Police Dispatcher at San Diego Unified School District
Application Deadline
6/30/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Date Posted
11/13/2025
Contact
SDUSD Classified Employment Classified
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
$5,610.42 -
$7,519.79
Monthly
Length of Work Year
12 Months
Employment Type
Full Time
Job Summary
Job Summary
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.
This opportunity is open to all interested candidates.
***Law Enforcement Dispatcher experience preferred***
Requirements / Qualifications
You will be directed to an off-site application once you select CLICK HERE TO APPLY OFFSITE.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Three years of customer service experience in a demanding, fast-paced environment requiring multitasking and independent judgment skills OR
A combination of training, experience, and/or education equivalent to successful completion of the P.O.S.T. certified dispatcher basic academy.
Recent, full-time or equivalent part-time, paid, civilian or military experience in radio dispatching, public emergency information systems, or law enforcement or experience in a public safety Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) radio communication department is highly desirable.
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Typing/keyboarding certificate at a net, corrected speed of 30 words per minute or higher.
Pass a P.O.S.T. certified dispatcher basic academy within one year of employment.
Successfully complete training program with P.O.S.T. certificated Communications Training Officer (CTO) within 636 hours after beginning training program.
Requirements / Qualifications
You will be directed to an off-site application once you select CLICK HERE TO APPLY OFFSITE.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Three years of customer service experience in a demanding, fast-paced environment requiring multitasking and independent judgment skills OR
A combination of training, experience, and/or education equivalent to successful completion of the P.O.S.T. certified dispatcher basic academy.
Recent, full-time or equivalent part-time, paid, civilian or military experience in radio dispatching, public emergency information systems, or law enforcement or experience in a public safety Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) radio communication department is highly desirable.
LICENSES AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Typing/keyboarding certificate at a net, corrected speed of 30 words per minute or higher.
Pass a P.O.S.T. certified dispatcher basic academy within one year of employment.
Successfully complete training program with P.O.S.T. certificated Communications Training Officer (CTO) within 636 hours after beginning training program.
Comments and Other Information
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
If you have questions about your application, please email jobs@sandi.net.
The San Diego Unified School District communicates information regarding the hiring process via email. Please be aware that the District is not responsible for messages blocked by your email service. In an effort to allow our emails through your personal spam filter, you can add the domain@sandi.net and domain@governmentjobs.com to your safe senders list.
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 about equity in employment, contact:
Title II Coordinator & Uniform Complaint Compliance Officer Eric Rico: (619) 725-7225, erico1@sandi.net
Title IX Coordinator Anna Ward: (619) 725-7225, award2@sandi.net
504 Coordinator Eri Nall: (619) 344-6420, enall@sandi.net
Comments and Other Information
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
If you have questions about your application, please email jobs@sandi.net.
The San Diego Unified School District communicates information regarding the hiring process via email. Please be aware that the District is not responsible for messages blocked by your email service. In an effort to allow our emails through your personal spam filter, you can add the domain@sandi.net and domain@governmentjobs.com to your safe senders list.
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 about equity in employment, contact:
Title II Coordinator & Uniform Complaint Compliance Officer Eric Rico: (619) 725-7225, erico1@sandi.net
Title IX Coordinator Anna Ward: (619) 725-7225, award2@sandi.net
504 Coordinator Eri Nall: (619) 344-6420, enall@sandi.net
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