Property Supervisor

Duties

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervising job duties, including conducting performance evaluations, prioritizing and assigning work, coordinating training activities, and making recommendations on hiring, termination, and disciplinary actions
• Supervise, coordinate and review the work of the Property and Evidence Unit
• Plan, prioritize, assign, review, and participate in the Property and Evidence activities
• Respond to court orders concerning evidence
• Review evidence or other material for disposal and conduct periodic evidence destruction in compliance with department procedures, state and federal laws, and as authorized
• Monitor and ensure property and evidence is handled in compliance with established policies and procedures and laws
• Coordinate assigned activities with other departments, divisions, law enforcement agencies, the courts and the general public
• Required to work varied hours and days to include being on-call to respond
• Coordinate the viewings of evidence for district attorneys, defense attorneys, etc. as requested to include inventory of case evidence
• Maintain and supervise the destruction inventory lists for firearms, drugs, money and auctions including counting and then the transfer of monies to the city cashier
• Ascertain whether proper paperwork has been submitted prior to destruction
• Instruct and train others on-the-job regarding evidence handling and computer protocols
• Coordinates the submittal and transportation of evidence to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and other agencies as necessary
• May have to provide after hours on-call assistance in the collection of evidence and the transporting of over-sized items.
• Submits and coordinates the transport of evidence for laboratory analysis or court.
• Submit reports and paperwork
• May be required to assist in the writing of policy and SOP's
• Interpretation of how policies are implemented
• Discussions and support of controversial positions or the negotiation of sensitive issues
• Follow established standard operating procedures and/or policies
• Comprehensive and practical knowledge of a technical field with use of analytical judgment and decision-making abilities
• Conducts inventories and participates in audits
• Performs additional duties as assigned

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

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & WORKING CONDITIONS

• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Education:

• Associates Degree business administration, warehouse and inventory management, or directly related field
• Experience in Evidence Vault may be substituted for college credits

Experience:

• Four (4) years of administrative support experience
• Two (2) years’ work-related experience in Inventory Control Warehousing
• Including one (1) year in a law enforcement environment

Licenses and Certifications:

• CCIC/NCIC certification preferred, but also required within 6 months of employment
• Driver License with clean Motor Vehicle Report

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in a management or lead position
• Municipal government or law enforcement environment experience

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of inventory control
• Evidence chain of command

Skills:

• Strong interpersonal and supervisory skills
• Skill in the use of office equipment, personal computers and software applications related to assigned function

Abilities:

• Ability to work well independently and as a team member
• Ability to stay current in updated computer software updates
• Ability to read, interpret, and explain documents such as city policies, procedures, local, state and federal laws and ordinances
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to communicate effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens
• Ability to apply common sense
• To understand and carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to objectively review situations, solve issues, and find viable solutions to problems while balancing risk and liability to agency and self
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Direct and effectively train and supervise other employees
• Plan, prioritize and schedule work unit operations

Essential Personnel:

• When a local announcement of emergency or disaster is declared by the city, all City of Aurora employees may be required to work as essential personnel.

Physical Demands:

• Heavy physical work requiring the ability to lift 100 pounds with or without assistance
• Ability to remove and place property items up to 14’ off the ground with the use of a ladder or scissor lift
• Frequent carrying objects 50 pounds with or without assistance
• Frequent lift and carrying; pushing, pulling and bending; climbing up ladders; walking and standing (up and down stairs)
• Hand/eye coordination to operate computer keyboard
• Vision to read and interpret reports, documents and other written information
• Frequent speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with employees and citizens
• Critical thinking to navigate technical tasks
• Judgment to ensure confidential information remains protected

Work Environment:

• This is a safety sensitive position subject to random drug/alcohol testing
• Exposure to outside weather conditions, hazardous waste, biological fluids, infectious diseases, narcotics, firearms, drug paraphernalia, noxious fumes, blood and airborne pathogens
• Occasion exposure to explosive components and chemicals from illegal drug manufacturing
• Exposure to moderate noise

Equipment Used:

• Some operation of motor vehicles to transport property and evidence
• Operation of a scissor lift jack
• Frequently uses computer keyboard and telephone, fax machines, copiers and other office equipment
• This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment

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