Responsibilities

• Ability to perform liaison functions with all members of the media, preparing news releases and conducting interviews with print and broadcast media.
• Ability to respond to routine media requests for information and coordinate media activities with other units within the department.
• Ability to respond to major events and emergency situations.
• Ability to facilitate training sessions related to department media relations, speak at public engagements and attend public relations activities.
• Ability to prepare written correspondence and disseminate information.
• Ability to plan, direct, monitor and provide management oversight for Water Treatment, Laboratory Services, and Water Resource Services activities.
• Provides management of personnel including hiring, performance evaluations, discipline, rulemaking, safety assurance, and other duties supporting a team environment.
• Ability to plan, direct and monitor preparation and implementation of annual operating budget and capital improvement projects for Water Treatment, Laboratory Services, and Water Resource Services
• Ability to plan and implement actions that ensure meeting all regulatory requirements for water treatment, production, pretreatment, watershed management, and laboratory services.

Requirements

• Knowledge of investigation practices and methods.
• Knowledge of laws relating to search and seizure, arrest, and the rules of evidence. Knowledge of the Open Records Act concerning the release of information
• Knowledge of court decisions concerning admissibility of testimony and confessions. Knowledge of interrogation and interview techniques and methods.
• Knowledge of the principles of crime prevention.
• Knowledge of the proper procedures for the identification and preservation of evidence. Skill in recording and organizing data.
• Skill in identifying and using potential sources of data.
• Skill in interpreting and understanding Criminal and Traffic Laws, Code of Criminal Procedure, City ordinances, City policies and procedures and police department policies and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with other agencies. Media representatives and the public.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and make independent decisions.