Dispatcher (Public Safety)

Summary

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 1-Standing Rock Agency in Belcourt, North Dakota; Fort Thompson, South Dakota; Fort Totten, North Dakota; Fort Yates, North Dakota; Lower Brule, South Dakota.

Duties

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.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards) Minimum Qualification for GS-4 Dispatcher: To qualify at the GS-04 grade level you must meet ONE of the following criteria: A. General Work Experience: One year of general work experience that is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that demonstrates or reflects the ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position. OR, B. Education: 2 full academic years (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours) of education beyond the high school level at an accredited college or university. OR, C. A combination of experience and education that totals 100% of the requirement. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

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