Police Communications Operator

Job Summary

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Skills

Benefits

Pay

Schedule

Towson University (TU) has earned distinction as both a top-100 public university and one of the nation's great colleges to work for. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls over 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Answers emergency and non-emergency telephones and police radios.
• Provides radio communications for University Police officers and Public Safety Officers on campus.
• Initiates and receives information and requests for services from allied law enforcement agencies.
• Maintains radio communications with campus departments which work in cooperation with University Police to ensure mutual support is provided and to maintain public safety and protection of University property.
• Operates various computer terminal/equipment internal to the operations of the department and equipment leased from external agencies.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Two years of clerical or related experience, such as dispatching or emergency communications.
• Basic computer skills and experience working with Windows-based communications systems and alarm systems.
• Formal education may be substituted for the education or experience on a year-for-year basis with 30 college credits being equivalent to one year of experience.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Knowledge of emergency response procedures.
• Basic computer proficiency.

Benefits

• $45,375 annually.
• Full University benefits that includes annual leave, up to 17 holidays, personal and sick days; excellent health, life, and retirement plans; and tuition remission.
• To learn more about our benefits, please click here.
• TU also offers a variety of great perks and discounts, which can be found here.

Pay

• The salary starts at $45,375 annually.
• A 2.5% increase may be added to the annual salary, pending successful completion of the initial six-month probationary period, for this position.

Schedule

• This position operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
• Candidates will be required to work various shifts, including weekends and holidays.