Dispatcher

Employment Opportunity

Title: Dispatcher

Department: Emergency Services

Status: Full-time, Rotational schedule 4 days on 4 days off 

Salary: $39.52/hour, 42 hours per week

Settlement Allowance: $20,907.43

Union Status:     Unionized

Closing Date:     Open until filled
 

This employment opportunity is open to all applicants.

Under the direction of the Deputy Fire Chief, the incumbent will be responsible for monitoring all emergency communications and dispatching the appropriate emergency personnel.  This position serves as a vital link between the citizens of Iqaluit whom require emergency assistance and the appropriate response personnel

Additionally, the incumbent will monitor fire and contract alarm systems, provide information or direct incoming calls to the appropriate City or inter-agency department as well as monitor, log and assist non-emergency dispatch communications within various City Departments.

The ideal candidate shall possess:

• Grade 12 diploma;
• Dispatch/emergency communications experience;
• Experience dealing with the public in a polite, sympathetic and professional manner;
• Proficient with computers and Microsoft Office Suite i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel;
• Exceptional verbal communication and listening skills;
• Ability to provide timely and accurate information while multi-tasking in a highly demanding environment;
• Dependability and flexibility is required and may be subject to overtime.

Assets include fluency in Inuktitut and or French, CPR/First Aid, firefighting or emergency response experience, NFPA 1001, EMR certification, or experience with an Incident Reporting System.

Equivalencies that include a combination of education, knowledge, skills and abilities to formal education and previous experience will be considered.

Due to the nature of this position, a Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check are required of this position. 

Please visit our website https://www.iqaluit.ca/careers to apply or drop off your resume at City Hall. 

• The City of Iqaluit embraces the intent and spirit of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement.  Priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit; Candidates must clearly identify their eligibility in order to receive consideration under this agreement.
• Only those selected to interview will be contacted

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ

ᑕᐃᔭᐅᓂᖓ:        ᑭᐅᔨ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᒃ:   ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ

ᖃᓄᑎᒋ:            ᐅᓪᓗᓕᒫᖅᐸᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕇᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕐᑕᖓ, ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓᓄᑦ

ᐅᓪᓗᕐᓯᐅᑎᖏᑦ ᑭᐳᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ   

ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᑦᓵᖓ:    $39.52/hour, 42 hours per week

ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒦᑐᓄᑦ  ᐃᑲᔫᓯᐊᑦ:   $20,907.43

ᔫᓂᐊᓐᖏᑦ:          ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑏᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖏᓂᑦ ᔫᓂᐊᓐᓖᑦ

ᐃᓪᓗ:                 ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᓄᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᖏᑦᑐᖅ

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓕᒫᓄᑦ.  ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᒻᒪᑕ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᓂ ᑭᐅᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᔪᓐᖏᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᒐᔭᕐᑐᓂᑦ.  ᐊᒥᓲᓂᖏᑦ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕐᑖᐸᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᑉᐸᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᖃᕈᓐᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑐᒋᑦ ᐃᑦᑐᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᐅᓯᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑏᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᑲᑕᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ.  

ᑐᑭᒧᐊᕐᑎᑦᓯᔨᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓᓂᑦ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑖᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᕐᑐᖅᑎᐅᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᐅᔨᐅᕙᓪᓗᓂ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑲᐅᖅᑐᕆᐊᓕᓂᑦ.  ᑖᑦᓱᒪ ᐃᓂᖓ ᐊᖅᑯᑎᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑕᐅᔪᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓄᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑕ.   

ᓱᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᕐᑐᖅᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᖃᑦᑎᕈᑏᑦ ᖁᖁᐊᕈᑏᓪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ, ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᕐᓯᕙᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᖄᓚᕕᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᕐᑎᑦᓯᕙᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᕐᕕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᓇᐅᑦᓯᕐᑐᖅᐸᓪᓗᓂ, ᑎᑎᕋᕐᐸᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᐸᓪᓗᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᑭᐅᔨᒃᑯᑎᒎᕐᐸᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᕐᑎᒋᐊᓕᓐᓂᑦ.     

