Crime Lab Jobs (NOW HIRING)

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.\r\n\r\n\r\nSupplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed supplemental questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Failure to submit the application or supplemental questionnaire will result in disqualification.\r\n\r\n\r\nApplications and supplemental questionnaires must be in possession of the Human Resources Services Department by 5:00 PM on the filing deadline.\r\n\r\n\r\nApplications and supplemental questionnaires will only be accepted online.\r\n

DESCRIPTION

\r\n\r\n\r\nABOUT THE ALAMEDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE\r\n\r\nThe 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).\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff's Office has a current budget of approximately $600 million and has over 1600 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 Daniel McNaughton and Pace Stokes.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Sheriff of Alameda County is responsible for a vast array of tasks and duties, including the following:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Providing security to the Consolidated Superior Courts\r\n Operating the Coroner's Bureau\r\n Operating full-service criminalistics laboratory\r\n Performing Civil Process\r\n Operating a County Jail (Santa Rita)\r\n Operating the County Office of Emergency Services\r\n Providing patrol and investigative services to the unincorporated areas of Alameda County\r\n 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\r\n Conducting a basic academy pursuant to Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) requirements. [Sheriff's Academy website]\r\n Providing Fish and Game enforcement\r\n Project Director of the Narcotics Task Force\r\n Serving as the Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force\r\n\r\n\r\nFor more detailed information about the agency, visit: Alameda County's Sheriff's Office.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTHE POSITION\r\nUnder general direction, the Senior Crime Analyst performs a wide variety of professional and administrative complex research and analysis of criminal justice information and activities and assists in the coordination and utilization of police systems; plans, coordinates, and evaluates departmental programs; trains sworn personnel on crime analysis and criminal apprehension; provides training on the use of tracking systems; and supervises a small team of crime analyst staff. This is a non-sworn classification that is located in the Sheriff's Office and reports to a Lieutenant or Captain.\r\n\r\n\r\nFor more detailed information about the job classification, visit: Senior Crime Analyst (#0406).\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

EITHER I\r\nExperience:\r\n\r\n\r\nThe equivalent of three (3) years of full-time experience in the classification of Crime Analyst within the Alameda County classified service.\r\n\r\n\r\nOR II\r\nEducation:\r\n\r\n\r\nPossession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business or public administration, criminal justice, forensic science, quantitative analysis, or a closely related field to the work.\r\n\r\n\r\nAND\r\nExperience:\r\n\r\n\r\nThe equivalent of four (4) years of full-time experience involving crime data collection, statistical research, and analysis, and working with criminal intelligence automated systems design and implementation in a criminal justice, law enforcement, or military intelligence-related setting, one (1) year of which must be in a lead or senior capacity.\r\n\r\n\r\nSubstitution:\r\n\r\n\r\nAdditional experience as outlined in Pattern II above may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis. \r\nLicense/Certificate:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Possession of a valid California driver's license is required.\r\n A Department of Justice Crime and Intelligence Analysis certificate from an accredited college or university is desirable.\r\n\r\nSpecial Requirements:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Must pass a thorough background investigation.\r\n Employees must be willing to be on call.\r\n Employees may be required to work evening, night and rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays during emergency or critical incident situations, and may be called upon with short notice.\r\n\r\nNOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.\r\n

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:\r\n\r\n\r\nKnowledge of:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Microsoft Office Suite, such as Excel, PowerPoint, or similar programs.\r\n Methods and techniques used in researching, compiling, sorting, evaluating and analyzing statistical, theoretical, and factual criminal and offender information.\r\n Computer operations including proficiency in Windows, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping and other geographic information systems, word processing, spreadsheet, statistical analysis, and database applications.\r\n Basic principles and practices of employee supervision, training, and development.\r\n Distinction between crime patterns, series, and trends.\r\n California Penal Code and California Vehicle Code.\r\n Business English and statistical mathematics.\r\n\r\n\r\nAbility to:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Understand relevant legal and ethical considerations in intelligence and crime analysis.\r\n Multi-task and operate in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with rapidly changing priorities.\r\n Work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment and effectively interface with various stakeholders, ranging from patrol detectives to command staff. \r\n Compose written reports demonstrating criminal trends and patterns that have developed.\r\n Communicate effectively both orally and in writing that includes making oral presentations.\r\n Analyze a variety of criminal information received from various sources and formulate theories regarding criminal trends, patterns, and perpetrators.\r\n Collect and evaluate criminal intelligence information to develop criteria to measure the reliability of such information.\r\n Read and interpret maps and other geographic information systems.\r\n\r\n\r\n

EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:\r\n1) A review of applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those applicants who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.\r\n2) A review of supplemental questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process.\r\n3) An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the applicant's final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.\r\n\r\n\r\nCANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION\r\n\r\n\r\nWe reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.\r\n\r\n\r\nAlameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.\r\n\r\n\r\nTo learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the 'Hiring Process' section of our website: https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov/.\r\n

RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN

Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:\r\n\r\nTENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Deadline for Filing:\r\n \r\n \r\n Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 5:00 PM\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Review of Applications for Minimum Qualifications:\r\n \r\n \r\n Monday, June 22, 2026\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Supplemental Questionnaire Review for Best Qualified:\r\n \r\n \r\n Thursday, July 2, 2026\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Oral Interviews:\r\n \r\n \r\n TBD\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n\r\nWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nREASONABLE ACCOMMODATION\r\nAlameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Alameda County's Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement no later than the recruitment filing deadline. If this is a continuous open recruitment without a filing deadline, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement within ten (10) business days of submitting your application. Unless your disability is readily apparent (for example, you use a wheelchair and need wheelchair-accessible spaces), Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.\r\n\r\n\r\nFor more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, https://hrs.alamedacountyca.gov.\r\n\r\n\r\n

BENEFITS

The County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:\r\nFor your Health & Well-Being\r\n\r\n Medical - HMO & PPO Plans\r\n Dental - HMO & PPO Plans\r\n Vision or Vision Reimbursement\r\n Share the Savings\r\n Basic Life Insurance\r\n Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)\r\n Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance\r\n County Allowance Credit\r\n Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance\r\n Short-Term Disability Insurance\r\n Long-Term Disability Insurance\r\n Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Long-Term Care, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services\r\n Employee Assistance Program\r\n\r\nFor your Financial Future\r\n\r\n Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)\r\n Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)\r\n\r\nFor your Work/Life Balance\r\n\r\n 12 paid holidays\r\n Floating Holidays\r\n Vacation and sick leave accrual\r\n Vacation purchase program\r\n Management Paid Leave**\r\n Catastrophic Sick Leave\r\n Pet Insurance\r\n Commuter Benefits Program\r\n Guaranteed Ride Home\r\n Employee Wellness Program (e.g., At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)\r\n Employee Discount Program (e.g., theme parks, cell phone, etc.)\r\n Child Care Resources\r\n 1stUnited Services Credit Union\r\n\r\n*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.\r\n**Employees in management-designated classifications may be entitled to management paid leave. Refer to the applicable MOU or Salary Ordinance for more information.\r\n\r\n

Conclusion

All notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @jobaps.com, @acgov.org and Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings page and clicking on the link 'last notice sent' for the respective recruitment.\r\nPlease take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.\r\nNOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box Noreply@jobaps.com are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. All notices are generat...