COMMUNICATIONS OPERATOR

About the role

The City of Visalia Police Department is recruiting for Communications Operator (Dispatcher). The recruitment is open continuously and will be used to fill current and future vacancies as they arise.

Responsibilities

• Receive and transmit routine and emergency telephone and radio traffic.
• Dispatch and coordinate police, fire, and animal control.
• Maintain and process a variety of communications paperwork, records, and logs.
• Work all shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• One year of 911 emergency dispatching experience with a law enforcement agency, within the last three years.
• Keyboarding speed of 40 CWPM (correct words per minute).
• Valid California Driver's License by time of appointment.
• Typing certificate dated within one year of the filing deadline and Dispatcher Basic Certificate must be submitted with application.

Qualifications

• Capable of assertively taking command of situations in a sensitive yet straightforward manner.
• Good decision-making skills under pressure.
• Minimum direct supervision, works with a positive attitude, and is a team player.
• Available for all shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Special Requirements

• California P.O.S.T. Dispatcher Basic Certificate.
• Valid California Driver's License.
• Typing certificate dated within one year of the filing deadline.

Benefits

• $5,482 - $6,892 Monthly CalPERS retirement program.
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• Longevity Pay.
• Onsite City Health and Wellness Clinic (no out of pocket expenses).
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Sick Leave and much more...

Pay

$5,482 - $6,892 Monthly

Schedule

Regular non-shift full-time City employees receive 11 paid holidays and one (1) floating holiday per year. In lieu of holidays, Police shift employees receive 4 hours of compensatory time off and 4 hours of regular pay in the pay period the holiday falls. In addition, shift employees receive one floating holiday in the pay period that includes January 1.