Code Compliance Officer

Are you looking for a position with a work/life balance? Do you want to earn four (4) weeks off during your first year of employment? Do you want low and no cost health insurance options? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you need to complete your application now. Work for the city you love!!!

The Neighborhoods Department is actively seeking five (5) Code Compliance Officers.

Did you know as a City of Jacksonville employee, you would also have twelve (12) paid holidays and a personal leave day as well? In addition to health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and flexible spending plans are also available. City of Jacksonville employees are also eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness after ten (10) years of public service and on-time payments.

This is technical work in performing compliance inspections of residential, commercial and real estate properties and issuing reports and warning citations for violations of zoning, building and structure safety codes, which includes inspecting residential, commercial, and derelict properties; condemning properties deemed as unsafe or unfit for human habitation; citing and reporting violations, and; prosecuting cases before the local code enforcement board/Special Magistrate, regarding offenses related to the preceding activities Work requires knowledge of the techniques, methods, and procedures used in building construction and enforcing local property, building and structure safety, and zoning codes which involves the use of specialized skills which is acquired through a combination of training and considerable on the job experience. Contacts with property owners, contractors, and others require skill in understanding and/or influencing people and are important in the inspection of properties, enforcement of applicable codes and promotion of citizen awareness. Also, skills of persuasiveness or assertiveness, as well as a sensitivity to others Points-of-view, are often required to influence behavior, change an opinion, or resolve difficult issues. Work is standardized in that tasks are covered by substantially diversified procedures and specialized standards, and because of changing priorities or differing situations, incumbents have the latitude to consider which of the many procedures or standards should be followed and in what sequence. Work involves differing situations, requiring the use of judgment in search for solutions or new applications within ones known experiences. Work is performed primarily in the interior of and around the exterior of buildings and structures and on properties, where risks and hazards are substantial, but are known, somewhat predictable, and mostly controllable. The physical demands consist mainly of standing, stooping, bending, reaching, climbing, walking at work sites for extended periods of time, and occasionally lifting and moving light objects. Operates motor vehicles.  Operates standard office equipment such as personal computers. Work is performed under limited supervision where the work assignments are subject to established procedures, practices, precedents, methods, techniques and well-defined policies, and the worker plans and organizes the work, determines own priorities, and the work is reviewed, usually after the fact, in terms of quality, volume, timeliness, and adherence to established methods, standards and policies.