public safety dispatcher - Juneau, AK, United States - City of Juneau, AK

City of Juneau, AK Juneau, AK, United States

3 weeks ago

Description

* $10,000 Hiring Bonus for eligible applicants; inquire with hiring manager

Juneau is recruiting for Police & Fire Public Safety Dispatchers

(Remote testing option is available)

We are looking for someone who:

Communicates very well and will provide excellent customer service even in difficult circumstances.
Remains calm in tense or fast-paced situations and emergencies.
Has exceptional attendance, reliability, and dependability.
Has great attention to detail while summarizing and performing data entry.
Has excellent recall with ability to switch from one task to another in rapid succession.
Wants to participate in helping the community from behind the scenes.

WORKING HOURS AND LOCATION

This is a full-time union represented position typically working a combination of 8-hour and 12-hour shifts for 40+ hours per week.

Shifts regularly include work during the evening, overnight, weekends, and holidays. Employees receive extra pay differential when working swing shift (4.5%) and night shift (6.5%). Overtime is paid, and extra leave is granted when working holidays. Work assignments and personal leave are bid and scheduled based on seniority.

The Communications Center is located at the Juneau police station on Alaway Avenue in the Lemon Creek area and has plenty of free, convenient parking available in a secure parking lot.

You will be answering phones, 9-1-1 lines, managing radio channels, providing customer service, solving problems, sharing information with the public, and tracking all of this activity in a computer-aided dispatch system.

Duties quickly fluctuate between performing data entry, talking to callers during their times of need, and making critically important decisions in support of the community, Juneau Police Department, and Capital City Fire/Rescue responders.

Most calls for service involve either police, community service, fire, EMS or CARES responders, with some calls getting all of the above.

It is important to be able to work with considerable independence, use good judgment, and take actions based on policy while taking into account different situations and conditions on the fly.

Tasks are constantly prioritized, re-evaluated, and re-prioritized.

There are times of very heavy workload, and there are also periods of down time when administrative tasks are performed.

THE BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM

Do you enjoy helping people while working in a fast-paced environment where multitasking is essential and attention to detail is critical? Working as a Public Safety Dispatcher for the Juneau Police Department is a personally rewarding and challenging career that has a significant positive impact on the community.

New dispatchers receive about 7 months of on-the-job training to learn call processing, computer systems, and radio procedures.

Dispatchers provide service to the public and to responders over the phone and radio as part of a big team of folks who serve the community.

We work together through good times and during crises, emergencies, and difficult events. Most days are fun and challenging. Some are stressful and emotionally draining.

Between your coworkers' support and the structured training program, you will develop coping skills that will help you be able to bounce from the tough calls.

On any given day, dispatchers may start with a parking complaint, then give someone CPR instructions, help solve an argument between a caller and their partner, conduct research and data entry, provide general information about city services, and sometimes we even help to deliver babies over the phone.

Education:
High school graduation or the equivalent.

Experience:
Two (2) years of experience providing customer service.

Desired Experience:

Six months as a dispatcher or call taker that required simultaneous use of radio or telephone and computer and/or related college hours or successful classroom training in law enforcement, emergency services or fire service dispatching is highly desirable.

Other:
At least 18 years of age at time of appointment.

SPECIAL NOTES:

All applicants are subject to an extensive background investigation to determine suitability for police support work and the maintenance of confidential records.

The background investigation includes a criminal background review, fingerprinting, and investigative interview. All information provided by the applicant will be verified.

Applicants who materially misrepresent any information provided in the employment process will be excluded from consideration or dismissed if already employed.

Appointment to Public Safety Dispatcher positions will be made conditionally pending successful completion of all portions of the background process, psychological evaluation, and pending receipt of verified negative results of pre-employment testing for controlled substances (this includes: new hires, short term temp, long term temp, transfers from another CBJ department, or former JPD employees who have been separated from JPD employment for more than 30 days).

All information provided by the applicant will be verified.

Applicants who materially misrepresent any information provided in the employment process will be excluded from consideration or dismissed if already employed.

APSIN NOTIFICATION:
Please be aware - this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN.

DPS will deny security clearance for any applicant who has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor in this state or another jurisdiction, or who may be a fugitive from justice.

Additionally, security clearance will be withdrawn if DPS discovers that material information was falsified or omitted at the time of the initial application for security clearance.

With written consent (see supplemental document), a criminal history report will be obtained prior to any testing or interviews in order to evaluate a candidate's suitability in obtaining an APSIN clearance.

Physical Requirements:

See well enough to quickly read fine print, charts, graphs, maps, VDTs and to see fine detail with no color deficiencies; hear well enough to understand radio and telephone transmissions through headsets, handsets, and speakers, sometimes with interference, static and background noises, such as with others talking in the room, audible radio noise and telephones ringing; hear others whether or not they are in view; discern various tones, rhythms and series of beeps through a headset and over a speaker; speak in a clear, understandable voice with sufficient volume and tone quality to project effectively over the radio, telephone, and in person; stamina to sit for long periods; use of fingers and hands to write, operate computer keyboards and radio computer equipment.

Department Requirements:

Ability and willingness to work shifts, holidays, weekends, scheduled and emergency overtime, and be available for required on-call duty; attend local and out of area training courses as authorized and required; willingness to wear a uniform and comply with department grooming standards; maintain minimum unscheduled absences and a high rate of attendance; maintain a positive attitude and be flexible to change.

Although marijuana usage is legal in Alaska, such drug use is not federally legal nor is its use allowed per departmental policy.

Furthermore, an applicant with marijuana use within the past one (1) year will be automatically disqualified.

HIRING MANAGER CONTACT INFO
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