PUBLIC SAFETY LATERAL COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER #25A-3 L (20588405)

Location

1301 Maple Street Redwood City, 94062

Description

The City of Redwood City Invites Applications for:

Public Safety Lateral Communications Dispatcher

WHY JOIN THE REDWOOD CITY TEAM?

We offer a wide range of meaningful career opportunities with potential for growth, training and development, competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, and robust benefits. The Redwood City team is guided by the core values of excellence, integrity, service and creativity. Inherent in these values is a great organizational culture based on trust, strong and supportive leadership, respect, risk-taking, empowerment, and effective communication.

The community is known for its inclusivity, strong engaged neighborhoods, and civic pride. The City works diligently to maintain positive and productive relationships with community partners, together providing outstanding services, programs and opportunities for residents and businesses. This mix of tradition and progress, community, and diversity, makes Redwood City an extraordinary place to work and call home. If you’re looking to grow your career as a part of a professional and progressive Police Department team that fosters innovation, creativity and collaboration, we hope you’ll apply.

THE REDWOOD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

We are a progressive Police-Department, which recognizes that by working in a partnership with our community, we can best meet our goals of protecting life and property, improving the quality of life, and reducing crime and the fear of crime. Our motto is:

Interested in joining the Redwood City team?

• Please click on the job announcement pdf file below to review the recruitment information.
• A complete application is required, including supplemental questionnaire.
• Please see special instructions for more information on supplemental questionnaire and completely filling in the application.
• Submit your application online via CalOpps by February 28, 2025.
• Applications will be reviewed continuously as they are received.

The City of Redwood City is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer!

Job PDF:

Additional Job PDF:

Ideal Candidate

Will embrace the City’s emphasis on excellent customer service; will be detail-oriented and able to manage multiple tasks; will have a strong work ethic and a track record of reliability and successful performance; will use initiative and independent judgment; will be a team player who likes working with a variety of City staff and the public and have a sense of humor.

This job announcement is intended for experienced dispatchers, non-experienced applicants should apply under a separate job announcement titled Communications Dispatcher (Entry-Level).

Benefits

Click and open the Benefits pdf file for listing

Special Instructions

A City application and responses to the supplemental questions are required.

Applications must be filled out completely. Failure to complete the application and supplemental questions will disqualify the applicant from the recruitment process. Failure to list work experience, education or training or stating “See Resume” in the work experience section of the application will be considered an incomplete application and subject to disqualification. Resumes may be attached separately, but resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a City application.

Prior to Appointmentcandidates will be required to pass a pre-employment physical and psychological exams and an extensive background check (at no cost to the candidate) including the following:

• Criminal History Check
• DMV Check
• DOJ fingerprint check
• Reference check
• Complete a personal history questionnaire.

Recruitment Contact

Contact phone:

(650)780-7267

Contact email:

[email protected]