Deputy Coroner Manager

Duties

Duties

• Direct, plan, organize and supervise the Coroner Investigative unit, inclusive of morgue operations.
• Assist in the preparation, submission and management of the unit budget and the negotiation and procurement of contracts and memorandums of understanding for services.
• Supervise investigations of deaths and assign cases to investigators; conduct the more complex coroner investigations; and serve as back up to investigative staff.
• Determine if the Coroner has jurisdiction in more questionable cases and decide appropriate investigative procedures.
• Insure the proper notification of next-of-kin; supervise the release of bodies to mortuaries and interface with funeral home personnel.
• Conduct or cause an inquest to be conducted at the direction of the Coroner; review investigative reports for completeness and accuracy; and testify in court as required.
• Maintain appropriate records; compile statistical data; provide information to law enforcement and other agencies, news media, and the public.
• Receive, secure, and dispose of personal property and evidence related to Coroner cases.
• Act as a liaison to other agencies and the public concerning the Office of the Coroner.
• Maintain effective work relationship with the contracted forensic pathologists.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Participate in emergency response planning specific to mass fatality events.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

 Earn a Degree in Crime Scene Investigation, Forensic Science, or Computer Forensics

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications/ Employment Standards:

• A Bachelors degree in administration of justice, public administration, criminalistics, forensic science, biological or physical sciences, Chemistry or a related field AND two (2) years supervisory experience in a coroner/public administrator environment or a public agency working with death investigations.
OR
• Any combination of education from an accredited college or university with course work in public administration, administration of justice, or related field and experience in a coroner/public administrator environment or a public agency working with death investigations equivalent to six (6) years, two of which must have been in a supervisory capacity.
OR
• Ten (10) years of experience working in a coroner/public administrator environment or a public agency working with death investigations, three (3) of which must have been in a supervisory capacity AND valid registration as a certified American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigator.
• A valid California Driver's License is required at the time of employment.
• Completion of a certified Penal Code 832 course in arrest and firearms is required at the time of employment.

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