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DELAWARE COUNTY PERSONNEL OFFICE ANNOUNCES
PROMOTIONAL EXAMINATION FOR
SENIOR DISPATCHER
EXAM #60018770
DATE ISSUED DATE OF EXAMINATION LAST FILING DATE December 6, 2024 February 8, 2025 December 31, 2024
NOTICE: ONLY APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY PERSONNEL OFFICE WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS EXAMINATION.
SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES WILL BE FOLLOWED
EXAMINATION FEE: A fee of $15.00 is required for each separately numbered examination for which you apply. The required fee MUST accompany your application and be in our office by 4:30pm on the last filing date or you will not be approved to take the examination. Send or deliver your certified check or money order payable to the Delaware County Personnel Office. Write the examination number(s) on your check or money order. ****PERSONAL CHECKS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.**** No refund of fees will be allowed whether or not you meet the minimum qualifications. You are urged to compare your qualifications carefully with the requirements for admission and file only for those examinations for which you are clearly qualified. EXAMINATION FEE WAIVER: A waiver of examination fee will be allowed if you are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support of a household. In addition, a waiver of examination fee will be allowed if you are determined eligible for Medicaid, or receiving Supplemental Security Income payments, or Public Assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families/Family Assistance or Safety Net Assistance) or are certified Job Training Partnership Act/Workforce Investment Act eligible through a State or local social service agency. All claims for examination fee waiver are subject to verification. If you can verify eligibility for examination fee waiver, complete a Request for Examination Fee Waiver and Certification form and submit it with your application by the Last Filing Date as listed on the Examination Announcement. Request for Examination Fee Waiver and Certification forms may be obtained in the Personnel Office or online at www.delcony.us. Click on “departments,” and then “personnel.” Waivers will not be considered if filed after the last filing date.
LOCATION OF POSITIONS: Delaware County Emergency Services, Delhi, NY 13753
SALARY: $47,600 - $50,558 (2024 Rates); $49,623 - $52,707 (2025 Rates)
DUTIES: This is responsible and periodically intense work requiring the use and supervision of various types of telephonic, radio, and automatic signaling and communications equipment to receive and record calls for assistance for emergency and non-emergency situations and dispatch Police, Sheriff’s Deputies, fire, and emergency medical equipment, or other public service employees to scenes of crimes, accidents, fires, and other situations. This position is also responsible for the supervision of subordinate staff, which includes, but is not limited to, policy, procedure, and scheduling. The incumbent must be computer-literate and able to multi-task. The incumbent must be able to function calmly in emergencies and take appropriate action in an effective manner. The work is performed on a rotating shift basis, which may include shifts on holidays and weekends as well as the evening and midnight hours, and incumbents may be required to work alternate shifts through and/or during off-duty hours in the event of a major disaster. Work is performed under general supervision in accordance with established policy. Incumbents perform related work as required.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from high school or possession of an appropriate equivalency diploma recognized by the NYS Department of Education, supplemented by a course or experience in typing, AND EITHER:
A. Completion of at least 12 semester credit hours at a college or university in either Criminal Justice, Communications, Emergency Management, or related course and two years’ experience as a Dispatcher; OR
B. Three years’ full-time, paid