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Closing date: 27/01/2025 11:59 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Location: Civic Centre - 243 Baylis Street, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 - Wiradjuri Country
Department: Environment and Regulatory Services
Employment type: Permanent Full-time
Do you want to be a part of a dedicated and professional team focused on providing our community with effective regulatory services concerning animals, parking, and other varied subjects?
We are seeking an energetic and self-motivated individual for the position of Ranger within the City Compliance & Regulatory Services Division of Wagga Wagga City Council.
The position reports directly to the Regulatory Services Coordinator and is responsible for delivering quality customer service, outstanding animal care and handling, parking monitoring and other enforcement activities to effectively work as part of the Regulatory Services Team.
Participation in an on-call and out-of-hours roster is applicable.
Permanent, full-time position available.
Remuneration package of $2,507.68 gross per fortnight with the opportunity to progress to $3,009.22 gross per fortnight + superannuation.
Access to Council's Flexible Working Arrangements.
Ongoing training and development opportunities.
Generous leave entitlements.
Your new role:
Key aspects and responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
Action customer service requests in accordance with approved service levels.
This includes at all times representing Council in a professional, courteous, and consistent manner.
Assist in Environmental, Regulatory and Companion Animal education.
Undertake inspections and investigations for the detection and prosecution of legislative breaches and hazards including: Regulatory monitoring and enforcement activities for Parking, Street Activities, Dumped Rubbish, Impounding, and Bushfire Hazards and where appropriate issue Penalties or Notices for breaches.
Companion Animal legislative breaches.
Participate in the out-of-hours on-call roster for Stock on Roads and Dangerous Dogs.
Ensure compliance with regulatory responsibilities under various Acts, Regulations, Codes and Standards.
Prepare Statements and other documentation as part of a Brief of Evidence when prosecuting breaches of Parking, Companion Animal, Environmental and Local Government legislation.
Appear in Court as a Prosecution witness as required.
In consultation with your Supervisor/Manager advise and recommend legal action resulting from legislative breaches, prepare evidence and affidavits for legal forums, briefing legal representatives and court appearance.
What you will need to succeed:
The successful candidates will have drive and enthusiasm, highly developed communication and interpersonal skills including solid conflict resolution and high resilience along with qualifications and/or experience that are relevant to this role.
Animal handling experience, or regulatory experience would be an advantage.
In accordance with Work Health and Safety legislation, the successful applicant is required to be vaccinated for Q-Fever and will be asked to provide evidence of this.
What is next?
Applications close Monday 27 th January 2025 at 11.59 pm AEDST with interviews to be held in the week commencing 3rd February 2025.
If you are interested in this role and would like more information, please contact Claire Hynes, Regulatory Services Coordinator on 02 6926 9229 .
As part of the recruitment process, pre-employment checks will be conducted in line with requirements of the position.
All preferred candidates for this position will be asked to consent to a police check.
Please note that people with a criminal record are not discouraged from applying for the position.
Each application will be considered on its merit.
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Working with Wagga Wagga City Council - Why work in Wagga?
Council is an inclusive employer.
We strive to reflect the community in which we work, as a result we welcome and encourage applications from skilled people from all walks of life.
This includes women, men, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with a disability, veterans, sexually and gender diverse people, people with lived experience and people of all ages.
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