Job Description

Salary: $20.00 Hourly

Location : Dearborn 48126, MI

Job Type: Part time

Job Number: 25012

Department: Police

Opening Date: 10/11/2024

Closing Date: 10/22/2024 8:00 AM Eastern

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF WORK

SALARY : Minimum $20.00 per hour
Maximum of 28 hours per week

This is highly responsible shift work, involving the operation of modern communications equipment, including computers, radios and telephones. Employees receive emergency 9-1-1 and non-emergency calls, complaints and inquiries from the public, evaluate and dispatch police, fire and emergency medical services. The work of this division is maintained twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week, including weekends and holidays. Employees are assigned to work day, afternoon and midnight shifts, including frequent weekends and holidays. This is sedentary work.



DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ability to operate two-way radio and multiple line telephone equipment in order to send and receive both emergency and non-emergency communications.
• Ability to discern voice and other auditory signals as necessary in receiving telephone and radio communications.
• Ability to perform functions efficiently and effectively while maintaining an appropriate level of professionalism during stressful, high volume work periods.
• Ability to communicate verbally in English using appropriate grammar and diction; knowledge of Arabic language helpful.
• Ability to deal with multiple demands simultaneously, to prioritize and adjust priorities as needed.
• Ability to operate a microcomputer or terminal keyboard.
• Ability to discern a range of colors on a color computer monitor.
• Ability to operate Tele TYpewriter (TTY) and other equipment as appropriate.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING REQUIRED:
Graduation from an accredited high school or GED equivalent. Candidates MUST have a minimum of one-year of experience dispatching in a municipal, county, or state operated 911 dispatch center. Emergency Medical Dispatcher certified through the International Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch (IAED) is preferred.

Part Time employees are not eligible for City provided health and welfare benefits. City of Dearborn, MI

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Part time, Shift work, Night shift, Afternoon shift,

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