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᑎᒋᔪᒥᓇᕋᔭᕐᑐᖅ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᔪᓐᖏᓂᖃᕆᐊᓕᒃ:      

• ᖁᑦᓯᓐᓂᓕᒃ 12ᒥᖕ ᐱᔭᕇᕐᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖁᑎᖃᕐᓗᓂ 
• ᑭᐅᔨᐅᓂᖕᒧᑦ/ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕆᓂᖕᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᓕᓂᐅᓗᓂ 
• ᐃᓄᓐᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖃᑦᑕᓕᓂᐅᓗᓂ ᑐᓐᖓᓇᕐᓗᓂ, ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᒥᓂᖕ 
• ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᓕᒻᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒪᐃᑯᕈᓵᑉ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᓕᕆᔾᔪᑏᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᐅᑦᓗᒃ, ᐆᑦ, ᐃᒃᓯᐅᓪ    
• ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᒋᐊᓕᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᑲᐅᑎᒋᓗᓂ ᓈᓚᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂᓗ     
• ᑕᕝᕙᑲᐅᑎᒋ ᓈᒻᒪᓈᕐᑕᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑦᓯᑲᐅᕐᑐᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᑕᕝᕙᑦᓴᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᖏᑦᑐᕈᓘᔭᓂᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᑦᓱᕈᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕇᓐᓇᕐᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᐊᓂ     
• ᑕᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᐸᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᓕᕋᐃᑉᐸᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᓄᑐᐃᓐᓈᖓᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᓇᐅᑎᓐᓇᒍ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕆᖃᑳᓪᓚᑉᐸᑦ    

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᕈᓐᓇᕐᐸᑦ ᐅᐃᕕᑎᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐊᓂᕐᓂᖃᕈᓐᓃᕐᓂᐅᓴᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓅᓕᑦᓯᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ /ᐋᓐᓂᖅᓯᒪᔪᓕᕆᔪᓐᓇᕐᓗᓂ, ᖃᑦᑎᕆᔨᐅᓕᓂᐅᓗᓂ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕆᔨᐅᓕᓂᐅᓗᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖁᑎᖃᕆᐊᓕᒃ NFPA 1001, ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᑐᓕᕆᓂᖕᒧᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖁᑎᖃᕆᐊᓕᒃ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᔪᖃᑳᓪᓚᓂᕐᐸᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐅᕈᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ.   

ᑕᑉᐱᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᓕᒧᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂ, ᐱᓕᒻᒪᑦᓯᒪᓗᓂ ᐊᔪᓐᖏᓂᖃᕐᓗᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓯᒪᒋᐊᓕᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓕᓂᕆᑉᐸᒋᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒥᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ.    

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕋᔭᕐᑐᖅ ᐱᓂᕐᓗᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᖏᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᕐᑎᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᒋᐊᓕᓐᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᕈᓯᓛᑦ ᐱᒡᒐᕐᑐᓪᓗ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᑕᐅᒋᐊᓕᒃ ᐃᓂᒋᓂᐊᕐᑕᖓᓃᑦᑐᖅ.      

ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᑐᕝᕕᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓇᕐᑐᓯ ᐅᕗᖓ https://www.iqaluit.ca/careers ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦᓴᒧᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᒪᒍᕕᑦ.  ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᒦᔾᔭᐃᓂᖕᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕋᓱᐊᕈᑎᓂᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᕝᕕᖓᓄᑦ ᑐᓂᓯᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒃᑲᕐᑕᐅᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᑎᓐᓂ.     

• ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᖓᑦ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᔾᔨᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓᑕ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᖏᓂᓗ.  ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔾᔭᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ; ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖅᑖᕋᓱᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᔪᓐᖏᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓴᖅᑮᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᐸᑕ ᐊᖏᕈᑦ ᒪᓕᑦᑐᒍ.   

• ᐊᐱᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒃᑲᖅᑕᐅᒐᔭᕐᑐᑦ.