Dispatcher (Public Safety)

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs

Nevada (IA)

On-site

USD 36,000 - 47,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

The Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 3-Eastern Nevada Agency in Owyhee, Nevada seeks a Dispatcher (Public Safety) to manage emergency communications and support law enforcement operations.

Responsibilities include operating a multi-frequency radio console, coordinating with multiple agencies, recording transmissions, and determining response priorities. The pay range is $36,409–$47,334 per year, with applications reviewed biweekly and closing on 2026-12-02.

Qualifications

Documentation of transcripts or coursework required to support educational claims.
Foreign education must be evaluated for equivalency with a private organization if used.
Official documentation must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

Responsibilities

Serve as radio net controller and transmit/receive law enforcement communications.
Operate a multi-frequency radio console with paging systems, cross-frequency patching, and phone patching.
Coordinate, monitor, and assist with operations via telephone and radio between agencies and personnel.
Record and maintain radio transmissions; determine priority of response and initiate appropriate actions.

Job description

Hiring Agency: Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 3-Eastern Nevada Agency in Owyhee, Nevada. This is an open continuous announcement. Applications will be accepted and reviewed every two weeks until the posted closing date.

Key Responsibilities

As Dispatcher (Public Safety), GS-2151, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Incumbent will perform as a radio net controller and transmit and receive law enforcement communications traffic. Operate a multi-frequency and multi-agency radio console with several paging systems, cross-frequency patching, and phone patching. Coordinate, monitor, and assist with operations via telephone and radio between a variety of agencies and personnel.

Record and maintain all radio transmissions and significant telephone situations. Determine priority of response and initiate appropriate response of law enforcement. Responsible for operating within a number of public safety computer networks. Gather all pertinent information for the call to determine whether it requires dispatching a vehicle, vessel or aircraft. Perform general clerical duties such as filing, typing, copying, etc.

Requirements & Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis.

If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S.

education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Related non-Federal experience or related experience as retired members of the uniformed services may be credited towards computing entitlement to leave accrual, at managerial discretion, providing that experience meets certain criteria. This provision allows new employees to earn annual leave at a higher rate than would otherwise be allowed. (5 Code of Federal Regulations, 630). For additional information, please visit: Creditable Service for Annual Leave.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $36409 – $47334/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-12-02.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.