Campus Safety Dispatcher (Temporary Part-time)

Position Title: Campus Safety Dispatcher (Temporary Part-time)

Department: University Police

Advertised Pay: $20.19/hour

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: July 25, 2025.

Position Summary: The Campus Safety Dispatcher for the Washburn Police Department, receives telephone calls for assistance and emergency police services from persons on the Washburn University Campus, and monitors alarm systems in campus buildings, the environmental computer, and Emergency Help Phones on campus. Determines appropriate response(s) based on the scope and urgency of reported and observed incidents and summons officer(s) to assist.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Regular and reliable attendance is critical due to operational needs to ensure public safety and prompt emergency service to the community.
• Receives and transmits information to and requests from officers in the field via police radio. Retrieves requested information operating the NCIC computer and KCJIS computer to perform record checks, warrant checks, driver’s license checks and vehicle registration checks. Keeps a constant accounting of the location, status and safety of all officers. Types call information into the CAD computer to establish a record of the daily activities during the shift.
• Interfaces with the campus community to assist with lost and found items and give information and directions about the campus when requested. Maintains the key check-out log and the visitor log.
• Monitors the Closed Circuit Television Cameras and the campus surveillance cameras for suspicious activities and reports such activities to the officers in the field.
• Performs additional job-related duties as assigned or appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Ability to monitor multiple devices, complete required forms using appropriate software, follow department procedures, and carry out assigned tasks almost simultaneously.
• Familiarity with personal computers and Windows-based applications.

Physical Requirements:
• Must be a US Citizen, US National, Permanent Resident Alien of the US, or Non-Citizen with unrestricted employment authorization and be at least 18 years of age.
• A criminal background check that includes a drug screening is required once a contingent offer is made.
• Will also be required to pass a hearing and vision test.
• Ability to sit in a chair for long periods.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working in a law enforcement agency and a communication center.
• One year of customer service experience providing information, responding to inquiries, or explaining policies, rules and regulations in person or by telephone.

Hourly, Part-time, Temporary, Varies