SENIOR IDENTIFICATION OFFICER (Local)
New Jersey treats Senior Identification Officer as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
Eligibility comes down to 2 years of relevant experience. State payroll currently lists about 16 people in the title, most of them at Corrections.
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Senior Identification Officer appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Corrections.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Corrections | 16 |
Where this title is used
Senior Identification Officer is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Who employs this title
State payroll records show 16 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $74,754. The agencies employing the most are:
- Corrections (16)
Counts from NJ YourMoney agency payroll. See statewide workforce analytics.
Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction, handles the more responsible and difficult specialized work involved in taking and classifying fingerprints of persons for identification purposes and/or interviews and photographs persons for investigations and identification; does other related work.
Examples of work
- Performs the more difficult, responsible and specialized work involved in interviewing persons for physical descriptions and information for recording on fingerprint cards, criminal records, alias cards and other required records.
- Conducts the more difficult, responsible and specialized work involved in taking fingerprints, analyzing, indexing, classifying and filing; searches files for prior records.
- Takes photographs and develops prints, mixes development solutions, develops negatives and makes prints, enlargements and copies records and documents.
- Takes photographs of crimes, searches for, and lifts latent prints with fingerprint powder.
- Fingerprints dead and partly decomposed bodies for identification purposes.
- Assists with exchange of information between law enforcement authorities by receiving, transmitting and preparing records and reports.
- Testifies in court as fingerprint expert.
- May supervise the staff assigned to identification unit.
- Prepares correspondence.
- Maintains files of identification cards, photographs, criminal records, alias cards, fingerprint records, wanted circulars, modus operandi files.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
Two (2) years of experience in the taking, filing, and searching of fingerprints in an organization using a standard alphanumeric system.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of the methods and procedures used in taking, classifying, and filing fingerprints using a standard alphanumeric system.
- Knowledge of materials to be filed in each individuals record, and the forms and methods used to compile required data.
- Knowledge of the varied sources where fingerprints and related information may be found.
- Ability to analyze identification problems, organize assigned work, and develop effective work methods.
- Ability to take, classify, and file fingerprints according to alphanumeric system.
- Ability to assemble and check materials and data to be placed into individual records.
- Ability to search files for fingerprints used to identify persons.
- Ability to prepare correspondence.
- Ability to obtain, store, safeguard, and properly use fingerprint and related equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Ability to maintain records and files.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.