Police Records Specialist

Overview

Come expand your knowledge of Law Enforcement by joining our Records Division. The City of Gresham is seeking candidates to fill a vacancy for a regular full-time Police Records Specialist in the Police Department. This is an exciting opportunity for qualified candidates looking to work in a fast-paced environment while providing excellent service to the customers of the Gresham Police Department and residents of the City of Gresham.

The Police Records Specialist will train to perform all the essential functions of the job on a rotating basis. After the 12-month probationary period is successfully completed a shift is designated based on seniority in the Police Records Specialist classification.

This job posting will be used to fill a current vacancy and will establish an eligibility list for future opportunities. The eligibility list will be valid for up to six (6) months.

The City of Gresham offers a generous and robust benefit package featuring low deductibles and little to no cost employee premium contributions (depending on plan selection). For details visit our Employee Benefits page. This position is part of the Gresham Police Officers Association (GPOA) Collective Bargaining Unit. To learn more about paid time off and other details specific to this role view the current contract.

Benefits include :

• Paid vacation : 21.33 hours per month to start.
• Education reimbursement
• Sick leave for longer-term illnesses.
• Medical vision dental and life insurance.
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.
• City participates and picks up employee contribution portion of 6% in the Oregon Public Employee Retirement System.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Health reimbursement account.
• Flexible spending account.
• Deferred compensation.

As Oregons fourth-largest city Gresham is a welcoming community of hard-working people where tradition and heritage meet innovation and opportunity. Gresham is a dynamic and rapidly growing city where families and businesses have a mutual desire and drive to thrive. City of Gresham employees care deeply about the community they serve and go one step beyond to deliver services in collaborative inventive practical and nimble ways. Our work is challenging fast-paced and rewarding.

We believe that to deliver the highest level of service to all Gresham community members it is crucial we employ a diverse workforce foster an inclusive working environment and ensure our policies and systems result in equitable outcomes. The City seeks candidates who will support these values by continuously incorporating equity in their daily work and actively contributing to a workplace culture that respects unique viewpoints life experiences and cultural perspectives. Come build the future with us.

Position Description

The Police Records Specialist is responsible for providing external customer service and internal support to law enforcement personnel operating a 24-hour operation. As such employees must be available to work rotating shifts (night swing or day) holidays and weekends and may have mid-weekdays off. Records duties are performed in an office environment while sitting or standing at a desktop computer.

Whatyou willgettodo :

For additional functions associated with this role view the classification specification

Qualities we are looking for :

Work Schedule : The Gresham Police Department operates 365 days per year 24 hours per day. Police Records employees will be assigned to work standardized shifts to include days swing or nights which also includes weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

MINIMUMQUALIFICATIONS :

OR

Any combination of qualifying education training and / or experience equivalent to of three (3) to six (6) years that provides the applicant with the knowledge skills and abilities to perform the job will be considered.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS :

Employment Automatic Disqualifiers list (CLICK HERE)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

Any conditional offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background investigation to include reference checks.

Selection Process

To Apply : Click the Apply button at the top of this job posting.

Requiredapplicationmaterialsinclude :

If you desire a modification of this process to accommodate a disability please provide your request in writing to or by phone to upon submitting the required application materials.

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications will be screened for minimum qualifications and automatic employment disqualifiers from the hyper-linked list provided above. A full review of applications will be conducted by subject matter experts and will determine which candidates will be invited to interview. Communication with candidates will be done primarily through e-mail. Sometimes these messages may land in a spam or junk mail folder. We encourage you to monitor your inbox as well as the inbox within the portal for important updates related to this process.

Police Department processes can take several months to complete from time of application to final offer due to pre-employment checks. We appreciate your patience throughout the process. The selection process will contain the following elements :

This position is part of the Gresham Police Officers Association (GPOA) union. Per Article 18.2 of the GPOA contract a new employee hired in this position shall be hired at Step One of the salary schedule and shall be eligible to advance to Step Two contingent upon twelve (12) months of service. Furthermore a new civilian employee with experience as a full-time public safety employee at another law enforcement agency in Oregon or another state shall be credited one (1) pay step for each completed year of previous full-time paid experience. The maximum starting pay will be one (1) step below the top step of the designated classification salary Schedules City of Gresham

Veterans Preference

The City of Gresham provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment in accordance with state law. Any candidate wishing to have their qualifying veterans preference applied to the process must submit a qualifying document (DD Form 214 or 215) at the time of application providing proof of eligibility that includes discharge status. Disabled veterans must also submit a copy of their Veterans disability preference letter from the US Department of Veteran Affairs at the time of application unless the information is included in the DD Form 214 or 215.

Our Commitment

The City of Gresham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants without unlawful regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender identity national origin age mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status marital status familial status or any other status protected by applicable federal Oregon or local law.

Please direct questions about this position to Cathi Forsythe at or

If you need assistance with the online application please contact NEOGOV directly at.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Basic Math,Computer Operation,Physical Examinations,Military Experience,Law Enforcement,Suspension Experience,Tribal Law,Conflict Management,Security,Heavy Lifting,Public Speaking,Writing Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 55704 - 71132