Assistant Director of Forensic Anthropology
Assistant Director of Forensic Anthropology
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Job Description
The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence by accident by suicide suddenly when in apparent health when unattended by a physician in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
The Assistant Director of the Forensic Anthropology Unit reports to the Director and supervises other staff. The incumbent serves as the lead for lab accreditation and quality assurance requirements under ISO 17020. In addition to supervisory responsibilities the incumbent independently conducts scientific analyses performed on specimens submitted to the Forensic Anthropology Unit and responds to certain types of death scenes. Typical tasks include but are not limited to the following:
Case management assignment and supervisory functions.
Perform daily casework involving analysis of skeletal decomposed mummified burned and/or fragmented human remains.
Analyze cases for the purpose of decedent identification and/or assessment of skeletal trauma.
Supervise and participate in the peerreview process for casework.
Respond on site to death scenes as required (e.g. burials scattered remains fire scenes mass fatalities etc.).
Supervise and participate in decedent identification efforts which utilize NamUs for case upload and decedent tracking; conduct detailed analysis of OCME cold cases to successfully resolve challenging identifications.
Manage the ongoing identification efforts related to World Trade Center remains. Responsible for management of associated case files and serves as the primary point of contact with World Trade Center family members.
Collaborate with other members of the Forensic Anthropology Unit Forensic Pathology Medicolegal Investigations and Special Operations in the main office and offsite locations.
Manage anthropology casework and the timely completion of reports.
Testify as an expert witness in forensic anthropology.
Communicate effectively with lay technical medical and legal audiences.
Participate as a critical member of the agencys disaster response team working in the field and in the mortuary.
Ensure adherence to departmental SOPs best practices and laboratory accreditation requirements under ISO 17020.
Provide training for OCME and law enforcement personnel on laboratory and field techniques relating to Forensic Anthropology.
Other duties as assigned.
CRIMINALIST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 2184C
Qualifications :
1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with specialization in criminalistics forensic science chemistry biology physics molecular genetics genetics biochemistry molecular biology entomology anthropology ecology or a closely related scientific or engineering field.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
