FULL
TIME POSITION
Salary
Scale $21,700 - $23,500 Based on Experience and Qualifications
The
general responsibilities include: receiving and dispatching fire
ambulance, and police calls; maintaining logs; controlling
monitoring and recording devices; keeping files of all messages
received and sent; updating, accessing and entering information into
a computer; maintaining current index of streets and annexations.
This
position requires employees to work in highly stressful emergency
situations where
serious
injury to persons and/or property may occur as a result of error.
As this is an Emergency
9-1-1
Center operating seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day,
individuals will work rotating shifts, weekends and holidays.
Minimum
qualifications include: high school diploma or equivalent; minimum
age of 18; working knowledge of fire, ambulance and police
procedures and communications; knowledge of Berkeley County; ability
to type 35 wpm; must have 20/20 vision (normal correction allowed);
no color blindness; must have excellent hearing.
CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), Teletype, Emergency
Medical Dispatching certification, and APCO 40-hour Basic
Telecommunications Course must be obtained after employment as
required by supervisor.
Benefit
package includes medical, dental and life insurance offerings.
Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave plus an optional 457
deferred compensation program.
Applications
are to be obtained from and returned to the Berkeley County
Administrator’s Office,
400
West Stephen Street, Suite 201
,
Martinsburg
,
WV
.
25401
Application
Deadline:
Monday,
March 28, 2005
at
5:00
p.m.
Satisfactory
completion of pre-employment testing is required.
Upon expiration of the application deadline, applicants will
be notified of the test date and time.
Berkeley
County
is an equal opportunity employer.
Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
