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Parking Control Officer
City of Marlborough
POSITION AVAILABLE
PART-TIME PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
AA #08-17
The City of Marlborough currently has one opening for the position of part-time Parking Enforcement Officer.  This position is not to exceed nineteen (19) hours per week.

DEFINITION:  
To enforce appropriate codes, laws and regulations pertaining to on-street and off-street public parking within the City of Marlborough’s downtown area.   Incumbents work alone, patrolling areas of the City to ensure that automobiles are parked in accordance with City and State parking codes.  This person will report directly to the Parking Clerk.  

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:
The following duties are considered essential for this job classification:
Patrol an assigned route; identify vehicles in violation of parking codes; issue legibly handwritten citations, respond to parking complaints and inquiries regarding enforcement and control activities; identify vehicles in violation of preferential parking regulations; provide information to the public regarding location of streets, buildings and points of interest; operate a two-way radio or cell phone and maintain close communications with dispatching personnel; maintain assigned equipment and supplies such as citation books, rain gear, tire-marking chalk and street cones; report traffic accidents, abandoned vehicles and traffic hazards encountered in the course of work; maintain accurate log of daily parking enforcement activity.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Ability to: Learn, understand, interpret and enforce appropriate City and State parking and vehicle codes, laws and regulations; identify and report parking and traffic problems encountered in the course of work; learn the technical aspects of the job; learn traffic safety procedures necessary in parking enforcement and control; establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public and other parking enforcement personnel; maintain routine records and logs; effectively communicate orally using good listening skills; perform assigned duties with significant independence.  

Experience and Education: Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying.~ A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be one year of experience involving public contact and making independent decisions.  A background check and medical exam will be required prior to employment.

Working Conditions: Require significant amounts of walking and climbing stairs.   Incumbents must have the strength, flexibility, and coordination to use a chalk stick to mark parked cars while walking and the manual dexterity to hand print parking citations.   Repetitive hand and arm movement is required to produce citations, place completed citations on the windshields of parked vehicles, mark tires, and direct traffic.   Field work is performed out of doors, in all weather conditions.

Salary:         $10.00 per hour.  No Benefits

To apply, please mail or deliver cover letter and resumes to:
Personnel Department
City of Marlborough
140 Main Street
Marlborough, MA  01752



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