Property Technician Lead

Duties

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Trains employees in increasingly high liability and technical tasks
• Proficient in the abilities to perform all job tasks required of a property technician
• Creates and maintains training material
• Imports, updates, and quality control of computer-generated reports
• Tracks, distributes, files, and scan documents
• Researches and solves report, record, and identification problems
• Organizational knowledge to route reports and prompt system notifications to units within the organization for follow up
• Data entry
• Routes information internally for follow up
• Maintains complex record keeping and reporting systems; enters, modifies, and updates multiple data bases in local, State and National computer systems
• Works extensively with Law Enforcement personnel both internally and from other jurisdictions; communications effectively both verbal and electronically
• Gathers, checks, compiles, and prepares a variety of information for administrative and statistical reports.
• Operates a variety of office machines
• Refers calls for police service to dispatch when an officer is required
• Advises citizens when evidentiary items are authorized for release and pick up
• Proficient in the abilities to perform all job tasks required of a property technician
• Responds to a variety of inquiries requiring the interpretation of policy and procedures
• Assists in developing operational priorities, goals, and objectives
• Oversees unit activities when a supervisor is unavailable
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

 Earn a Degree in Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic Science, or Computer Forensics

Requirements

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED. The selected candidate will be required to submit proof, in the form of an official transcript of the highest level of education completed as indicated on their application and/or resume

Experience:

• Three (3) years of experience in a Law Enforcement property and evidence unit
• Two (2) years of general office or clerical experience including data entry and customer service experience

Licenses and Certifications:

• CCIC/NCIC certification preferred, but also required within 6 months of employment

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of office practices and procedures; business English
• Manual and computer filing and records management systems and databases
• Office software; Word, Windows

Skills:

• Proficiency in chain of custody processes
• Knowledge of evidence handling and preservation

Abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens
• Handle stressful situations with tact and diplomacy
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Perform complex data entry activities, attention to detail
• The ability to work a 10-hour shift schedule (Monday-Thursday; Tuesday-Friday)
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback

Essential Personnel:

• When a local announcement of emergency or disaster is declared by the City, all City of Aurora employees may be required to work as essential personnel

Physical Demands:

• Light work that involves moving no more than 20 pounds at a time
• Frequent lifting, carrying, walking, and standing
• Hand/eye coordination to operate computer keyboard
• Vision to read and interpret reports, documents, and other written information
• Frequent speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with employees and citizens
• Memory to retain updated processes, complete tasks that are important but infrequent and highly technical tasks
• Critical thinking to navigate technical tasks; use resources when unsure if a Supervisor is not available
• Judgment to ensure confidential information remains protected

Work Environment:

• Essential duties performed primarily in clean, comfortable environment with some shared workstations and equipment
• Job duties are performed on site at either the HQ or WH locations – this is not a work from home assignment

Equipment Used:

• Frequently uses computer keyboard and telephone, fax machines, and copies
• Scissor lift experience preferred but can train after hire
• This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment

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