Dispatcher (Public Safety)

Dispcher (Public Safety) Department of the Interior Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services - District 1: Lower Brule Agency Summary This position is loced with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 1-Lower Brule Agency in Lower Brule, South Dakota. This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until 05/06/2026. The initial cut-off for referral of eligible applicions 04/20/2026 . Eligible applicions received after th de referred as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Learn more about this agency Summary This position is loced with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, District 1-Lower Brule Agency in Lower Brule, South Dakota. This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until 05/06/2026. The initial cut-off for referral of eligible applicions 04/20/2026 . Eligible applicions received after th de referred as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/06/2026 to 05/06/2026 Salary $39,409 - $47,334 per year Pay scale & grade GS 4 Locion Lower Brule, SD 2 vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 6 Job family (Series) 2151 Dispching Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number

ST-26-12924404-CAWV-SQ

Control number 864078800 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Nive Americans Nive Americans or Alaskan Nives with a tribal affiliion. Clarificion from the agency Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candides in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Verificion form

BIA -4432

must be submitted with the applicion if claiming Indian Preference. No other documents accepted as proof of Indian Preference. Duties Help As Dispcher (Public Safety), GS-2151, your typical work assignments may include, but not limited to: Incumbent will perform as a radio net controller and transmit and receive law enforcement communicions traffic. Opere a multi-frequency and multi-agency radio console with several paging systems, cross-frequency pching, and phone pching. Coordine, monitor, and assist with operions via telephone and radio between a variety of agencies and personnel. Record and maintain all radio transmissions and significant telephone situions. Determine priority of response and initie approprie response of law enforcement. Responsible for opering within a number of public safety computer networks. Gher all pertinent informion for the call to determine whether it requires dispching a vehicle, vessel or aircraft. Perform general clerical duties such as filing, typing, copying, etc. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship Required As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period OR 2-year trial period during which your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest evalued A background security investigion required for all new hires. Appointment subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigion and favorable adjudicion. If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency. Incumbent is required to opere a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 4 year period immediely preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607. Drug Testing. This position is subject to both pre-employment and random drug testing as a condition of employment. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test is received. Qualificions

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

: (OPM Opering Manual, Qualificion Standards ). Minimum Qualificion for GS-4

Dispcher:

To qualify the GS-04 grade level you must meet ONE of the following criteria: A.

General Work Experience :

One year of general work experience th is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work th demonstres or reflects the ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of the position. OR, B.

Educion :

2 full academic years (60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours) of educion beyond the high school level an accredited college or university.

OR, C. A

combinion of experience and educion th totals 100% of the requirement. All qualificion requirements must be met by the closing de of this announcement. Merit Promotion candides must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing de. Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same locion within 90 days from the closing de. Educion If you are qualifying based on your educion, you MUST provide transcripts or other documention to support your educional claims.

Unless otherwise sted:

(1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All merials must be submitted by the closing de of the announcement. If more than 10 percent of your undergradue course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. One academic year of gradue educion is considered to be the number of credits hours your gradue school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your gradue school's definition of one year of gradue study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as sisfying the requirement for one year of full-time gradue study. If you are using educion completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion which shows the educion credentials have been evalued by a prive organizion th specializes in interpretion of foreign educion programs and such educion has been deemed equivalent to th gained in an accredited U.S. educion program; or full credit has been given for the courses a U.S. accredited college or university. For further informion, :

FOREIGN EDUCATION

Additional informion All new hires earn the beginning salary of their pay grade (Step 1). See 2026 Salary Tables and select the pay chart for Lower Brule, South Dakota. If no specific chart is listed for this geographic locion, see the "rest of U.S." chart. The full performance level of this position is GS-6. Promotion potential in this announcement does not constitute a commitment or an obligion on the part of management to promote the employee selected some future de. A career ladder promotion is the discretion of management, and in no way guaranteed. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more informion see USA Jobs Wh are bargaining units? The probionary or trial period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organizion goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probionary or trial period automically termines when th period ends unless the agency affirmively certifies, in writing, th the individual's employment should continue and th their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmively certify continued employment beyond the probionary or trial period, such appointments are termined. Upon completion of your [probionary period -OR- trial period] your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) OR Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Programs provides placement assistance to permanent Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separed. Applicants claiming

