What are the responsibilities and job description for the Court Researcher position at Baxter Research?
About us:
We began in 1994 with one court researcher on a bicycle in San Francisco, and have since expanded into a professional research network spanning multiple states.
We specialize in providing criminal background checks to the Background Screening Industry. Our purpose is to protect honest employers and employees from criminality in the workplace. We are widely regarded as among the best at what we do in our industry.
Our culture is professional yet friendly. Turnover amongst our group is low, with many staying on for years or even decades.
Our location: Massachusetts (Headquarters are in Clearwater, FL).
Our Website: www.baxterresearch.net
Court Researcher status, schedule and location:
Our Court Researchers are home based and travel to their nearby courthouse(s) daily to research records and report results into our system.
We are expanding our Massachusetts team. We need to quickly add to our team of researchers to meet the escalating demands for our services there.
IMPORTANT: You must located within a comfortable commute distance to one of the following locations (daily commute is needed):
- East Brookfield (Zip 01515)
- Brockton (Zip 02301, 02302, 02303, 02304, 02305)
- Framingham (Zip 01701, 01702, 01703, 01704, 01705)
- Stoughton (Zip 02072)
- Gloucester (01930, 01931)
- Dedham (02026, 02027)
- Salem (01970, 01971)
- Taunton (02780)
- Worcester (01601, 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610, 01612, 01613, 01614, 01615, 01653, 01655)
Your Mission as a Court Records Researcher:
Your primary purpose will be to verify whether applicants for employment have a criminal history. It will be found the majority do not. For those who do, their criminal records must be competently found and reported on so their prospective employer may evaluate their suitability for the job being applied for.
Court Records Researcher’s duties and responsibilities:
A Court Records Researcher must be willing and able to perform the following tasks accurately and rapidly:
- Research applicants on a Criminal database in one of the 84 criminal courthouses distributed throughout the State of Massachusetts to determine a possible ID match or no match.
- Accurately report the key facts of any matching criminal records found.
- Use our proprietary system, which typically resides on a light laptop you carry into the court, to receive all search requests and input and report all search results.
- Training and apprenticing will be provided.
Required experience and qualifications:
You must be competent with a computer and have a means of transportation at your disposal, as occasionally you will need to visit courthouses other than the one nearest your home you will routinely be working in.
Preferred soft skills and personality traits:
You must be able to:
- Focus your attention for prolonged periods
- Multitask
- Follow policy
- Be Detail Orientated
- Be Enthusiastic
- Be a Hard Worker
- Be Result-driven
Offered salary and other compensation:
This job can offer an estimated $40,000 per year.
IMPORTANT: We do not accept walk-in or call-in applications; your application will only be taken seriously when applying online.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $35,000.00 - $45,000.00 per year
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- Are you willing to travel to your local court each day to search for criminal records?
- Are you comfortable working by yourself, unsupervised?
- Are you able to learn new software quickly?
Work Location: On the road