Criminalist III

ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

The Alameda County Sheriffs Office is a fullservice law enforcement agency accredited through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) for its law enforcement services its Regional Training Center and its Dispatch Unit; the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors Laboratory Accreditation Board for its Crime Lab; the Squad Commanders Advisory Board for its Explosive Ordinance Unit. Additionally the agencys health care provider Wellpath has experience working with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

The Sheriffs Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1700 authorized positions including in excess of 1000 sworn personnel. The agencys Chief Executive Officer is Sheriff / Coroner Yesenia L. Sanchez who is assisted in the operation of the agency by Undersheriff April LuckettFahimi Assistant Sheriffs Emmanuel Christy and Daniel McNaughton.

The Sheriff of Alameda County is responsible for a vast array of tasks and duties including the following:

• Providing security to the Consolidated Superior Courts
• Operating the Coroners Bureau
• Operating a fullservice criminalistics laboratory
• Performing Civil Process
• Operating the County Jail (Santa Rita)
• Operating the County Office of Emergency Services
• Providing patrol and investigative services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County
• Pursuant to contractual agreements providing patrol and investigative services to the City of Dublin Oakland International Airport Highland County Hospital Social Services and to the AlamedaContra Costa Transit District
• Conducting a basic academy pursuant to Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T. requirements. Sheriffs Academy website
• Providing Fish and Game enforcement
• Project Director of the Narcotics Task Force
• Serving as the Executive Director of the Sexual Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force

For more detailed information about the agency visit:Alameda Countys Sheriffs Office.

THE POSITION

Criminalists utilize scientific methods and techniques in the recognition collection and characterization of physical and digital evidence in the Crime Laboratory as well as at crime scenes. They prepare written reports regarding their findings and interpretations and provide expert testimony in court. They perform related duties as required. All positions are located in the Sheriffs Office and may be subject to overtime.

For more detailed information about the job classification including a summary of duties visit: Criminalist III #8525.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications the ideal candidate will possess the following critical attributes:

• Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures processes requirements or cultures.
• Assimilating and applying new jobrelated information in a timely manner.
• Maintaining relationships among departments the public and community organizations.
• Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in ones intentions and those of the organization.
• Planning organizing and establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Demonstrating a willingness to commit to ones work and to invest ones time talent and best efforts in accomplishing organizational goals.
• Maintaining stable performance under pressure or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity).
• Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Setting up ongoing procedures to collect and review information needed to manage activities.