CTAP/ICTAP

eligibility must submit a copy of their most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and most current SF50 noting position, grade level, duty locion with their applicion. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, applicants must be qualified (i.e., meet the minimum qualificion requirements, including any selective placement factors; educion, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. For more informion : http://www.opm.gov/rif/employee_guides/career_transition.asp

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY

Certain candides may be eligible to apply under a special hiring authority including those for disabled individuals, Peace Corps employees, Foreign Service employees, veterans, etc. For more informion, the following OPM websites:

USAJOBS Informion Center:

https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/ ;

Vets Info Guide:

http://www.fedshirevets.gov/ . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Your applicion package evalued against the minimum qualificion requirements specified above. In order to qualify, your resume must specifically describe your work history and the duties you performed in each position. Your resume evalued after the closing de of 05/06/2026 to determine whether you meet the minimum qualificion requirements for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the applicion and applicion questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessments, which may include a structured resume review, structured interview and/or accomplishment record. These assessments measure the critical competencies required to successfully perform the job. Clerical Oral Communicion Public Safety and Security Telecommunicions Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candides in accordance with the Indian Reorganizion Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). Verificion Form

BIA-4432

must be submitted with the applicion if claiming Indian Preference. Indian Preference eligibles not currently employed in Federal service may be appointed under the Excepted Service Appointment Authority Schedule

A, 213.3112

(a)(7). Considerion given to Non-Indian applicants in the absence of qualified Indian Preference eligibles. For more informion, please : https://www.bia.gov/jobs .

DUE WEIGHT FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS AND AWARDS.

For Current and Former Federal Employees, due weight given for performance and awards. Any performance appraisal/evaluion and award documention you provide forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documention and give it due weight considerion during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluion, please submit a stement as to why it is not available. Please indice if any prior performance appraisals/evaluions were an acceptable level.

REVIEW BEFORE YOU SUBMIT

You may preview the assessment questions here in the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12924404 . Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required for this position: Resume which details work experience including des worked (mm/yy-mm/yy); position title; position series and grade (if federal service); work schedule; hours worked per week; relevant duties performed; supervisor with contact informion, and 3 professional references and contact informion (Do not include current/former supervisors), etc Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. On-line Assessment Questionnaire Transcripts (if using educion to qualify) - Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, an official transcript may be requested a ler time. Veteran's documention - (if applicable) VA letter on VA letterhead sting your overall combined ring, SF-15, DD-214 (Member 4 Copy Only) reflecting an honorable discharge and des of active duty military service. Special Appointing Authority documention (if applying under a special hiring authority) BIA Form 4432 The Form

BIA-4432

must be completed as sted in the Instructions on the Form and this form with must be submitted with your applicion for Federal employment (if claiming Indian preference). Performance Appraisal (if applying under the Land Management Flexibility Act) Current & Former Federal Employees. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee OR a former Federal employee who has reinstement eligibility you must submit the following by the closing de of this announcement, or you will not receive considerion as such: A copy of a recent SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action" documenting proof of competitive stus, tenure, position title, occupional series, grade level and step . If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade. If you have promotion potential in any of your positions, please provide an SF-50 sting your highest full performance level; and Due Weight for

Performance Appraisals and Awards:

Your most recent Performance Appraisal (if you do not have your most recent performance appraisal, please submit an explanion as to why it is unavailable); and If applicable, a list of any awards you received in the last 5 years (i.e., superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.). Click here for informion see Reading your SF-50 to determine your service and appointment type

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11

59 PM Eastern Time

ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

If your applicion package is incomplete in any way, you will not be considered for this position, and requests for extensions will not be granted. Please double check your applicion package before you submit it.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. In writing your resume, please be clear and specific. We will NOT make assumptions regarding your experience and/or employment stus. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Notificion to

Applicants:

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion.

