Radio Dispatcher

Ohio Department of Administrative Services • Sandusky, OH

7d • $21

About The Position

ALL THE GOOD STUFF!
Starting Hourly Pay: $20.85 with multiple pay increases over your first years of service
Multiple pay increases over your years of service
Longevity increases start at your fifth year and grows as long as you stay with the State of Ohio
Overtime opportunities
Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 annually
Potential for up to $4,000 in referral bonuses

Requirements

• Formal education that includes reading, writing & speaking English.
• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualification For Employment noted above.
• Dispatch
• Communications
• Law Enforcement
• Veteran Services
• Fire & EMS
• Basic Documentation
• Confidentiality
• Verbal Communication
• Responsiveness
• Attention to Detail
• Situational Awareness

Responsibilities

• Monitors all radio activity & operates police/ Ohio Veterans Home radio system to dispatch agency personnel & police & safety personnel to all emergency calls
• Dispatches medical transportation drivers when resident Transport Dispatch Worker is unavailable
• Logs all emergency/dispatch calls
• Calls emergency pages (e.g., code yellow, blue, C, grey, red/white/blue)
• Answers agency switchboard (“0”); directs incoming & in-house calls to departments & residents
• Answers all emergency phones & general police when officer is not on stations
• Answers transportation phone when resident dispatcher is unavailable
• Takes messages for police & safety personnel when they are not available.
• Serves as access control checkpoint at Police Department front counter
• Monitors all systems at OVH Police Department Central Monitoring Console area for unusual events & dispatches police to troubled/elopement area &/or relays information to police & safety personnel & assists police in coordinating location of resident
• Monitors all fire alarm systems for alarm & generator displays & all other environmental, fire, health, safety & severe weather warning devices & controls at central monitoring console area
• Monitors state Multi-Agency Radio Communications (i.e., MARCS) radio traffic with Ohio State Highway Patrol (i.e., OSHP)
• Monitors roam alert system & notifies floor staff of secure care unit resident activity
• Monitors after-hours call-offs; Relays all advisories & warning to all areas of agency.
• Takes requests for agency ID badges & parking permits from walk-in customers; (e.g., maintains log of requests & submits to appropriate police personnel for processing
• Issues completed ID badges to customers making annotations in log relative to issued badges & briefings); Issues keys

Benefits

• Starting Hourly Pay: $20.85 with multiple pay increases over your first years of service
• Multiple pay increases over your years of service
• Longevity increases start at your fifth year and grows as long as you stay with the State of Ohio
• Overtime opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,000 annually
• Potential for up to $4,000 in referral bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees