All applications must be submitted through our online application system, paper applications will not be accepted.  Please apply online by clicking on the job title you are interested in and clicking on the "Apply" link. If this is the first time you are applying using our online job application, you will need to create an account and select a Username and Password. After your account has been established, you can build an application by clicking on the "Build Job Application" link. This application can be saved and used to apply for more than one job opening.

If you experience any technical issues with submitting an application, please contact NEOGOV's Applicant Support Team at 855-524-5627.

It is important that your application show all the relevant education and experience you possess. Do not type "see resume" in these fields. Applications may not be considered if incomplete.

All applications must be submitted by the closing date listed on the job posting.  Applications are first reviewed by the Talent Coordinator, in Human Resources.  Our goal is to hire the best talent into the city, so we identify the best-qualified candidates within the applicant pool that fit our ideal candidate profile. Those candidates are sent to the hiring manager for review. The hiring manager makes selections for interviews.  Please allow anywhere from 1-2 weeks after a job posting closes, before you are notified if you are moving forward in the process or not.  Once selections have been made the hiring manager will reach out to the selected candidates to setup an interview.  If you are not selected to move forward, you will receive an email notification.  Applicants may apply to another job if denied employment initially. Be sure your resume is updated and attached to all applications for review!

We conduct interviews by phone, video conference and in person to accommodate candidates. Our interviews are typically a panel style with multiple individuals. You should expect more than one round of interviews.  Where you will speak with the hiring manager, talent coordinator, and the department director. 

Once a selection has been made, the hiring manager or talent coordinator, will reach out directly with a verbal offer. This is a great opportunity for you to ask any additional questions you may have before accepting the offer. After you accept the verbal offer, we prepare and send an offer letter.  You will need to sign in to your GovernmentJobs account (the same hiring system you used to apply to the position) to review the offer letter and officially electronically sign. Once you accept the written offer, the city will begin pre-employment screening.

An offer of employment is contingent on the verification of credentials and other information required by the City of Broken Arrow policies, including the successful completion of a background check and drug/physical screening.

All municipal employees are required to sign an Oath of Office, this Oath must be notarized and then filed in the City Clerk's office.   This is part of the pre-employment process that must be completed.  A copy of the Oath and instructions on signing will be sent to your email.   

Once all results and tasks have been completed successfully, the Talent Coordinator will notify you by email.  Your hiring manager will reach out to you about a potential start date.  

Any person shall be considered for employment with the City of Broken Arrow in accordance with the following:

(1) The person meets or exceeds the established job qualifications established for the position.

(2) The person has successfully completed all medical, psychological, written and physical agility tests that may be required to perform the duties of the position. A successful candidate for employment shall submit to appropriate screening and evaluation, whether oral or written, as required for the position.

(3) The person has not pled guilty to, or been convicted of any felony, or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or which otherwise indicates unfitness for city employment.

(4) The person does not have a record of previous unsatisfactory service in city employment or elsewhere of such a nature to demonstrate unsuitability for employment in the position for which applied.

(5) If the candidate is a member of the immediate family by blood or marriage of any employee, special restrictions shall apply. As used herein, "immediate family" shall be defined to mean an employee's parent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents of the employee or spouse, son, daughter, and grandchildren, or "foster" or "step" situations within these relationships.

(6) All candidates for employment are exempt from the nepotism prohibition unless they are an immediate family member of the city manager, of an elected official of the city or of a supervisor within the department of finance. If and only if an employee is at a higher grade of employment than a relative of another employee, then the employee at a higher grade shall not be in direct supervision of their relative except in emergency situations. There shall be a distinct separation of duties of each related employee. The higher-grade employee shall not participate in any way in the relative's evaluation, nor shall the higher-grade employee be involved in any aspect of the relative's promotional or disciplinary process and shall not handle confidential material that could create improper or inappropriate access to confidential material by the relative.

(7) Family members of the city council and/or the city manager, or a supervisor within the department of finance are ineligible for employment.

• Must be between the ages of 21 and 45 years of age, unless the individual is already a member of the Oklahoma Police Pension.
• Must have at least 64 hours of college credit from an accredited college or university or an Associate Degree. Colleges or Universities must be accredited through an accreditation agency approved by the US Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/accreditation

A. Military exception:  Must have at least 32 hours of college credit from an accredited college or university AND at least 3 years of full-time active-duty service years with any branch of the US Military with an honorable discharge.

• Must not have been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.
• Must have no more than three (3) moving traffic violations in the past five (5) years or have in excess of one at-fault accident and two moving traffic violations in the past (5) years. 
• Must have no convictions of operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence or impaired by alcohol or drugs, or convictions of careless or reckless driving in the past seven (7) years.
• No convictions of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence."
• Must undergo evaluation similar to the Minnesota Multi-Phasic Personality Inventory or its equivalent.
• Must undergo and pass an extensive background investigation.
• Subsequent to a tentative job offer, must submit to and satisfactorily pass a medical examination as allowed and or required by Federal and State Statutes, including a pre-employment drug screen.
• Must pass a polygraph 
• Physical Requirements:
  • Far Visual Acuity of at least 20/30 in each eye with or without corrective lenses
  • Peripheral Vision without correction of 140 degrees in the horizontal median in each eye.
  • Ability to distinguish red and green on a standard Ishihara test for color blindness.
  • On average, hearing loss unaided in the better ear not greater than 40db at 500 Hz, 1000Hz and 2000 Hz.
  • An applicant's medical history and Pension Physical results will be thoroughly reviewed by a physician of the City's choice, and a determination will be made whether and medical issue or condition exists that could potentially affect the applicant's ability to perform the basic functions of a police officer. 

• Written Examination – All qualified candidates will be notified of the time for the written examination.  A minimum passing score of 70% is required to move to the next step in the process.
• CPAT (Candidate Physical Ability Test) – Directly following a successful written examination, candidates will be given a CPAT orientation and an overview of the 8-week CPAT testing process.  Candidates must complete the CPAT in 10 minutes and 20 seconds or less for a passing score.
• Panel Interview – A diverse group from within the ranks of the Fire Department comprise the panel.
• Fire Chief Interview – Reserved for those who achieve a qualifying panel interview score and pass a background investigation