Forensics Manager

Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage, direct, plan and prioritize overall operations and work of forensic unit staff.
• Develop and implement goals and objectives; establish schedules and methods for providing forensic services; prepare and implement policies and procedures.
• Select, train, motivate, and evaluate departmental personnel; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies, implement discipline procedures.
• Develop, implement and coordinate procedures in response to department, state and federal policies and work towards goals, vision, and expectation of the police department; interpret, clarify, explain and apply department policy and procedures, business practices, federal or state laws and regulations.
• Prepare and administer the Forensic Unit budget; make budgetary recommendations and monitor expenditures; order equipment and supplies to meet department needs.
• Perform public relations functions, make presentations to community organizations; testify in court as an expert witness.
• Provide professional expertise, direction, and staff support to the police department, other divisions and outside agencies.
• Analyze and evaluate crime data; maintain records and prepare reports; complete special assignments and report results, perform research, gather information regarding complaints and resolve.
• Provide instruction to police officers and crime scene investigators.
• Serve as liaison for the Forensic Unit with other City departments, divisions, road technicians and outside agencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience:
Six years of increasingly responsible experience in crime scene investigation, forensic photography, friction ridge examination, or a related forensic field including at least two years of lead or supervisory responsibility.

Required:
Possession of an appropriate valid driver’s license and ability to maintain insurability. IAI Crime Scene Investigator or leadership experience in a forensic discipline.

Health and Dental Insurance:
The City of Fayetteville Employee Healthcare Benefit Plan provides comprehensive and affordable health and dental coverage while maintaining reasonable costs to employees. Coverage is available for all regular status employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week. Employees may also choose to cover eligible dependents. The premium is deducted on a pre-tax basis, with the City paying a portion of the premium. Qualifying employees are eligible for benefits on the 1st day of the month following 30 days of service.

Employer Paid Leave
Paid Vacation: Employees earn vacation leave beginning the first day of employment, however, they are not eligible to take leave for 6 months. Leave accruals are based upon the number of years of service and the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work.

Paid Holidays: The City of Fayetteville observes 11 paid holidays per calendar year. The approved holidays are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 2 days at Thanksgiving and 2 days at Christmas.

Sick / Funeral Leave: Regular employees earn sick leave in proportion to the number of hours they are scheduled to work per week. Sick leave accruals begin the first day of employment. Sick leave can also be taken for deaths in your extended family. Sick leave hours accumulate without limits and may be used toward credible service upon retirement from the NC Local Government Retirement System.

Retirement:
The City assists our employees in securing their financial future during retirement by participating in the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, administered by the State of North Carolina. Regular status employees, scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week, become members in the retirement system upon employment. As a member of this system, employees are required to contribute 6 percent of their gross salary on a tax-deferred basis.

Deferred Compensation Plans:
To further assist employees in saving for retirement, the City offers two supplemental retirement savings programs. These programs offer employees an opportunity to save a portion of their salary on a tax-deferred basis to supplement their retirement benefit. The programs offered are 401(k) Supplemental Retirement Income Plan and the ICMA 457 Plan.

Cafeteria Plan / Supplemental Benefits:
Realizing that each employee may have different insurance needs, the City offers its employees the opportunity to supplement City-provided benefits by selecting from the benefits listed below. These benefits are offered at employee's expense through payroll deduction:

• Term Life Insurance (Pre-tax basis first $50,000 for employees)
• Dependent Term Life Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Universal Life Insurance
• Vision Insurance (Pre-tax basis)
• Disability Insurance
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Reimbursement Account (Pre-tax basis)