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Ranger – Animal Management Officer
- 1x Permanent Full-time 76 hours per fortnight (Monday – Friday)
- 1x Temporary Full-time 76 hours per fortnight (Monday – Friday) (Up to 12 months)
Salary Range: $50,373.37 - $69,836.43 pa + super (subject to skills and experience)
About us
Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 266,000.
Living on the Northern Beaches means checking surf conditions from the office and taking your children to the beach after school. It’s about busy sportsfields, bush walking and bike trails on the weekend. It’s an active lifestyle with clean waterways, beautiful wildlife and vibrant events backed by great services and infrastructure.
Northern Beaches Council is committed to delivering the highest quality service, valued and trusted by our community.
There aren’t many employers who offer career and lifestyle in a single package, but Northern Beaches Council does. We offer job opportunities in a range of fields, with a range of lifestyle benefits and a values driven culture. Develop your career with people passionate about making a difference in our community.
The Business Unit
The Environmental Compliance Business Unit delivers regulation, enforcement, and education services that protect the public, the environment and groups such as residents, tenants, workers and businesses.
The Role and Responsibilities
To enforce council’s legislative and policy responsibilities, particularly in relation to companion animals, to ensure council provides best practice compliance services that protect and enhance the environment and the safety of the community. To promote and encourage responsible pet ownership through education, animal management programs and events, and proactive and reactive patrols. To maintain accurate records and prepare reports in relation to companion animals.
Selection Criteria
- A Certificate IV in Local Government (Regulatory Services) or equivalent
- Knowledge and understanding of the Companion Animals Act 1998 and other legislation relevant to the position
- An ability to prepare and conduct community education programs and to engage with the community
- Experience with handling dogs and animal management
- Experience working as a Ranger, in an enforcement role or an animal management role
- A self-starter with high levels of initiative and sound judgment
- High level communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with people at all levels
- Good public presentation skills
- Well-developed conflict resolution, negotiation and problem solving skills, the ability to consider alternative points of view, identify and analyse options, make decisions and implement solutions
- Demonstrated ability to act independently and as part of a team
- Sound computer skills and the ability to use and maintain databases and registers
- Demonstrated ability to act with integrity at all times
- Demonstrated experience in following strict procedures in complex investigations, interviewing witnesses and offenders, collecting evidence, issuing notices, orders and penalty notices and being a witness in court
- Demonstrated ability to initiate and respond effectively to change
- Current Class C (minimum) Driver’s Licence.
Please refer to the Position Description for further information.
How to apply
- Apply online and upload the following information
- a current Resume
- a covering letter (maximum 2 page) outlining how your skills and experience meets the requirements of the role
- For further information please contact Chris Mathieson on 9970 1661 during business hours
Applications close Sunday 25 February 2018
Position Description: Click here for the PD
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