Commissioner of Parks- Parks and Recreation- (Exempt

residence: residence is a requirement for all positions. In the absence of clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, an applicant shall be deemed a non-resident if he/she cannot show ninety (90) days of continuous and uninterrupted residence in the city of buffalo prior to filing application. this does not apply to anyone applying for the buffalo police entry level examination.

please take notice that the ordinances of the city of buffalo mandate continuous residency in the city during your employment, except for positions specifically exempt under state law.

fee: where indicated, a non-refundable application processing fee must accompany your application via check, cash or money order (if using check for payment, your check must clear to complete processing.)
check with civil service office for fee waiver info.

• supervises care, control, management and maintenance of all public parks, park approaches, and all areas in public streets, public squares, public grounds and public places designated by the mayor as park spaces, and of the use thereof, the planting, caring for and removal of trees in all streets and in all public grounds;
• charged with the care, control, management and maintenance of all public playgrounds, including pocket playgrounds and tot lots, the regulation of the use thereof and the supervision, management and control of all forms of recreation in such playgrounds and in the public parks;
• charged with the care, control, management and maintenance of community houses for instructional, social and recreational purposes;
• grant permits issued in connection with the use of any of the parks, park approaches and playgrounds.

• planning and operations of the department, including streets, forestry and recreation;
• prepares the budget;
• prepares specifications for bidding purposes;
• interviews and assigns new personnel;
• assigns work personally or through subordinates and supervises the administration of routing operations;
• attends meeting of the common council;
• also does related work as required.

• civil engineer who has been engaged in the actual practice of his or her profession for at least five years;
• or at least five years of full-time experience in a supervisory position in public service administration or business administration;
• or an equivalent combination of training, education and experience sufficient to indicate ability to perform the duties of the office.

this position is not eligible for benefits.