Communications Officer/Dispatcher

at  Loyola Marymount University

Position Summary
The mission of the Department of Public Safety is to create a safe environment for the whole LMU community and in doing so, providing the University community with timely and accurate information about crimes that occur on LMU’s campus geography, as well as the safety policies and procedures in place to ensure the safety of the campus environment. The Communications Officer (Dispatcher), working under the department’s guiding principle”to foster an environment where students, faculty, staff, and visitors on our campus feel safe and respected” and reporting to the Patrol Captain, is responsible for maintaining effective and efficient communications between Departmental, University and outside Law and other Government Agencies.
As an employee of the Department of Public Safety, you will be required to work during designated days/peak periods. These days and periods, which can extend for several weeks during peak times such as summer, are critical for staffing needs and operational requirements. During these periods, employees are expected to be available for duty without the ability to request time off. Additionally, you may be called in and expected to respond during your scheduled days off, and you will receive appropriate compensation for this additional work.
This position is subject to an alternative work schedule, 4/10 shift (four, ten-hour days per week).
Position Accountabilities/Responsibilities
1. Perform a variety of specialized support duties within the Public Safety Communications Center.
2. Support duties including: radio and phone communications and counter duties, field dispatching and scribing, monitoring Department and University Fire and Life Safety Notifications, Campus Emergency phone line, access control, Alert Notifications and other Telecommunications systems for the purpose of dispatching the appropriate resource, and other clerical duties.
3. Monitor Department and University Radio Communications Systems, and process campus routine and emergency incidents.
4. Answer and process emergency incidents and routine incidents for assistance, communicate clearly and effectively to a reporting party to collect critical information for officer safety awareness and timely response.
5. Dispatch Public Safety Officers to emergency and routine calls for service.
6. Appropriate resources in order to effectively respond to routine and emergency incidents.
7. Process inquiries, requests for assistance, and complaints in a courteous and efficient manner.
8. Assist in the Input, retrieval, management, and reporting on data and resources into a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System.
9. Interpret and apply various laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
10. Provide accurate information and initiate appropriate action in response to such requests.
11. Research, purge and update records if needed or when directed.
12. Must be able to report for work or work past scheduled shift, to work overtime on short or no notice, to work all shifts, to work rotating shifts, and to work weekends, holidays, closures, special events, and designated days/peak periods.
13. Perform related duties as required.

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