Licking County Building Code Enforcement

Hours: Full Time, 7:00AM to 4:00PM Salary: $13.13 per hour

Summary:
Provides customer service and administrative/clerical support for the Building Code Enforcement Department.

Duties:       
• Demonstrates regular and predictable attendance.
• Promotes and maintains positive and effective working relationships and promotes good public relationships as a representative of Licking County Government.
• Greets and screens persons entering Building Code Department; receives and screens incoming departmental phone calls (e.g., responds to routine inquiries, forwards calls to appropriate party, takes messages, etc.); receives, screens and forwards information submitted to department to appropriate individuals.
• Responds to procedural inquiries regarding permitting process, and determines appropriate action; responds to inquiries regarding status of projects.
• Serves as a liaison to other departments regarding building activities.
• Receives, organizes and processes submitted information; enters and tracks approval applications into appropriate databases; forwards information to appropriate parties for action; produces various documents and reports regarding applications and approvals of projects, including activity reports for public and private entities.
• Determines required fees due based on type and scope of project; accepts and processes payments.
• Receives and schedules inspection requests; distributes inspection schedules to appropriate individuals; responds to inquiries regarding status of inspections and inspection results; produces various documents and reports relating to inspections.
• Posts, updates, and balances routine financial information (reconciles financial information) periodically; prepares related financial reports; prepares purchase order and requisitions checks, compares and verifies invoices, statements, packing slips and related information; maintains and updates financial filing system.
• Performs administrative duties, produces a variety of memos, reports and correspondence; takes and maintains meeting minutes; organizes and maintains departmental contracts; sorts, screens and prepares departmental mail.
• Operates compute to produce, maintain, verify, retrieve and print various documents, records and reports (e.g., correspondence, reports, forms, meeting minutes, contracts, etc.); prepares reports and records as requested; prepares, distributes, and files correspondence, forms and documents as requested.
• Meets all job safety requirements and all applicable OSHA safety standards that pertain to the essential functions of the position and all agency safety procedures.
• Remains informed of current developments and procedures pertinent to duties; may be required to attend seminars/training.

Minimum Qualifications:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and one (1) to three (3) years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Qualifications (Agency/Dept. Qualifications): 
Ability to maintain positive working relationships with customers and co-workers; manage multiple tasks at any given time; effective problem solving skills with high attention to details.

Application Procedures: Employees wishing to apply for the posted vacancy shall submit a letter of interest.  A letter of interest shall include a resume and a cover letter indicating qualifications in detail.  All other applicants must submit a completed application, resume and cover letter.  Please submit to the Human Resources Department, 20 South Second Street, 3rd. Floor, Newark, Ohio 43055 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. daily.  Applications can be obtained in person in the Human Resources Department or printed from the website at www.lcounty.com.
Licking County is an Equal Opportunity Employer