Dispatcher (Public Safety)
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Dispatcher (Public Safety)
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of the Interior
GS-4 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $30,286 - $39,372
Typical requirements: 1 year general experience. 2 years college or associate degree.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves working as a dispatcher in a public safety setting, handling radio communications, coordinating responses to emergencies, and keeping records of calls for law enforcement in a Native American community in North Dakota.
You'll operate equipment to connect agencies and decide how quickly to send help based on the situation.
It's a good fit for someone organized and calm under pressure who enjoys office work with a focus on helping keep people safe.
Key Requirements
- One year of general clerical or office experience demonstrating ability to learn job skills, or equivalent education (2 years of college), or a combination
- Ability to operate multi-frequency radio consoles, paging systems, and phone patching
- Skills in transmitting and receiving law enforcement communications and acting as a radio net controller
- Experience coordinating and monitoring operations between multiple agencies via telephone and radio
- Proficiency in recording radio transmissions, telephone situations, and performing general clerical duties like filing and typing
- Knowledge of public safety computer networks and determining response priorities for vehicles, vessels, or aircraft
- Meet time-in-grade requirements if applying under merit promotion
Full Job Description
This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 1-Turtle Mountain Agency in Belcourt, North Dakota.
This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see USA Jobs What are bargaining units? EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards ).
Minimum Qualification for GS-4 Dispatcher: To qualify at the GS-04 grade level you must meet ONE of the following criteria: A.
General Work Experience: One year of general work experience that is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that demonstrates or reflects the ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position.
OR, B. Education: 2 full academic years (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours) of education beyond the high school level at an accredited college or university. OR, C.
A combination of experience and education that totals 100% of the requirement. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.
Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date. Major Duties:
As Dispatcher (Public Safety), GS-2151, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Incumbent will perform as a radio net controller and transmit and receive law enforcement communications traffic.
Operate a multi-frequency and multi-agency radio console with several paging systems, cross-frequency patching, and phone patching.
Coordinate, monitor, and assist with operations via telephone and radio between a variety of agencies and personnel. Record and maintain all radio transmissions and significant telephone situations.
Determine priority of response and initiate appropriate response of law enforcement. Responsible for operating within a number of public safety computer networks.
Gather all pertinent information for the call to determine whether it requires dispatching a vehicle, vessel or aircraft. Perform general clerical duties such as filing, typing, copying, etc.
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