Are you looking for and exciting career?

Want a job where everyday presents new challenges?

If you answered "YES" to these questions, then we have the job for you!

Ford County Emergency Communications is always looking for persons to accept the challenges in helping keeping the community safe.

Ford Coutny Emergency Communications is the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Dodge City and the municipalities of Ford County, Kansas. We are a combined Communications Center providing 9-1-1 emergency services and non-emergency services for law enforcement, fire and emergency medical resonses. We are a 24/7 center.

Our Mission: The mission of the Ford County Communications Team is to instill confidence and trust in the citizens and agencies of Ford County, by providing effective leadership in Emergency Communications.

Starting Salary: $12.25 an hour for full-time and part-time. Wages will increase with certifications, specialized training, promotion, performance evaluations, or as permitted by the budget.

Benefits: Full-time employees of Ford County will receive (2) two weeks paid vacations per year, health, dental and prescription plan, life insurance and eleven paid holidays a year or as selected by County Commission.

Requirements: Must be able to accurately, quickly, and courteously receive emergency and non emergency telephone calls for assistance from the public for law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services and other public safety services. You must be anle to obtain the essential information required by the call category in a timely manner. Accurately and quickly assign and dispatch the appropriate units and resources to law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services and other agencies and resources. Accurately, and in a timely manner, use computer-aided dispatch system facilities for complaint-taking, unit dispatching, coordination of incidents, documentation of all pertinent data and transmission and retieval of information through local, county, state and federal law enforcement data networks.

Communications 911 operators must obtain and maintain Emergency Medical Dispatching (EMD) and National Crime Information Center(NCIC) certifications. We are a combined Ford County/Dodge City Communications Center and work closely with all of the local, state and neighboring government offices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or equivalent
• Ability to use computer aided dispatch system
• Type 35 wpm or better,
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows operating system,
• Sufficient speech, vision, hearing and communications skills, to perform the job required.
• Be able to work "shift work" - weekends and holidays.

We work 12 hour shifts;

• DAY SHIFT :       0800 to 2000
• NIGHT SHIFT:    2000 to 0800

Successful applicants must be able to pass a background investigation check and have or be able to obtain a vaild Kansas driver's license.

Critical Traits: Intergrity, dependability, stress tolerant, team work, maturity, patience, and experience involving heavy public contact while performing multiple tasks.

Apply in person to Ford County Government Center @ Centeral and Gunsmoke (100 Gunsmoke St.), Dodge City, Kansas.

Pick up applications at the County Administrators Office on the Mezzanine Level, Monday - Friday from 8am to 4pm and return the completed applications to the Communications Center in the lower level of the Government Center 8am to 5pm or call for appointment (620) 227-4556 and ask for Linda Smith.

Thank you and hope to be working with you soon!