Community Evaluator (for Police Officer and Firefighter Entry Level)

COMMUNITY EVALUATOR BE A VOICE IN THE EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO BE CITY OF COLUMBUS POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTER! Under general supervision of the Civil Service Commission, is responsible for performing evaluations of examination responses based upon criteria provided through training. Earn $200 per day as an independent contractor role as Community Evaluator reviewing candidate video taped responses to situational testing as part of the selection process. Must be available full time for two weeks for the initial training and first reviewing and then intermittently throughout the year. *Initial Training and first evaluations begin February 1 and run through February 12, 2027. *Typical intermittent dates will be four - five days at a time up to six times per year.

Selected evaluators will be subject to a criminal background check. *City employees are not eligible to serve as Community Evaluators.

Learn about jobs of Police Officers and/or Firefighters to understand scope of responsibility;

Learn to review and analyze public safety candidate responses to determine appropriate scores;

Learn about assessment errors and how to minimize errors during scoring to determine accurate and unbiased scores;

Attentively watch video recorded candidate responses for multiple hours and multiple days;

Observe and listen to video recorded candidate responses and behaviors to evaluate based upon established scoring criteria;

Maintain confidentiality of exam, scoring criteria, and candidate responses;

Provide oral rationale for scores based upon scoring criteria and observed behaviors.

• Possession of a bachelor’s degree OR four (4) years of professional experience hiring, evaluating, coaching, teaching, and/or counseling individuals.
• Resident within the City of Columbus preferred

Recruitment #: 26-0000-V1 Employment Type: Independent Contractor

Should you have questions regarding this vacancy, please contact:

Mikey Federer, Office Manager Civil Service Commission - Uniformed Testing Center 1111 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43205 Phone: (614) 645-0800 Email:[email protected]

The City of Columbus is an Equal Opportunity Employer.