The City of Fort Myers strives to be an employer of choice and most of our employees turn jobs into long term careers. The salary shown in the job description is the full range for this position from entry to later career.
NEW EMPLOYEES ARE HIRED AT, OR NEAR THE ENTRY POINT SHOWN, DEPENDING ON QUALIFICATIONS AND RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Safety Sensitive: YES Level II Screening: NO
Under the general direction of the designated supervisor, responsible for answering incoming telephone calls, which are comprised of 911 emergency calls, non-emergency police related calls, and non-emergency non-police related calls. This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Responsibilities and Reporting During an Emergency Situation:
Essential Employees may be required to work during a declared emergency. Depending on the nature of the emergency, this may require working around the clock for several days on short notice.
Non Essential Employees will not be required to work during a declared emergency. The employee's Department Head will determine when the employee will be required to work.
SIGN-ON BONUS
Additionally, you are being afforded a sign on incentive bonus of $2,000.00 gross as part of this offer.
The hiring bonus will be paid as follows:
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$1,000 of this bonus will be paid will be paid within one month of your start date .
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$1,000 of this bonus will be paid upon completion of two years of employment.
Perks and Benefits
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Free city-paid employee health coverage, additional for spouse or family
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3 weeks Paid Time Off (sick & vacation)
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13 paid holidays
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Pension plan & optional Deferred Compensation
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City-paid life insurance
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Optional Vision, Dental, and Disability Insurance
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Tuition reimbursement
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On-site Gym facility
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And much more!
This work typically requires the following physical activities to be performed.
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Balancing – maintain equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching.
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Climbing – ascending, descending ladders, stairs, ramps, requires body agility.
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Reaching – extending hands or arms in any direction.
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Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
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Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
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Standing – for sustained periods of time.
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Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
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Crouching – bending body forward by bending leg, spine.
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Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
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Fingering – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
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Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
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Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word
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Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
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Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
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Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
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Kneeling – bending legs at knee to come to rest at knees.
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Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
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Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
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Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading.
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Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision.
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Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures.
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Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.
Work performed is primarily:
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Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
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Works in an office environment and sits for long periods of time
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Contact with internal and external customers and the general public.
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May be required to work hours other than the regular schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions described herein. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.
