State Crime Lab Assistant Director pay range

What the state says the job is

This is administrative work in planning, organizing, and supervising activities of the Crime Laboratory in the Department of Justice. The State Crime Laboratory maintains a full-service forensic science laboratory to assist all law enforcement agencies in North Carolina in the investigation of criminal matters. The Laboratory's mission is to provide state-of-the-art forensic services in the areas of drug analysis, blood alcohol/drug content, firearms & tool marks, latent prints, footwear and tire tracks, forensic biology, computer forensics, and trace evidence. The services are provided from a central laboratory facility in Raleigh and regional laboratories.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Thorough knowledge of the organizational structure and operational procedures and policies of the Crime Laboratory. Considerable knowledge of good management practices, Department of Justice and State Human Resources policies, procedures and ability to manage and direct the work of others. Working knowledge of criminal law and of rules and regulations regarding evidence gathering and handling he methods, procedures, and practices used in the investigation of criminal offenses, and of principles of securing and identifying a variety of crime related evidence. Working knowledge of scientific methodology and of laboratory safety practice, the principles, concepts, theories, reference sources, a ...

Minimum qualifications

Bachelor's degree, preferably with a major in public administration, management, a physical science, or forensic science, from an appropriately accredited institution and eight years of progressive laboratory experience with the State Crime Laboratory, with the most recent two years in a management or supervisory role <h2