Pennsylvania Game Dispatcher Supervisor

THE POSITION

As a Game Commission Dispatcher Supervisor with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, you will help lead a dedicated team that protects wildlife and supports public safety. This role offers the chance to guide dispatch operations from our 24‑hour Centralized Dispatch Center in Harrisburg. You will contribute to a strong mission that makes a difference across the Commonwealth. Join an agency where your leadership helps maintain safe and effective communication every day.

This position oversees and guides the daily work of dispatchers who support emergency and non‑emergency wildlife service operations across the Commonwealth. The role includes managing communication systems, supervising dispatcher activities, and ensuring accurate information flow. As a Game Commission Dispatcher Supervisor, you will perform the following duties:

• Supervisory Leadership:
  Provide direction, coaching, and daily oversight to dispatch staff to maintain effective operations.
• Operational Monitoring:
  Review communication activities and ensure calls and messages are managed according to agency standards.
• Communication Coordination:
  Relay information between officers, staff, and partner agencies to support accurate and timely responses.
• Incident Reporting:
  Notify appropriate managers when significant events occur.
• Information Processing:
  Handle record keeping, typing, filing, and related support activities.
• System Management:
  Use dispatch and communication systems to record events, track activities, and support field operations.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full‑time employment.
• Work hours are 4/10 hour days, with no lunch break.
• Essential employee status requires reporting to the office location in time of an emergency.
• Telework:
  This position does not offer telework options.
• Salary:
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable.
• Further communication regarding this position will be issued via email; please check spam/junk folders.

• Two years as a Pennsylvania Game Commission Dispatcher (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Four years of dispatching experience involving police, fire, and/or ambulance personnel and services; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

• All employees must possess a clear, firm voice and no major speech, hearing, or visual impairments that would interfere with understanding verbal communication, being understood, or using electronic communications equipment and visual display equipment.
• All employees must possess and maintain CLEAN and JNET certifications for the duration of employment in this job.

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.