CRIME SCENE MANAGER, Sheriff Office

Full Job Description

The Crime Scene Manager will be responsible for assisting with the daily functions of the Sheriff’s Office including performing advanced level professional investigative duties to achieve the strategic goals of the division.

Responsible for providing leadership, knowledge, and training of the Crime Scene Unit (CSU) and its operations.

This is accomplished by supervising CSU staff and workload distribution; providing guidance, training and assistance to CSU team members and assisting in more complicated daily or long-term tasks; and performing a variety of highly skilled, technical, criminal identification tasks, both in the field and in the laboratory.

Other duties include management of office supplies and equipment, scheduling shifts, responding to major crime scenes to supervise and assist in Crime Scene Investigators duties, and other activities and tasks, as directed by Sheriff’s supervision.

This posting may close at any time once a sufficient number of applications have been received

BENEFITS

Tarrant County employees enjoy superior health, retirement, and insurance benefits & 13 County Holidays. For more information, please click on the link below:

http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/human-resources/employee-benefits.html

Requirements

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Oversees management and administration of forensic operations.
• Directs activities of assigned staff members, to ensure the accurate and timely collection of evidence, and its appropriate processing.
• Performs administrative and technical reviews of reports and latent analysis completed by staff members; follows up to verify cases are completed in a timely manner.
• Works with the Technical Lead(s) to ensure the implementation and maintenance of section policy, unit scheduling, the timely ordering of supplies, annual budget requests, compliance of statistical fingerprint submission to DPS, adherence to continuing education and certification requirements, completion of annual proficiency testing, and provide appropriate training and instruction to staff members and CSI trainees.
• Reviews, audits, and maintains required records, files, and statistics; reviews evidence and approves submissions as needed for professional examination; approves prepared investigations and case supplements with the appropriate agencies, including law enforcement, district attorney, and hospitals.
• Provides supervision to assigned staff member(s), assigning tasks, monitoring performance, and providing meaningful, timely performance feedback including annual performance evaluations.
• Participates in the selection process of division personnel.
• Provides technical guidance and assistance to indirect reports and to other agency staff members and clients as requested.
• Functions as On-Call Supervisor as assigned and makes decisions on response requests.

Performs the duties of a CSI team member as necessary including processing crime scenes, recognizing, gathering, and processing physical evidence, photographing and sketching crime scene, directing other personnel at the scene, communicating extensively with uniformed and investigative officers to determine nature and extent of crime, and sharing information with investigators.

Assures that evidence is collected, transported, and stored legally and safely.

Writes comprehensive and technically correct reports regarding the processes used, evidence discovered and importance of the evidence to the investigation, and all other CSI team members’ duties as needed.

• Ensures compliance with all applicable regulations, policies, work procedures, safety protocols and instructions.
• Communicates with co-workers, management, clients, and others in a courteous and professional manner.
• Participates in a wide variety of special projects and compiles a variety of special reports as requested.
• Provides critical analysis to cases and testifies in court proceedings or under deposition.
• Instructs TCOLE mandated training necessary for law enforcement personnel.
• Drives a county vehicle.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent customer service and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to stay organized and know how to prioritize the workload.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Competency with computers and Microsoft Office 365 Suite.
• Advanced analytical skills.
• Proven experience in forensic science and applied techniques.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, or a Physical Science required
• Minimum of five (5) full-time years of direct technical work experience including a combination of crime scene and latent print analysis is required.
• Experience in courtroom procedure and testimony required.
• Must become NCIC/TCIC certified within one (1) year of employment.
• Must obtain Basic Instructor certification within six (6) months of hire.
• Certification from the International Association of Identification as a Certified Crime Scene Analyst, or the ability to be certified within eighteen (18) months of hire.
• Certification as a Texas DPS AFIS Operator, or the ability to be certified within eighteen (18) months of hire.
• Must obtain Texas driver’s license within thirty (30) days of employment.

Preferred Requirements:

IMPORTANT NOTICE

To be considered for this position, your application must be complete and clearly demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualifications.

Please ensure that all sections of the application are fully completed, including Education (specifying the type of degree, field of study, and graduation status), Experience, and Certifications/Licenses.

Resumes alone will not substitute for a completed application.

Incomplete applications will result in disqualification, as eligibility for minimum qualifications cannot be confirmed without full documentation.

If selected for hire, you will be required to provide proof of educational attainment during the onboarding process.

Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudication in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment.

A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.

Additional Information

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent may be required to bend, hear, keyboard, sit, stand, transport, stoop, grasp, climb, talk, work alone and with others, and work overtime. Must be able to lift up to 25lbs.