Telecommunicator I
The City of Charlotte is the largest municipality in North Carolina and the 15th largest city in the United States, with a total population of more than 897,000 citizens. A major commerce center, Charlotte hosts several of the nation’s largest banks and technology companies.
Also known as the Queen City, Charlotte is home to the Carolina Panthers, the Charlotte Hornets and the NASCAR Hall of Fame. We work hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Join us in helping to keep our City thriving, ensuring upward mobility and advancement in the workplace.
A Telecommunicator receives incoming routine and emergency calls, dispatches, and maintains contact with all operational units. Work involves detailed record keeping, data entry, and acute listening skills. Responsibilities include frequent public contact requiring tact, firmness, and decisiveness, the ability to obtain important information from callers who are under extreme stress, and the skill to choose the appropriate course of action. Work is performed in conjunction with departmental policy as well as state, federal, and FCC regulations.
Process emergency and non-emergency calls from the public, dispatch appropriate Charlotte Fire Department apparatus, and monitor and respond to emergency and non-emergency radio traffic. Work involves monitoring multiple calls with different agencies, apparatus, and personnel.
Candidates MUST be able to work a flexible, rotating schedule including night shift, weekends, and holidays. The current Communications schedule is a rotation between the day shift (6:45 am to 3:00 pm) and the evening shift (2:45 pm to 11:00 pm) or a consistent night shift (10:45 pm to 7:00 am). Schedules may be modified, and overtime work is required.
All newly hired Fire Telecommunicators will go through a training program of approximately 20 weeks. This includes 8 weeks at the Fire Training Academy and approximately 12 weeks of on the job training in the Emergency Communications Center (ECC). Telecommunicator recruits must meet all standards established by the department, including but not limited to:
Additionally, Fire Telecommunicators must have the:
ADA and Other Requirements:
Positions in this class typically require grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
Physical Requirements:
Sensory Requirements:
Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual, audio, and other sensory modalities) for proofreading, data entry, and tabulating data.
Working Conditions:
Work is performed in an indoor environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions, moderate exposure to environmental conditions and frequent exposure to computer screens, files, and phone.
Eligibility Requirements:
Automatic Disqualifiers Include, but are not Limited to:
Six or more points for moving violations on driving record during past three years. Court decisions such as Prayer for Judgment Continued (PJC) will be counted as convictions. Three-year period calculated from date of conviction for each violation.
Applicants failing to meet testing qualifications may not retest during that same job posting. However, they are welcome to reapply after 6 months’ time has passed. Applicants who do not pass the panel interview may reapply after 12 months’ time has passed. Applicants who are considered to be a “no call, no show” for any portion of the hiring process will be disqualified for a period of 2 years. This includes all testing, observations, and the interview. Applicants are not guaranteed to be selected again to begin the hiring process during future vacancies.
Starting Salary is $25.80/hour ($53,664/annual)
The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.
Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.
Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.
The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.
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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.
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