This opportunity is open to all interested candidates.
***Law Enforcement Dispatcher experience preferred***
The San Diego Unified School District is seeking
Police Dispatchers to receive emergency and non-emergency calls and dispatch to appropriate peace officer or district personnel. This position monitors a variety of safety and security equipment, maintains a variety of logs and records using a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.
The school police communications center operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Shifts are typically three 12-hour days per week, with an additional 8-hour day every other week, and 3 to 4 days off per week. *Graveyard schedules (10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) are currently under a pilot program. At this moment no graveyards and Sunday schedules are assigned to staff. Shifts are subject to change. Additionally, this position will be required to work evening, nights, holidays, and weekends. An approximate 5% shift differential may apply.
This position qualifies for District Paid health and wellness benefits for employee and dependents.Police Dispatchers may qualify for the following pay differentials.Bilingual Differential: 5%
Eligible candidates will participate in a performance exam to test for bilingual fluency.
Post Dispatch Training Differential:Police Dispatchers that hold a POST Dispatcher Certification are eligible for a differential. New employees must pass a POST Certified Dispatcher Basic Academy within one year of employment.
Basic POST Dispatcher Certificate: 3.5%
Intermediate POST Dispatcher Certificate: 4.5%
Advanced POST Dispatcher Certificate: 6%
Other differentials:Certified Training Officer differential: 5%
Night differential: 5%
Longevity Differentials - The District shall implement a five percent (5%) longevity differential for unit members that have ten (10) or more years’ service with the Department.
A unit member in an active monthly bargaining unit assignment who has reached the fourteenth (14th) anniversary of continuous monthly employment with the District, including service in restricted status positions, will be paid an annual lump sum anniversary stipend. This anniversary stipend is $715.88.
For more information regarding these differentials please refer to the POA Labor Contract HERE
APPLICATION PROCESS:
To be eligible for consideration, interested candidates must submit the following documents:
Online employment application- Please complete the online application to include all current and previous work history and education.
- Substitute Experience:
- Please note that general or occasional Substitute Experience is not included when determining if a candidate has met the minimum qualifications for the position.
- Individuals working in related, specific, LONG-TERMsubstitute assignments of substantial hours per week must specify each separate long-term assignment in their work history in order for this experience toPOSSIBLYcount towards meeting the minimum qualifications.
- This information must include an approximate start date, end date (where applicable), specific site, job title, hours per week, and job duties performed for each long-term assignment.
- Answer all supplemental questions
- The supplemental questions should be answered thoroughly, clearly, and concisely as the responses provided (along with the entire application package) will be carefully reviewed to determine which candidates will move forward in the recruitment process.
- Attach proof of education
- Education, training, or certifications will only be considered if acceptable documentation is attached
- Photocopy of Degree or
- Photocopy of OFFICIAL transcript
- Photocopy of Licenses and/or Certifications
- Foreign Equivalency Certification:
Individuals who have completed high school or college-level coursework at an institution in a country other than the United States must provide a Foreign Equivalency Certification to satisfy the education requirement. A Foreign Equivalency Certification can be obtained for a fee from a professional organization. For more information, including acceptable providers please see Foreign Transcript Evaluation.
- Additional documents
- A resume may be attached, but not substituted for completing work history, education sections, or the supplemental questions of the employment application.
- Additional documents, if any, may/should be attached to the online employment application.
EXAMINATION PROCESS:Only those candidates whose application demonstrates a combined education and experience which meets the minimum requirements for this position will be considered qualified and advanced in the examination process.All positions require qualified candidates to pass the examination process which may include one or more of the following components:
- An application screening and evaluation based on the candidate's education, work history, and responses to the supplemental questions. Please note that not all qualified applicants will advance to subsequent phases of the examination process.
- A typing test.
- A written or performance examination specific to the position.
- The examinations will be conducted remotely utilizing an online testing platform. Access to the internet and the use of a camera-ready desktop/laptop with a microphone is required to participate in these processes.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
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Non Discrimination Statement
San Diego Unified School District is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying by reason of the following actual or perceived characteristics: age, ancestry, color, mental or physical disability, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital or parental status, medical condition, nationality, national origin, actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, race, religion, or on the basis of a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
For more information contact:
Title II Coordinator
Wendy Ranck-Buhr
(619) 725-5678
wranck-buhr@sandi.net
Title IX Coordinator & Uniform Complaint Compliance Officer
Lynn A. Ryan
(619) 725-7225
lryan@sandi.net
504 Coordinator
Eri Nall
(619) 344-6420
enall@sandi.net