Your City. Your Career.

Living in the Bay Area can enrich your life. Now it can do the same for your career. The City of Oakland offers an impressive array of career

opportunities for visionary people who thrive on open communication and dedicated service. If you'd like to share your talents with the city,

Oakland welcomes you.

POLICE COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER
(Selective Language Certification)
$5,461.73 - $6,042.40/month
Closing Date: Friday, 12/9/11

The Oakland Police Department currently has several positions available for Police Communications Dispatchers to receive/transmit routine and

emergency telephone and radio voice messages, dispatch required equipment, perform responsible clerical work, operate complex teletype and

video terminals for automated information retrieval and receive/direct all other 9-1-1 calls. If selected, you will receive approximately 1 year of

on-the-job training and must attend a P.O.S.T.-certified basic dispatcher course.

Minimum requirements include high school graduation or equivalent, 2 years of recent full-time equivalent responsible work experience and accurate

typing of 35 net words per minute. A typing verification obtained from a recognized education institution, employment agency or other organization

approved by the City of Oakland must be submitted by the final filing date. A college education may substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.

You must also be at least 18 years old, pass a thorough background investigation, pass the P.O.S.T. Dispatcher course and obtain a P.O.S.T. certificate

as a condition of continued employment. Applicants with full-time work experience comparable to a Police Communications Dispatcher in the City of

Oakland or equivalent experience may be brought in at a higher step in the salary range. Currently, four of the positions require bilingual skills in Cantonese,

Mandarin or Spanish.

Applicants must complete an application and supplemental questionnaire for consideration.

These documents can be found at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/oaklandca/default.cfm.

When applying with a hard copy, submit required materials to:

Department of Human Resources Management, 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 2nd Floor, Oakland, CA 94612-2019.

You may also call (510) 238-3112 for information. EOE