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APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$45,810.72 to
$67,713.84
PAY GRADE: 33
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Public Safety Dispatchers perform technical communications work in the operation of a district, central, or statewide communications center including but not limited to: providing assistance to law enforcement units in both routine and emergency situations; dispatching enforcement units and other emergency mobile units from a computerized dispatch center; researching various criminal justice records systems and transmitting the required information; placing telephone calls for officials and registered vehicle owners at accident scenes; providing assistance to other law enforcement agencies as requested; maintaining a variety of logs and records; and preparing statistical summaries on center activities.
Incumbents function as first-line supervisors who train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned staff; assign and review work; and initiate disciplinary action.
This position supervises law enforcement dispatch services for the Game Warden officers from a central statewide dispatch center. The dispatch supervisor is required to be a working dispatcher and will work 10 hours a day shifts. Dispatchers are also required to use special dispatching procedures to ensure the safety and success of undercover/covert operations and task force coordinated operations. In addition to Game Wardens, dispatchers will provide services to officers from several contracted agencies, as well as, monitor wildlife survey flights conducted by agency biologists. The supervisor ensures Nevada Department of Wildlife's law enforcement dispatch center maintains compliance with all the Federal and State mandated requirements and training. *** THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ***
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Five years of experience in law enforcement communications including control of ten or more units and the use of State and national criminal justice information systems; OR two years of experience as a Public Safety Dispatcher III in Nevada State service. |
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Applicants must meet the minimum typing speed established by the agency at the time of recruitment.
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Incumbents must pass the NCIC certification examination within six months of appointment and every two years thereafter as a condition of continuing employment. |
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Positions require work on evenings, weekends, and/or holidays. |
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Pursuant to NRS 284.4066, this position has been identified as affecting public safety. Persons offered employment in this position must submit to a pre-employment screening for controlled substances. |
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A typing certificate issued within the last twelve (12) months must accompany your application to verify your net typing speed of a least 36 wpm in a five minute test. This typing certificate may be attained through any Nevada Job Connect office at no charge or through a staffing agency for a nominal fee. Online typing tests will be accepted, documentation of the completed test must be attached. |
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The exam will consist of a rating of training and experience weighted 100%. It is essential that applications include extensively detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. Your score will be based on the information provided in your application and your responses to the questions asked below. If there are several parts to a question, answer each part separately. Along with each answer, identify the position(s) and/or training (as described in your application) where you gained the background asked for in the question. Absence of experience/training asked for in a question is not necessarily disqualifying. Failure to answer the questions will result in a score based solely on the application.
Qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. |
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1) Describe your experience, including number of years, in college coursework, vocation, technical or trade school in English communications techniques or related field.
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2) Describe your experience, including number of years, reviewing, writing, interpreting and applying new procedures with limited assistance.
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3) Describe your experience, including number of years, preparing employee development reports to include: a) evaluating subordinates (work performance standards, employee appraisals), b) organizing work flow to accomplish established objectives, c) counseling and administering disciplinary procedures to ensure effectiveness and proficiency.
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4) Describe your experience, including number of years, a) conducting interviews, b) coordinating shift schedules, and c) conducting meetings.
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5) Describe your experience, including number of years in, a) preparing tapes, b) transcription and c) CAD (computer aided dispatch) records and logs for court proceedings.
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6) Describe your experience, including number of years as a Public Safety Dispatcher shift supervisor or Lead 911 Law Enforcement Dispatcher in another law enforcement entity.
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7) Describe your experience, including number of years, operating a) Law enforcement radio system, b) telephone for the deaf, c) digital tape logger, and d) NAWAS, NCIC/NCJIS.
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8) Describe your experience, including number of years operating computerized dispatch consoles.
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9) Describe your experience, including number of years, monitoring activities of a training program, a) law enforcement communication center, b) other public or private setting.
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10) Describe your experience, including number of years, making recommendations necessary to ensure that the guidelines established by the training program are being followed.
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11) Describe your experience, including number of years, ensuring that subordinates receive required training classes in a timely fashion.
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12) Describe your experience, including number of years, utilizing a computer program such as: CAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook or related or any combination of the above.
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13) Describe your experience, including number of years, operating office equipment such as multiline telephones, fax machine, callbox, computerized two-way radio, etc.
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1) Do you have experience with Spillman?
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