Emergency Communications Specialist - Dispatch (Police)

Emergency Communications Specialist - Dispatch (Police) Responsible for operating central base radio equipment to provide timely and accurate transmittal of information and messages regarding City operations. Responsibilities do not extend beyond providing employees with the information needed to provide services. Employees in this class report to a Communications Supervisor. Dispatchers may supervise other dispatchers with lesser skills. The work involves extensive contact with personnel providing municipal services.
MUST BE ABLE TO WORK ANY SHIFT INCLUDING HOLIDAYS, WEEKENDS, AND EVENINGS.
If you have applied in the past, you will have to wait one year from the previous application date to reapply.
Starting Salary: $56,209.00 - $66,907.00
High School Education or GED. Technical school or on-the-job training in operating public service radios. Previous experience in emergency service dispatching, typing, and computer experience preferred.
The physical activity of this position includes walking, fingering, talking, hearing, and repetitive motion. The physical requirements of this position are sedentary work. The visual acuity requirements include close visual acuity for activities such as preparing and analyzing data, transcribing, viewing a computer terminal, extensive reading, visual inspection, using measurement devices, and assembly or fabrication parts.
The City of Mansfield complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and it is our policy to ensure that no person is discriminated against based on their disability. The City of Mansfield offers equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals and strictly prohibits the discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability. The City of Mansfield shall provide reasonable accommodates to applicants and employees who are otherwise qualified to perform the essential job duties when doing so does not create an undue hardship for the city.
The City of Mansfield provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. The City of Mansfield is mandated by federal law to provide a drug-free working environment for the safety of its employees and the public. All employment is contingent upon passing a post-offer employment drug test and/or physical.