Current jobs related to Fingerprint Examiner - Oakland - Alameda County

**Date Opened**
- 4/24/2024 5:00:00 PM

**Filing Deadline**
- 5/21/2024 5:00:00 PM

**Salary**
- $32.96 - $39.19/hour; $64,272.00 - $76,420.50/year

**HR Analyst**
- Elaine Lemi

**Department**
- Sheriff's Office

**Introduction**:
**THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION.** The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.

Applications and supplemental questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. by the filing deadline. _ONLINE APPLICATIONS ONLY._

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**DESCRIPTION**:
**ABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE**
- The Alameda County Sheriff's Office is a full-service 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 Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board for its Explosive Ordinance Unit. Additionally, the agency's health care provider, Wellpath, has experience working with the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).
- The Sheriff's Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1700 authorized positions, including in excess of 1000 sworn personnel. The agency's Chief Executive Officer is Sheriff / Coroner Yesenia L. Sanchez, who is assisted in the operation of the agency by Undersheriff April Luckett-Fahimi, 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 Coroner’s Bureau
- Operating a full-service 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 Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
- Conducting a basic academy pursuant to Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) requirements. [Sheriff's Academy website]
- Providing Fish and Game enforcement
- Project Director of the Narcotics Task Force
- Serving as the Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force
- Operating a Marine Patrol Unit in the San Francisco Bay waters
- For more detailed information about the agency, visit: Alameda County's Sheriff's Office.

**THE POSITION**
- Under general supervision of the Identification Supervisor in the Central Identification Bureau, to learn to perform the duties of classifying, registering, searching and identification of fingerprints in the Automated Fingerprint/Biometric Identification System (AFIS/ABIS); assist other city, county, state and federal agencies with fingerprint and identification work; and to do related work as required.
- The classification of Fingerprint Examiner is an entry level classification in the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Fingerprint Examiners work under close supervision in the Central Identification Bureau (CIB) and receive on-the-job training. This classification is distinguished from the next advanced level class of Senior Fingerprint Examiner in that the latter is responsible for handling the more complex and diversified fingerprint examiner transactions.
- For more detailed information about the job classification, visit: Fingerprint Examiner (#1283).

**THE IDEAL CANDIDATE**
- Superior communication skills, both oral and written, and the ability to communicate with a wide variety of people, including coworkers, command staff, other law enforcement agencies, and members of the public.
- Accurately completing assignments and tasks while paying attention to detail and setting processes.
- Identifying opportunities and issues, and proactively acting and following through on work activities to resolve them.
- Taking prompt action to accomplish work objectives within a timely manner.
- Accepting responsibility for outcomes (positive or negative) of one's work; admits mistakes and redirects efforts when appropriate.
- Maintaining effectiveness while completing several tasks simultaneously.
- Working effectively in a team setting where there is collective ownership but have the ability to make independent sound decisions as needed.
- Presenting a professional and competent demeanor with the ability to testify in a court of law.
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