SUPERVISOR 2, STATE BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION
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Supervisor 2, State Bureau of Identification is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Pay on the FY 2027 schedule runs $63,663 to $92,953, and state payroll currently lists 5 people in the title, most of them at Law and Public Safety.
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Supervisor 2, State Bureau of Identification appears on the State payroll at one department, Department of Law & Public Safety.
State departments
| Employer | Employees |
|---|---|
| Department of Law & Public Safety | 5 |
State payroll and independent authority payroll are separate systems and are never merged. See data sources.
Pay ladder: Supervisor series
- Supervisor 1 Mvc — $69,668 – $101,951
- Supervisor 2 Mvc — $79,844 – $117,228
Its top salary lands around the 35th percentile of all NJ civil service titles that publish a range.
Rungs are ordered by FY 2027 pay. NJ level numbers are not always sequential, so ordering follows salary rather than the title number.
Who employs this title
State payroll records show 5 people working under this title. The median actual salary is $86,980. The agencies employing the most are:
- Law and Public Safety (5)
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 the supervision of a unit head, or other higher level official in the State Bureau of Identification, Division of State Police, Department of Law and Public Safety, plans, organizes and supervises the staff and work of more than one functional unit responsible for data entry, correction, retrieval and/or modification of documents and information related to criminal histories, fingerprint cards, and other records used by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies; implements and monitors security measures mandated by federal regulations; develops and formulates work unit goals and objectives; does related work as required.
Examples of work
- Ensures the operational efficiency of the units supervised.
- Keeps the unit head informed of any operational or security problems experienced by unit personnel.
- Organizes the clerical function of all documents received in the unit, for correct information prior to coding and computer input.
- Responsible for informing federal agencies and New Jersey contributors of any problems being experienced regarding the identification of individuals with respect to descriptive data or fingerprint impressions, and takes necessary action to implement the correction of the error condition.
- Develops clerical and technical procedures to meet goals and objectives of the State Bureau of Identification.
- Supervises the training of staff on how to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recordings and computerized information systems and software applications used by the agency, office or related units.
- Responsible for security measures in the unit with established legislative, judicial, and department guidelines specified in State and federal law.
- Coordinates and may provide instruction in advanced identification courses conducted by the Division of State Police for county and municipal police and other authorized personnel.
- Supervises the creation and maintenance of unit records, reports and files.
- Prepares reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations.
- Supervises the verification of information.
- Supervises the troubleshooting activities of system malfunctions.
- Provides directions concerning the security, purging and/or destruction of source documents and other confidential records.
- Maintains liaison with other units regarding operations within the Bureau.
- Supervises the operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or discipline of employees.
- Responsible for implementing security within the unit as set forth by federal regulations.
- May testify in court.
- Responsible for the resolution of questions posed by State, county and local agencies regarding New Jersey Statutes.
- Prepares correspondence in the course of official duties.
- Supervises the requisition, storage, safeguards, security, and proper usage related equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Supervises the maintenance and security of confidential and essential records and files maintained by the unit.
- Assigns work to technical and clerical personnel involved in collection, verification, collation, and dissemination of information pertaining to criminal documents and criminal history records.
- Establishes work procedures to ensure that criminal offender record information is disseminated solely to authorized state and federal criminal justice agencies.
- 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.
Requirements
If assigned to the Biometric Identification Unit, appointees will be required to have successfully completed a course of training in the Henry System with extensions interfaced with an Automated Fingerprint Information System (AFIS) workstation operations in Fingerprint Classification and Identification practices.
If assigned to the Biometric Identification Unit, appointees will be required to have successfully completed the courses and training requirements necessary to instruct others on the usage of the Fully Integrated Fingerprint Identification System (FIFIS) Live Scan workstation operations for fingerprint classification.
Experience
Five years (5) years of experience in the classification, processing, filing, modification, correction and/or research of records, criminal histories, and other documents used by state, local and federal law enforcement agencies, one (1) of which shall have been in a supervisory capacity.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of programs and functions of the State Bureau of Identification.
- Knowledge of modern office methods, procedures, and equipment.
- Knowledge of filing equipment, procedures, and techniques, and their adaptation to the work of the unit.
- Knowledge of employee performance evaluation procedures.
- Knowledge of procedures used in filing, updating, searching, recording, and related functions pertaining to computerized database options of information system(s).
- Knowledge of established procedures for purging documents and information from the Division of State Police, State Bureau of Identification.
- Knowledge of all functions and methods of criminal justice reporting procedures including police departments, courts and corrections, and able to interpret information contained items such as fingerprint cards and court disposition documents.
- Knowledge of data reduction in order to oversee modification and correction of complex criminal histories and court disposition reporting documents.
- Knowledge of the techniques used to determine the classification of fingerprints, particularly those elements in which the pattern makes the determinations difficult.
- Knowledge of the security and scope of records and files to be retained in the Division of State Police Master Files and the network database depositories.
- Knowledge of job functions and level of ability to assign tasks and special projects.
- Knowledge of criminal information files including documents that substantiate those records.
- Ability to review and update existing unit procedures and quantified work standards to achieve workload distribution objectives.
- Ability to oversee, instruct, train and supervise the employees assigned to subunits of the work operation.
- Ability to interface with other State Police unit supervisors and other law enforcement agencies personnel and provide guidance.
- Ability to plan and implement security systems to prevent loss, misfiling, theft and misuse records.
- Ability to prepare and supervise the preparation of reports, memoranda, correspondence or other documents.
- Ability to effectively interact and represent the Division of State Police with law enforcement and other officials from federal, state, and municipal agencies in developing mutual cooperation and information sharing of confidential data.
- Ability to develop job standards, duties and responsibilities for subordinate personnel and to supervise and evaluate the performance of their work.
- Ability to supervise the establishment, security and maintenance of essential equipment, materials, supplies and confidential records and files.
- Ability to testify in courts of law as a state witness concerning the process and procedures of the unit.
- Ability to learn and instruct others to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recordings and computer information systems and software applications used by the agency, office or related units.
- Ability to plan and adapt procedures to meet the specific mission of the unit and monitor its output.
- Ability to assign, train, and supervise work performance of unit personnel for dissemination of complete and accurate criminal records.
- Ability to acquire thorough knowledge of the programs and functions of the State Bureau of Identification.
- Ability to acquire knowledge of New Jersey State Statutes and all acceptable charges that are to be placed into the system.
- Ability to acquire knowledge of rules and regulations, standards, policies and procedures of the unit, State Bureau of Identification, and Division of State Police pertaining to fingerprints and records and their application to specific cases in order to recognize and correct security violations as outlined in Title 28, Chapter I, part 20:30 (dissemination of Criminal History Record Information.)
- Ability to plan and adapt clerical procedures to meet the specific needs of the unit.
- Ability to prepare as well as supervise the preparation of correspondence.
- Ability to prepare as well as supervise the preparation of statistical and other unit reports.
- Ability to supervise the maintenance of essential records, reports 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 or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the 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 with or without reasonable accommodation. 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.