PLEASE NOTE - NO APPLICATION MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA E-MAIL

. Agency contact informion Stephanie Qahavi Phone 771-210-1415 stephanie.qahavi@bia.gov Address AS-IA Human Resources 12220 Sunrise Valley Dr., Room 4047 Reston, VA 20191 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required for this position: Resume which details work experience including des worked (mm/yy-mm/yy); position title; position series and grade (if federal service); work schedule; hours worked per week; relevant duties performed; supervisor with contact informion, and 3 professional references and contact informion (Do not include current/former supervisors), etc Please limit your resume to no more than 2 pages. If more than 2 pages are submitted, only the first 2 pages reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. On-line Assessment Questionnaire Transcripts (if using educion to qualify) - Unofficial transcripts are acceptable; however, an official transcript may be requested a ler time. Veteran's documention - (if applicable) VA letter on VA letterhead sting your overall combined ring, SF-15, DD-214 (Member 4 Copy Only) reflecting an honorable discharge and des of active duty military service. Special Appointing Authority documention (if applying under a special hiring authority) BIA Form 4432 The Form

BIA-4432

must be completed as sted in the Instructions on the Form and this form with must be submitted with your applicion for Federal employment (if claiming Indian preference). Performance Appraisal (if applying under the Land Management Flexibility Act) Current & Former Federal Employees. If you are a current career or career-conditional Federal employee OR a former Federal employee who has reinstement eligibility you must submit the following by the closing de of this announcement, or you will not receive considerion as such: A copy of a recent SF-50 "Notificion of Personnel Action" documenting proof of competitive stus, tenure, position title, occupional series, grade level and step . If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade. If you have promotion potential in any of your positions, please provide an SF-50 sting your highest full performance level; and Due Weight for

Performance Appraisals and Awards:

Your most recent Performance Appraisal (if you do not have your most recent performance appraisal, please submit an explanion as to why it is unavailable); and If applicable, a list of any awards you received in the last 5 years (i.e., superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.). Click here for informion see Reading your SF-50 to determine your service and appointment type

ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11

59 PM Eastern Time

ON THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

If your applicion package is incomplete in any way, you will not be considered for this position, and requests for extensions will not be granted. Please double check your applicion package before you submit it.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL NOT BE SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED BY THIS OFFICE.

If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. Resumes must not exceed two single-sided pages and resumes longer than two pages will not be accepted. The minimum font size is 10-point for all body text. Headers may be slightly larger but must remain legible. All resumes must maintain a minimum 0.5-inch margins on all sides to ensure readability and prevent excessive content compression. Including supplemental pages or tachments disguised as resume extensions are prohibited and will not be reviewed to determine your eligibility/qualificions. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. In writing your resume, please be clear and specific. We will NOT make assumptions regarding your experience and/or employment stus. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. Notificion to

Applicants:

Applicants who apply under this job opportunity announcement agree to have their applicion, associed documents and applicable personal informion shared with other Bureaus/Offices within the Department of the Interior (DOI) who have vacancies within the same occupional series, grade, full performance level and in the same geographic locion(s), including within the same metro/commuting area. Applying to this announcement does not replace the need to apply to other job opportunity announcements for which you wish to receive considerion.

PLEASE NOTE - NO APPLICATION MATERIAL WILL BE ACCEPTED VIA E-MAIL

. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Stephanie Qahavi Phone 771-210-1415 stephanie.qahavi@bia.gov Address AS-IA Human Resources 12220 Sunrise Valley Dr., Room 4047 Reston, VA 20191 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/06/2026 to 05/06/2026 Salary $39,409 - $47,334 per year Pay scale & grade GS 4 Locion Lower Brule, SD 2 vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 6 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

ST-26-12924404-CAWV-SQ

Control number 864078800