Parking Enforcement Officer

Parking Enforcement Officer

The Parking Enforcement Officer is responsible for ensuring compliance with local parking regulations and ordinances within the municipality. This role supports public safety, traffic flow, and community standards by monitoring parking areas, issuing citations, and educating the public on parking rules.

Examples Of Duties

• Monitors and identifies parking violations, including overtime parking, restricted or improper parking, invalid or expired license plates, permits, and lot authorizations, and issues citations accordingly.
• Ability to direct traffic.
• Assists the general public by giving directions and answering questions based on knowledge of the Town and surrounding areas.
• Responds to parking complaint calls from the Police Departments and the general public.
• Directs traffic during emergencies and special events.
• Report broken meters, missing signage, and any situations which may be dangerous for follow-up by the appropriate Town department.
• Assists Fire Department and Police Department as needed at accident scenes.
• Seeks out, cites, and orders fir town court ordered scofflaw, abandoned vehicles, eyesore vehicles.
• Testifies in court when necessary and prepares documentation for Court.
• Completes paperwork and prepares clerical reports as required, and performs related work as required.
• Detect parking meter malfunctions and failures; and resolves problems.
• Physical capability *Must be able to lift more than 50lbs if necessary*

Minimum Qualifications

• Certification as a Parking Enforcement Specialist in the State of Florida. or the ability to obtain within a specified time frame (e.g., 612 months)
• High School Diploma
• Bilingual (English and Spanish is preferred)

Supplemental Information

• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Ability to dispatch appropriate personnel and equipment using a handheld Police aided or other means controls the distribution of airtime relays and responds to requests and information from field personnel and transmits to proper officers.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to use a vehicle.
• Ability to walk an enforcement route, and/or volunteer for bicycle enforcement routes.
• Willingness to do routine work.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Ability to remember detailed routes and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with elected officials, coworkers, the press, the general public, and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds regardless of race, religion, age, sex, disability, political affiliation, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
• Ability to serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of all Town ethics and conflicts of interest policies.
• Ability to maintain regular and punctual attendance.
• Ability to report to work as directed during an emergency as an essential employee of the Town of Bay Harbor Islands.
• Ability to work flexible hours/days, weekends, and holidays.