Safety Specialist

Date Opened: Thursday July:00 AM

Close Date: Sunday July:00 AM

Department: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Salary: $25.67 - $36.88 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is Americas Queen City opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety health and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork openness accountability productivity and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous responsive accessible and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify analyze and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

The Passenger Vehicles for Hire Safety Specialist is responsible for enforcement of section 22 of the Charlotte City ordinance. The Charlotte city ordinance applies to over 95 companies 1800 drivers and vehicle owners that operate taxicabs limousines paratransit shuttle and contract vehicles. This position is responsible for processing applications and conducting enforcement of all company driver and vehicle permits throughout the Charlotte city limits. This position is responsible for processing applications and conducting enforcement of all company driver and vehicle permits throughout the Charlotte city limits.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Schedule appointments for application submission and assist with processing.
• Interview applicants and process companies driver and vehicle applications.
• Conduct criminal background checks and investigate validity of applications to determine eligibility for approval or denial of requests based on all documentation.
• Collects analyzes and reports statistical data regarding operations of the department and makes planning recommendations based upon statistical reporting.
• Collaborates with the public internal CMPD divisions and City departments to interrupt information utilizing established guidelines concerning the PVH unit and Charlotte City Ordinance.
• Must have the ability to resolve problems relating to results of criminal background records.
• Conducts required daily enforcement and if needed issue citations to PVH drivers and vehicles owners.
• Maintains current knowledge and confidential records for federal state and local laws departmental/divisional policies and procedures.
• Monitors and maintain supplies and materials for assigned area; obtains vendor quotes and performs order tracking.
• Must be diligent and attentive to details while processing criminal backgrounds reading and writing.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or equivalent with at least three (3) years of related experience OR associates degree with one (1) year of related experience.
• Must be able to obtain & maintain a City of Charlotte driving permit.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in business management or related course work

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Strong organizational skills
• Supervisory principles practices techniques and evaluating staff performance
• Ability to work independently and handle dynamic timelines
• Ability to come up with proactive solutions and critical thinking
• Ability to plan direct and work as a team with colleagues as well asestablish effective working relationships with other employees staff and the public
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills interpersonal and customer service skills and maintaining a professional attitude/disposition
• Ability to ride in taxicabs to verify taximeter accuracy

ADA and Other Requirements:

Positions in this class typically require grasping talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions.

Physical Requirements:

• Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting standing climbing or walking for extended periods of time
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying; some crouching stooping squatting crawling reaching pushing and pulling when performing tasks
• Ability to see hear and communicate information effectively
• Ability to operate a CMPD assigned vehicle.

Sensory Requirements:

• Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual audio and other sensory modalities) for proofreading data entry tabulating data.
• Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises which in return could result in some level of stress fatigue or strain.
• Comprehend written information in work-related documents.
• Ability to hear understand and distinguish speech.

Working Conditions:

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

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You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process please email

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request auxiliary aids written materials in alternate formats language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.