This is a provisional appointment. Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job): Under general direction, performs preliminary review and assists in the review of building applications to ensure compliance with Mass. building code, Boston zoning ordinance, and other laws, regulations and ordinances.

  This is a provisional appointment.   Brief job description (essential functions of the job):   Under direction, the Utility Inspector is responsible for ensuring compliance of city rules and regulations and inspecting job sites for general safety in the work zone.  

  This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Under general supervision, the Assistant Principal Accountant is assigned to Boston Fire Department’s Payroll office and reports to the Director of Payroll or delegate. The Asst. Principal Accountant is responsible for the payroll of approximately 320 employees on a weekly basis and covers additional employees as required.   The BFD is in the process of implementing a new integrated Tour Reporting scheduling system (Kronos/TeleStaff) for approximately 1,500 Firefighters. This scheduling system will act as an interface to the current payroll system (PeopleSoft). This job description covers current responsibilities as well as the transition responsibilities for Kronos/TeleStaff.

    This is a provisional appointment.   BRIEF JOB DESCRIPTION (essential functions of the job): Under the direct supervision of the Chief Engineer of the Highway Division, responsible for ensuring compliance of PWD Rules and Specifications for utility excavation work throughout the City of Boston right of ways.  

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   The athletic assistant shall assist in the development/implementation and supervision of recreation programs, sports leagues, special programs/projects and other activities for all patrons. 

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Under the general direction of the Supervisor of Utility Compliance and Coordination, the Chief Highway Construction Inspector field supervises the Public Works Department Construction Inspection Unit (CIU).   

This is a Labor Service position.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Under general supervision, operates and has responsibility for one of a wide variety of special heavy motor equipment requiring a Commercial Driver's License & a Hoisting License and/or requiring unusual skill.  

Brief Job Description:   The Director is responsible for leading the newly independent Office of Historic Preservation. The Director is charged with building upon the work of the Preservation Team to execute a vision of historic preservation in the City of Boston that encapsulates all of Boston’s history in an equitable and inclusive manner.    The Director will lead the Office in setting and executing a vision and strategy that ensures that inclusive and honest historical memory is a crucial public good worthy of attention and resources; that our diverse and intertwined community histories are elevated within the City of Boston and within every neighborhoods of Boston; that communities all over the City have the tools and resources to research, preserve, acknowledge, and celebrate their history; and that historical tourism is a driver of true shared prosperity.   The Director will have oversight of the Boston Landmarks Commission, the City’s ten District Commissions, the Archaeology Program, and the Commemoration Commission. As such, this position will direct historic preservation activities on behalf of the City to promote rehabilitation, adaptive use and restoration of historic resources through identification, evaluation and documentation of the City's historic, architectural, and archaeological heritage. The Director will report to the Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space.

The City of Boston, Parks and Recreation Department (BPRD) supports the well-being of City residents by ensuring access to a variety of quality recreation, park, and programming experiences. There are over 2,300 acres of publicly accessible open space and over 35,000 street trees.   Brief Job Description: Reporting to the Commissioner, the Director of Urban Forestry plays a lead role in all initiatives related to the care, protection and promotion of the urban forest throughout the community, including the City-owned trees, as well as other trees to the extent provided for by law and/or regulation. He/she provides professional direction in administration of coordinated programs for City-wide conservation and protection of arboreal resources, tree inventories, regulation of owner/developer actions on trees covered by the City Code, and the maintenance, removal, and planting of trees.

This is a Labor Service position.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Under general supervision, operates and has responsibility for one of a wide variety of heavy motor equipment not requiring a special license (other than a Commercial Driver's License) or unusual skill, such as dump trucks, street sweepers, snow plows, sanders, etc.

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief job description (essential functions of the position):   Under direction, the Senior Civil Engineer is responsible for professional civil engineering work of substantial difficulty and responsibility. 

This is a Labor Service position.  Brief Job Description (essential functions of the position): Under general supervision, performs low skilled mechanical work in the repair and maintenance of all assigned motor vehicles and/or equipment.

