911 Dispatcher
City of Grand Junction
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- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 30
- 1 day ago
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About the company
City of Grand Junction
Government administration · 501 to 1,000 employees
What you'll do
- Answering emergent and non-emergent calls for service while simultaneously recording information.
- Calming, negotiating, advising, and otherwise communicating with the caller to obtain the necessary information to determine both the nature of the call as well as what resources to send.
- Coordinating and relaying information and assistance requests to the appropriate law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical service agency.
- High School diploma or equivalent.
- Type 3,000 kph (50 wpm).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Good moral character, judgment, and decision-making skills.
- High attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
- Ability to work varying shifts, including day, swing, graveyard, holidays, and weekends as assigned.
- Ability to work required overtime when necessary.
- Ability to pass a background investigation that meets all local, State, and Federal requirements.
- Any felony investigation or conviction
- Any conviction for a crime of violence, specifically assaults, domestic violence, etc.
- Any conviction for a "hate crime" such as ethnic intimidation
- Perjury conviction
- Any theft conviction regardless of value of item
- Theft from current employer or a previous employer
- History of/current drug use
- Current alcohol abuse
- An alcohol or drug conviction including but not limited to DUI/DWAI, depending on recency
- Hit and run accident conviction
- Being under or having been under driving restraint, cancelation, suspension or revocation of driving privileges in Colorado or any other state
- Initial Skills Testing
- Panel Interview
- Sit-a-long
- Computerized Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA)
- Fingerprinting
- Suitability/Psychological Evaluation
- Background Investigation
- Executive Interview
- Pre-Employment Drug Screen
- Hearing/Color Blindness Exam
- February 8, 2027, and February 18, 2027
- All final offers for the Academy, will be tentatively extended no later than March 12, 2027 (earlier applicants could receive final offers prior to this date.)
- 911 Dispatcher Academy is scheduled to begin on March 29, 2027. This will be the job start date.
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As a 911 Dispatcher with the Grand Junction Regional Communication Center, you will contribute to the safety of our community by receiving incoming calls and performing dispatching activities for police, fire, and ambulance services. If you would like to join an experienced emergency communications team that values its employees, offers training and advancement opportunities, and is committed to providing the highest quality of service, we invite you to apply today.