Description

Job Summary:

This individual is responsible for receiving all calls for emergency services, which include radio and telephones, and reports to their immediate Shift Lieutenant or Assistant Chief of Communications, but is ultimately responsible to the Director of Emergency Services.

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Requirements

General Requirements:

•     Safety sensitive requiring drug and alcohol testing
•     Essential personnel subject to emergency call-back with little or no notice. Subject to mandatory overtime as needed
•     Must meet FBI and State of Maryland requirements for access to criminal justice information, including U.S. citizenship and a criminal background check
•     Successfully pass a pre-qualifying computer dispatch test
•     Successfully pass pre-employment background check, including fingerprinting, motor vehicle history, work history, criminal history, and references
•     Successfully pass pre-employment physical examination
•     Successfully pass pre-employment psychological testing
•     Must be able to work weekends and holidays
•     Must be able to work day shift and night shift
•     Must maintain confidentiality and professionalism in high-stress environments

Must be available for the following training schedule/shift schedule:

• Initial training period is on day shift 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday, for about a month, and then trainees will work a 2:30 pm-12:30 am shift, Monday-Thursday (4, 10-hr days), until the training period is complete. There will also be scheduled ride-alongs on evening/night shifts that trainees will need to be available for. 

 Once training is completed, Specialists will move to a rotating schedule-

• 12-hour shifts- dayshift: 6:30 am- 6:30 pm, nightshift: 6:30 pm- 6:30 am, 2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days off, 2 days on, 3 days off, then repeat; schedule rotation works every other weekend, with on-call as a requirement 

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