The mission of the Mayor's Office of Housing (MOH) is to make Boston a more equitable and inclusive city where all residents can thrive. MOH oversees programs that create and preserve affordable housing, support homeowners and renters, provide housing and services to homeless individuals and families, and develop city-owned property. The MOH seeks to carry out its mission through a lens of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion and addressing the effects of systemic racism in our city.   Brief Job Description:   The Supportive Housing Division at the Mayor's Office of Housing is responsible for leading the collaborative effort to end homelessness in Boston. Under the direct supervision of the Senior Housing Development Officer, the Housing Development Officer is responsible for managing a variety of supportive housing and homeless programs. This role will manage a variety of programs including providing administrative and programmatic oversight of assigned contracts and using data to achieve performance metrics. The incumbent is responsible to assist with the coordination of internal and external programs, funding and stakeholders to ensure appropriate and efficient allocation of resources and to assist with achievement of Divisional and City strategic goals.

Position Overview Under direction of the Career Counselor or delegate, responsible for carrying out the Library’s programs of service to the public with emphasis on advanced and specialized reference work, and to perform professional work requiring substantial application of professional knowledge and experience in the area of career and workforce development.   Reports to Career Counselor (P3) or other ranking staff member.   Supervises As assigned, professional and support staff

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Investigates complaints of Code Violations, educates the public on proper storage of trash by distributing brochures and answering inquiries.  

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Under general supervision, supervises the collection and removal of household refuse and recyclables being done under contract in an assigned district within the city of Boston.

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) is seeking a highly motivated Vision Zero Planner to work on projects that will realize the City’s vision to create streets and public spaces that are vibrant, multi-modal, resilient, and safe.   Reporting to the Commissioner or designee, the planner’s particular focus will be on rapid, quick build interventions to lower the number of fatal and serious crashes on Boston’s roadways and increase the number of people bicycling and walking in the City.  

Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   Mayor Wu's administration is committed to a Green New Deal for Boston by reducing planet-warming pollution while creating economic opportunities for everyone, especially those from marginalized communities who often suffer the worst impacts of climate change. In October 2021, the City passed the Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO 2.0), which set carbon targets for medium- and large-sized buildings to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and created a new Review Board to provide oversight and ensure that BERDO 2.0 is implemented equitably. The Review Board will review and approve portfolio compliance, individual compliance plans, and hardship compliance plans; make recommendations for regulation updates; impose penalties; make recommendations for expenditures from the Equitable Emissions Investment Fund, and conduct other oversight needs of BERDO 2.0. Community-based organizations will nominate two-thirds of the members of the Review Board, and its members will represent a broad range of expertise.   The BERDO Review Board Manager will staff the newly established Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance (BERDO) Review Board, provide administrative and technical supervision to the Board, develop regulations and policies with the Review Board, and manage disbursement of funds from the Equitable Emissions Investment Fund. The Review Board Manager’s role will be to actively support the Review Board in successfully fulfilling its mission of ensuring equitable implementation and community oversight of BERDO. Prior to the seating of the Review Board, the BERDO Review Board Manager will draft and revise regulations and lead aspects of the rulemaking process, including stakeholder engagement. The BERDO Review Board Manager will report to the Carbon Neutrality Program Manager in the Environment Department.

This is a provisional appointment.   Brief Job Description (essential functions of the job):   The Engineering Division is responsible for the attainment of a State of Good Repair (SOGR) and multi-modal functionality of an asset portfolio in excess of $6.2 Billion, including forty (40) bridges and eight hundred (800) miles of roadway.     Under the general direction of the City Engineer, the Bridge Construction Engineer will assist in the supervision and direction of design engineering work required for or related to the preparation and completion of preliminary and final engineering layouts, plans, detail designs and calculations for the construction, alteration, or reconstruction of bridges, stairs, footpaths and related structures, including streets and sidewalks, street lighting, and related installation in the City of Boston (a) to be constructed under the direct jurisdiction of the Public Works Department, or (b) as required to fulfill the Department's responsibilities for design engineering  services in matters of concern to the City of Boston, in the design and layout of similar construction programs and other activities under jurisdiction of other municipal, State, or Federal agencies or authorities, including services to consultants or contractors engaged by the agencies or authorities.    

This is a provisional appointment. Brief Job Description (essential duties of the job): The Boston Transportation Department (BTD) is seeking a highly motivated Transporation Program Planner III to work on projects that will realize the City's vision to create streets and public spaces that are vibrant, multi-modal, resilient and technologically advanced. The selected candidate will be committed to public service and improving the quality of life of Boston's residents; concern for transportation's interface with urban design and the public realm; and envisioning cutting-edge initiatives.