Background Investigator

Essential Tasks: Under general supervision, conduct background investigations on persons charged with criminal offenses, open charge misdemeanors, felonies or those indicted by the grand jury, including in-depth background investigations using NCIC checks and national criminal justice resource contacts. Ascertain community, family and employment ties as well as social, and psychological profiles to provide the Court with an accurate portrayal of the defendant and make oral recommendations on conditions of release at bond hearings and bond arraignments. Present justification to challenges of those recommendations. Carefully weigh flight risk, taking into consideration the safety of the community. May act as Terminal Agency Coordinator (TAC) for the division for NCIC certification purposes. Maintain NCIC manuals and assists other court personnel with accurately obtaining criminal histories in accordance with NCIC procedures. Maintain NCIC logs for audit purposes. Conduct interviews of persons charged with felonies and, if necessary, persons charged with misdemeanors, in order to acquire the information needed to commence the background investigation process. Organize and prepare monthly and annual statistical reports on arrests, releases and court appearances to justify funding for, and evaluate the effectiveness of, the pretrial program. Have the ability to get along with others and to work under stress. May perform other duties as assigned in order to meet the operational needs of the Court. A more comprehensive copy of the job description is available at http://metro.nmcourts.gov or may be obtained in the Human Resource office of the Metropolitan Court.

A shift differential of $3.00 per hour is paid for hours worked between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. Employee in this position is required to work rotating shifts, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays and when the Court is closed because of inclement weather. Work is performed at the Courthouse or at the Metropolitan Detention Center. The entire Metropolitan Detention Center property is a smoke free environment. Employees are not allowed tobacco products in their vehicles. Dress codes apply both at the Court and at the Metropolitan Detention Center.