Administrative Specialist Lead

Date Opened: Thursday July:00 AM

Close Date: Sunday July:00 AM

Department: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Salary: $31.96 - $39.95 Commensurate with Experience

SUMMARY

This position will serve as the Administrative Officer Lead under the direction of the Office of Professional Standards. This position will ensure that all assigned publications are free of typographical format and layout errors; manages multiple writing assignments to meet target publication dates. The Administrative Officer IV will lead and conduct research on a broad array of subject areas in the law enforcement profession. The position will lead and conduct independent reviews of policy and procedures and other special studies of interest to the law enforcement profession.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Researches reviews evaluates and develop policy options and recommendations and provide expert guidance to the Policy Team intradepartmental teams and Executive Leadership.
• Identifies benefits and drawbacks of existing policies or options and develop recommendations based on agreed objectives or principles in the critical areas of eligibility enrollment data and consumer experience.
• Advises senior executive management regarding the implications of various policy and legislative initiatives at the local state and federal levels.
• Conducts research; develop policies and strategies under the direction of executive leadership; performs quantitative and qualitative analysis of the effects of these policies on department programs.
• Prepares written and oral reports on national trends in law enforcement; and present recommendations to department leadership and policymakers in a clear and concise manner for review and consideration in decision making.
• Promotes communication by preparing a variety of materials to disseminate program and policy information on a departmental basis on senior or executive managements behalf.
• Assists management by constructing sensitive documents and correspondence producing special research reports serving as liaison on internal and external issues participating in task forces and special issue meetings and coordinating various projects.
• Conducts training for new policy implementation.
• Serves in a leadership role on the Strategic Policy Unit.
• Performs all other duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or Equivalent and seven years related work experience OR
• Associates degree and five years related work experience OR
• Bachelors degree and three years related work experience OR
• Masters degree and one-year related work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree or higher in English Public Policy or related field and at least five (5) years of work experience in legal public administration law enforcement or higher education.
• Experience with the CALEA accreditation process.
• Experience with Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel and PowerDMS.
  

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality with an understanding of general practices related to legal records management data protection and privacy/confidentiality.
• Requires high degree of computer literacy.
• Requires experience in data analysis research methods and statistics preferably in a law enforcement capacity.
• Requires the ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing ideas/concepts findings/results interpretations and evaluations.

ADA and Other Requirements:

• Positions in this class typically require grasping talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions.

Physical Requirements:

• Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting or standing for long periods of time
• Ability to see hear and communicate information effectively

Sensory Requirements:

• Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual audio and other sensory modalities) for proof reading and writing and typing
• Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises which in return could result in some level of stress fatigue or strain
• Comprehend written information in work related documents
• Ability to hear understand and distinguish speech

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an indoor office environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions and frequent exposure to computer screens files and phone.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

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BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to all employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.