Career/job opportunities

Groundsperson II – 2 Full-time/Permanent Positions
Parks Services Department
Come grow with us!

The City of Kelowna, situated in the heart of the beautiful Okanagan valley, boasts a stunning setting and year-round recreational pursuits. Kelowna has over 200 city parks, all of which showcase why our city has won multiple “Community in Bloom” awards.

Our Parks team maintains Kelowna’s City Parks, gardens, sports fields, nursery facilities and a range of natural green spaces. Bring your creativity and innovation to a diverse team and help enhance Kelowna’s landscape by using your related experience in a variety of disciplines, which includes turfgrass management, irrigation systems, horticultural propagation, pest management and arboriculture.

Qualifications:
• Horticultural Diploma and related experience
• People Management, Creativity, Flexibility and Service Excellence
• BC Driver’s Licence Class 5 and ability to pass and maintain a Criminal Record Check

This is a CUPE bargaining unit position and offers an hourly rate of $29.06 per hour, along with a highly-competitive benefits, pension, and vacation package.
Please note, we are also interested in candidates that are not fully qualified but are interested in completing a training opportunity and taking sponsored on-line courses to achieve their Horticulture Diploma within 24 months; those successful in achieving a training opportunity will receive training rates from $27.88 to $28.78 per hour depending on the length of plan.

We’re on the hunt for passionate, energetic, and versatile Civil Engineering student to join our Transportation team for a 4 month Co-op and Career Path term. This position performs traffic counts, collects other data and field measurements for traffic engineering and transportation planning studies.

Co-op and Career Path term dates are April 27 – August 28.

Join our Parking Services team this summer! This position performs collection and analysis of parking data including occupancy, turnover, inventory and related information to evaluate the effectiveness of existing parking programs and to assist with parking studies and planning.

Join the City’s Purchasing team and provide leadership and direction in the acquiring of over $100 million in goods, services, and construction annually. Use your skills to provide superior customer service, effective negotiations, and outstanding technical knowledge. Your duties will include review detailed purchase requisitions, prepare and issue complex tenders and RFP’s, market research, apply analysis and critical thinking as it pertains to procurement and the best outcomes for the City. You will determine and lead procurement strategy, facilitate evaluations, recommend contract awards and resolve post-award contract issues.

A Senior Buyer conducts the efficient and cost-effective procurement of goods, services, and construction as required by the City along with the disposal of obsolete or surplus assets. The Senior Buyer classification is distinguished from the Buyer classification by the greater complexity, value and risk of the procurement assignments, requiring a greater level of knowledge, expertise and experience necessary to complete complicated, major and uncommon procurements.

We are seeking an experienced public purchasing professional with a Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) or equivalent designation and a Business-related Diploma. Those without their designation _may_ be considered and compensated at a lower rate of pay.

It all adds up! The City of Kelowna has an opportunity for you! Join our Financial Services team and make a difference. An Accounting Assistant can cover many different areas: accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue transactions (including property tax, utilities, parking, transit, etc.), journal entries, reconciliations, analysis, payroll, internal and external customer service (in-person, phone, email), project support and various other duties in Financial Services. The successful applicant will be flexible to handle a range of accounting activities and provide excellent customer service. We currently have openings starting in Revenue Services or Accounts Receivable.

The City of Kelowna is a dynamic team of employees working together to make Kelowna the best mid-sized city in North America. We offer career/professional development, progressive employment practices and a great work environment.

The Crime Review Officer position provides a quality assurance audit of all police investigational files, along with identifying the accurate and detailed classification of file scoring as required by Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS). The authority, mandated by the Officer in Charge of Kelowna Regional Detachment, is to provide guidance, feedback and corrective direction as required ensuring the file integrity of police investigations.

We are seeking Labourers for temporary full-time seasonal positions in our various departments in Civic Operations.

Our Labourers perform general duties such as: assisting City crews, clean up and maintenance, and physical work.

This position will assist Water Quality Lab Technicians in the sampling and analysis of potable water, creek, beach and storm water, and other related duties.

The Kelowna Community Theatre is owned, operated and managed by the City of Kelowna with a mandate to enrich the artistic and cultural life of the community. The Theatre Manager is responsible for all aspects of facility operations. In order to fulfill the Theatre mandate, the Theatre Manager must create and maintain good relationships with the local and touring arts communities and position the Kelowna Community Theatre as a professional venue which provides a high standard of service and is financially viable in a competitive environment.

Assist in daily activities in the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Provide assistance to lab, operation and maintenance staff.