Part-Time Dispatcher

City of Lincoln; Pine City (MN); On-site; USD 1,400 - 61,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance Plan Options

Health Savings Accounts (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

PERA Retirement

457(b) Deferred Compensation

Life/AD&D Insurance

Job summary

Pine County is seeking a part-time Emergency Dispatch Specialist to operate in the County Dispatch Center, handling 911 and non-emergency calls. You will create service calls in CAD, determine priority, and dispatch police, fire, EMS, and air units as needed.

The role requires a high school diploma or GED, BCA certification preferred, and the ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays. Benefits are offered for part-time staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED and minimal experience in an office/clerical, customer services, communication or law enforcement setting, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Preferred: technical degree in communications.
• BCA Certificate required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Answers all 911 emergency and non-emergency calls in the County Dispatch Center.
• Creates calls for service in the CAD system and determines priority for dispatch.
• Dispatches police, fire, ambulance, and/or air ambulance services.
• Assists officers with license plates, drivers licenses, warrants checks and criminal histories.
• Monitors all frequencies on the 800MHz radio system and relays information to personnel.
• Enters warrants and NCIC data; updates RMS records.
• Performs monthly Civil Defense Siren testing and Emergency Paging System tests.

Skills

Dispatcher experience

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Technical degree in communications

BCA Certificate

Job description

• Base Pay $1,359.50 - $60,985.60 / Year
• Job Category Emergency Services, Sheriff's Office, Dispatch
• Employee Type Non-Exempt-PT
• Required Degree High school

Contact information

• Name Anthony Olson - Human Resources Generalist / Recruiter

Performs intermediate technical work dispatching all police, fire, EMS emergency and non-emergency calls within Pine County, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Dispatch Supervisor.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Answers all 911 emergency and non-emergency calls in the County Dispatch Center.
• Creates calls for service in the CAD (computer aided dispatch) system and determines their level of priority for dispatch.
• Dispatches police, fire, ambulance, and/or air ambulance serves.
• Assists officers with running license plates, driver's licenses, warrants check, probation checks and criminal histories
• Confirms any outstanding warrants with the appropriate agencies and alerts officers and jail staff.
• Monitors all frequencies on the 800-megahertz radio system and relays information to officers and other agencies as needed; maintains radio contact with all deputies, fire, EMS and other law enforcement personnel such the state patrol, DNR and neighboring counties.
• Enters warrants, missing persons and stolen goods into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC); enters warrants, stolen goods into the Pine County records management system (RMS).
• Performs monthly Civil Defense Siren Testing and testing of the Pine County Emergency Paging System
• Runs criminal history inquiries, through the BCA, for new permit to purchase and permit to carry guns and renewals.
• Monitors cameras, access doors, and panic alarms for the Pine County Courthouse premise; maintains and updates the 911 phone system.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Moderate experience as a dispatcher. Technical degree in communications.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

The following are required for this position and may be obtained through on-the-job training provided by Pine County:

• Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Certificate

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or GED and minimal experience in an office/clerical, customer services, communication or law enforcement setting, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, reaching with hands and arms and repetitive motions and occasionally requires walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and pushing or pulling; work requires close vision and color perception; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, using of measuring devices, operating machines and observing general surroundings and activities; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Summary

Applicants must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Schedule for position: part-time hours fluctuating between 0-40 hours per week.

Why Pine County?

• Medical Insurance Plan Options
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Dental Plan Options
• Public Employees Retirement Association (PERA) Retirement
• 457(b) Deferred Compensation
• Company sponsored Life/AD&D Insurance
• Group Decreasing life
• Vision
• Generous time Off including PTO, comp time, personal days and 2.5X holiday pay

*Benefits for part time staff are calculated at a pro-rata percentage based on hours worked compared to full-time.

Pine County is the fastest growing county in Minnesota and known for a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities.

Come work with us in the 'middle of it all'.

Pay Grade: External: $27.19 - $29.32/hr (Grade 7, Step 1-3) per AFSCME Corrections-Dispatch Labor Agreement, Art 14.2; placement above Step 1 depends on qualifying prior law enforcement, corrections, or dispatch experience.
Internal: $27.19 - $32.55/hr (Grade 7, Step 1-Year 9) placement per AFSCME Corrections-Dispatch Agreement

Rating Method: The hiring process will include a formal interview and may include testing and/or other methods of selection

Closing Date: Monday, September 28, 2026

An Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer