Do you enjoy working outdoors and keeping fit? Are you looking for a generous holiday allowance and pension? Access to staff benefits like gym membership, discount on holidays, eating out and access to our assistance programme and much more? If so, the role of a Civil Enforcement Officer could be for you.

Our parking enforcement team aims to provide a high quality of civil enforcement action throughout Central Bedfordshire to aim to ensure the free movement of traffic and rotation of car parking spaces within our Car Parks and on street parking. We endeavour to maximise compliance of our parking restrictions through education and enforcement. By providing local residents, visitors and businesses clear and effective parking solutions we help make sure Central Bedfordshire is a great place to live and work.

The Civil Enforcement Officers are responsible for providing an efficient and effective service of parking enforcement in order to minimise vehicles parking in contravention, through the issue of penalty charge notices. You will provide this service in accordance with the council's objectives and policies. Full training will be given to the successful candidate, this will include on the job training and a level 2 award for parking enforcement officers. You will be required to apply for Standard DBS clearance as part of the Recruitment process. You will need a full clean Driving Licence.

Using your great communication skills, you will be confident in dealing with members of the public, council members and partners while representing the Council in a positive and proactive manner.

Salary: £26,421 - £28,770 per annum pro rata (+ additional weekend enhancement)
Contract: Fixed - Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week (Please note that you'll work a shift pattern of 4 on 4 off, on a rolling 8-week rota, with weekend working (with enhancement) a mixture of early and late shifts between 7am and 9:30pm). - Part time hours also considered. Please state your preferred days / hours as part of your application.
- There are 2 vacancies available for this post
Location: Thorn Turn, Houghton Regis or Sandy Depot, Sandy - please state your preferred location in your application.

Key information:
The role is an active, physical role, being outdoors in all weathers (uniform is provided)
Ability to follow processes
Great interpersonal skills
Staying calm in conflict and being able to deal with this appropriately
Being Resilient and flexible.
It is a DBS role
Being able to drive in preferable but not mandatory