What are the responsibilities and job description for the Public Safety Communications Dispatcher #25A-3 E (20590576) position at City of Redwood City?
Location
1301 Maple Street Redwood City, 94062
Description
WHY JOIN THE REDWOOD CITY TEAM?
We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values of excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication.
The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community, and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career as a part of a professional and progressive Police Department team that fosters this organization’s core values, we hope you’ll apply.
THE REDWOOD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
We Are a Progressive Police-Department, Which Recognizes That By Working In a Partnership With Our Community, We Can Best Meet Our Goals Of Protecting Life And Property, Improving The Quality Of Life, And Reducing Crime And The Fear Of Crime. Our Motto Is
"Providing Excellent Service with Integrity and Respect."
The men and women of the Police Department are proud of our department and of our community and we look forward to working closely with all segments of our community to build and maintain and great environment in Redwood City.
The Department consists of two organizational divisions: Patrol, and Support Services. We are a professional and progressive organization that takes great pride in providing quality service to our diverse community.
About The Position
Are you searching for a position with a variety and challenges in a fast-paced environment?
At a 24 hour a day police dispatch center, you will be using a sophisticated Computer Aided Dispatch terminal. A Communications Dispatcher receives emergency calls from the public requesting police, fire, medical, or other emergency service; determine priority, and dispatch police, or other emergency units as necessary and in accordance with established procedures.
Typical duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
P.S. Communications Dispatcher ENTRY Job Announcement #25A-3 Final.pdf
Ideal Candidate
Will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; will be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks; will have a strong work ethic and a track record of reliability and successful performance; will use initiative and independent judgment; will be a team player who likes working within a variety of shifts, City staff and the public and have a sense of humor.
Benefits
Please click on the job announcement pdf file within for listing of benefits.
Recruitment Contact
Contact Phone
(650)780-7267
Contact Email
Ljuarez@redwoodcity.org
1301 Maple Street Redwood City, 94062
Description
WHY JOIN THE REDWOOD CITY TEAM?
We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values of excellence, integrity, service, collaboration, inclusion and innovation. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication.
The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community, and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career as a part of a professional and progressive Police Department team that fosters this organization’s core values, we hope you’ll apply.
THE REDWOOD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
We Are a Progressive Police-Department, Which Recognizes That By Working In a Partnership With Our Community, We Can Best Meet Our Goals Of Protecting Life And Property, Improving The Quality Of Life, And Reducing Crime And The Fear Of Crime. Our Motto Is
"Providing Excellent Service with Integrity and Respect."
The men and women of the Police Department are proud of our department and of our community and we look forward to working closely with all segments of our community to build and maintain and great environment in Redwood City.
The Department consists of two organizational divisions: Patrol, and Support Services. We are a professional and progressive organization that takes great pride in providing quality service to our diverse community.
About The Position
Are you searching for a position with a variety and challenges in a fast-paced environment?
At a 24 hour a day police dispatch center, you will be using a sophisticated Computer Aided Dispatch terminal. A Communications Dispatcher receives emergency calls from the public requesting police, fire, medical, or other emergency service; determine priority, and dispatch police, or other emergency units as necessary and in accordance with established procedures.
Typical duties may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Maintaining contact with all units on assignment and maintaining status and location of police field units.
- Coordinating emergency calls (911) and relaying information and assistance requests involving other agencies.
- Entering, updating, and retrieving information from networks relating to wanted persons, stolen property, vehicle registration, stolen vehicles and other information.
- Please click on the job announcement file below to review the recruitment flyer.
- A complete job application is required.
- Submit your application online via CalOpps
- Applications will be reviewed continuously as they are received.
P.S. Communications Dispatcher ENTRY Job Announcement #25A-3 Final.pdf
Ideal Candidate
Will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; will be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks; will have a strong work ethic and a track record of reliability and successful performance; will use initiative and independent judgment; will be a team player who likes working within a variety of shifts, City staff and the public and have a sense of humor.
Benefits
Please click on the job announcement pdf file within for listing of benefits.
Recruitment Contact
Contact Phone
(650)780-7267
Contact Email
Ljuarez@redwoodcity.org
