POLICE DISPATCHER (Multiple Vacancies) - Range 32 / APD

GovernmentJobs.com — Municipality of Anchorage; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchorage Police Department seeks a Police Call Taker to provide essential public safety communications. The role requires a high school diploma or GED and three years of public-contact clerical experience, including at least one year as a Police Call Taker.

Candidates must type 35 WPM with certification, pass a drug screen, and be available for varied shifts including days, nights, weekends, and holidays under APD collective bargaining terms.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent and three years of public-contact office clerical experience, including at least one year as a Police Call Taker.
• Typing certification documenting 35 WPM speed must be presented at time of hire.
• Satisfactory drug screening is required at time of hire.

Responsibilities

• Shift options include 3/12s (12-hour shifts) and 1/8s as described, with days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Performs police call-taking duties and handles public inquiries as part of the Anchorage Police Department.

Skills

Typing speed 35 WPM

Education

High School Diploma, GED or equivalent

Job description

Open to the general public and any current Municipal employee.

This position is represented by the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association (APDEA) and is subject to the provisions of the current agreement between the Municipality of Anchorage and the Union.

DEPARTMENT

Anchorage Police Department

HOURS OF WORK

Shifts vary during training; Must be willing to work days or nights with various days off, as well as weekends and holidays.

• 3/12s: twelve (12) hour shifts during three (3) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods in one week; twelve (12) hour shifts during three (3) consecutive twenty-four (24) hour periods; and
• 1/8s - one eight (8) hour shift during the other week

Total of 80 scheduHigh School Diploma, GED, or equivalent, and three (3) years of experience which involved a substantial amount of public contact and office clerical duties, one (1) of which must have been as a Police Call Taker with the Municipality of Anchorage, or the equivalent elsewhere.

Must possess and/or obtain:

• Ability to type at a net speed of 35 WPM. (The typing certification or documentation must be presented by time of hire, contain the applicant's name, and be current within the past 1 year.)
• Satisfactory drug screening at time of hire.