity to gain experience and make a positive impact on your community? The City of Kamloops is seeking permanent, full-time Community Services Officers to join our team.
As a Community Services Officer, you’ll play a vital role educating the public, ensuring that municipal bylaws are followed, providing enforcement and security, and addressing complaints.
With a 4 on/4 off rotation, this is an ideal opportunity to maintain work-life balance while building a career in law enforcement or with the City. Our thorough training program will prepare you for the demands of the role, equipping you with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed. And with opportunities for ongoing training and career advancement, you’ll have the chance to take your skills to the next level while making a direct impact on the lives of our community members.

COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER

The Community Services Officer is a dynamic and challenging role that is crucial to ensuring our community is safe and livable. The work involves ongoing communication with the public to provide education, engage in inspections, investigate complaints and maintain and prepare files for court action. Community Services Officers are also responsible for custodial guard room duties at the RCMP detachment such as data entry, booking prisoners, maintaining logs and records, ensuring the care and control of prisoners, providing meals and obtaining fingerprints and taking photographs.
This of course requires you to have the skills, knowledge and experience that allows you to perform these duties in a safe, confidential, professional and empathetic manner. Interested candidates are encouraged to view a complete job description and list of requirements before applying at the link below.
If you’re a dedicated, responsible individual who’s passionate about making a positive impact, we want to hear from you. Apply now and join our team of Community Services Officers at the City of Kamloops.
Watch this video to learn more about the department! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83D9hWVfNDw

The successful candidate must have the following qualifications:

• Completion of senior secondary school or its equivalent.
• Completion of two years post-secondary education in one of the following (or a combination of the following):
• Police and Justice
• Criminology
• Law Enforcement Studies
• Corrections & Youth Justice
• Human Service Worker StudiesORCompletion of British Columbia Auxiliary Constable Training Program or Police Officer Training.ORMinimum of one-year previous experience in the enforcement of municipal bylaws and regulations or as a Custodial Guard, in Corrections, or as a Sheriff.ORCompletion of Justice Institute Level I and II Enforcement Certificates or equivalent with six (6) months of experience in a customer relations/service position.
• Ability to obtain the Justice Institute Level I and II Enforcement Certificates or equivalent (if not already held).
• Valid Occupational Level 1 First Aid Certificate.
• Valid BC Driver’s Licence Class 5.
• Ability to obtain WHMIS Certification.
• Proficient in basic Word and basic Excel, as demonstrated through testing. A 70% pass rate is required.
• Ability to obtain and maintain RCMP Reliability Security Clearance. Please note, if you are unable to obtain or maintain an RCMP Reliability Security Clearance, your employment with the City will be terminated (To be considered for an RCMP Reliability Security Clearance., applicants must be a Canadian citizen or have Permanent Resident status in Canada.Note individuals with Permanent Resident status must have resided (physically present) in Canada for three (3) out of the last five (5) years as a permanent resident).
• Physical abilities requirement, as demonstrated through testing.

For new hires, and for those working in designated positions of trust, including those working directly with vulnerable persons, no formal offer of employment will be made until an applicant completes a police information check. A comprehensive benefits package is included with this position. This is a CUPE local 900 position. More than one may be hired.
Please see the attached job description for a fully qualified Community Services Officer for more details and review the attached Training Opportunity Terms and Conditions.

ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

The successful candidates for this opportunity will be gaining experience and education towards becoming a fully qualified Community Services Officer. The exact length of the training opportunity may vary based on the previous experience of the successful candidates but will be a maximum of two years.

Please refer the Job description for details