What are the responsibilities and job description for the Safety dispatcher position at The College of Wooster?
Qualifications : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.
Education and / or Experience :
High school diploma with some college campus experience; and two years related office experience and / or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities :
Skills :
- Proficient in reading and interpreting documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Capable of drafting reports and correspondence effectively.
- Skilled in verbal and interpersonal communication with students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
- Demonstrates sensitivity, courtesy, and understanding in interactions within a diverse academic community.
- Able to solve practical problems and handle diverse situations with limited standardization.
- Proficient in interpreting instructions provided in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form.
- Maintains composure to receive and process accurate information effectively.
Knowledge :
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent.
- Strong typing skills for maintaining neat and accurate radio / telephone logs.
- Demonstrates sound judgement and self-control.
- Ability to work effectively in a high stress environment.
Abilities :
- Must be able to keep information confidential.
- Acknowledges and complies with all departmental SOP, safety, and college requirements.
- Strong professional ethics and discretion with an attitude of respect for all employed at CoW.
- Commitment to CoW's mission, vision and values and demonstrated ability to create and sustain an organizational climate based on inclusion, social justice, and equity.
Work Environment :
- This role is in an office environment.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- Must be able and willing to work various shifts during a twenty-four-hour period.
Physical Demands :
- While performing the duties of this job, when working as a dispatcher, will be in an office setting sitting for extended periods of time answering phone and radio communications.
- Occasionally may work in outside weather conditions.
- The individual occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
Last updated : 2024-11-26
