Women's Employment Expo - Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainee (Finance)

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office is seeking to fill vacancies for the Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainee position throughout the Riverside County. Incumbents are required to work rotating shifts, weekends, nights, holidays, irregular hours, and overtime, as needed.

As a Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainee, the incumbent will review court documents, apply penal codes and bail table rules and regulations; perform time computations to determine inmates' sentence and proper release date; enter, update and access booking charges and other crime statistics into/from computerized law enforcement tracking systems; perform other related specialized clerical duties in support of the Corrections Bureau; and perform other related duties as required.

The Sheriff's Corrections Assistant Trainee is the entry-level classification within the Sheriff's Corrections Assistant series assigned to the jail Business Office and reports to a supervisory or manager level position. Incumbents work in a training capacity performing the more routine specialized clerical duties and under immediate supervision of a Supervising Sheriff's Corrections Assistant or a correctional or sworn sergeant, learn the more complex and difficult specialized tasks.

Meet the Team!
The law enforcement professionals of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office , with a staff of over 3,600 dedicated men and women, cover the expanse of over 7,300 square miles in southern California. The Sheriff's Office is dedicated to serving the citizens of its communities with integrity, professionalism, leadership, and loyalty and believes in service above self.

Who May Apply
This recruitment is open to all applicants. Current employees of the County of Riverside and/or the Riverside County Sheriff's Office may be considered before other applicants, depending on the volume of applications received.• Receive and process court documents and interpret court proceedings to determine which inmates are to be released or detained; ensure inmates are sent to the correct court on the proper data and time.

• Process the Business Office portion of inmate booking and input charges into the Jail Information Management System (JIMS); run queries through the California Law Enforcement Tracking System (CLETS) and National Crime Information Center (NCIC) computer automated criminal information tracking systems; review booking charges for accuracy and apply bail schedule and rules to determine if charge(s) are eligible for bail.

• Verify court information in an inmate's booking file and apply appropriate rules/regulations to compute the inmate's sentence(s) to determine proper discharge date.

• Receive cash or Postal Money Orders for inmates and credit proper inmate accounts; reconcile daily receipts and register transactions.

• Prepare documents and update files within JIMS for those inmates being transferred to other federal, state or local agencies; may coordinate with appropriate agency liaison for the transfer of inmate(s) to their facility.

• Prepare daily court calendar to ensure that inmates are transported to the proper courtroom and appear on the correct court schedule.

• Review accounts for Probable Cause Forms in all new inmate-booking files; send Probable Cause Statements to the appropriate court and judge and monitor their decision to determine the appropriate action for the inmates.

• Calculate appropriate bail amounts by applying penal codes and bail table rules/regulations; answer telephone inquiries from bail bond agents and the public regarding bail and release information.

• Perform other clerical tasks including filing, faxing, routine telephone calls to appropriate staff, and operating a variety of office equipment.

• Order supplies and equipment by monitoring inventory levels and prepare proper paperwork.Education: Graduation from high school, possession of a certificate of proficiency issued by the California State Board of Education or attainment of a satisfactory score on a G.E.D. examination.

Experience: One year of clerical experience. (Completion of 18 semester or 27 quarter units from an accredited college or university in secretarial sciences, office practices, business administration, or a closely related field to the assignment OR completion of 260 hours of training from a recognized occupation training program in secretarial science, business education or a closely related field to the assignment may substitute for the required experience.)

License: Possession of a valid California Driver's License.

Work Schedule: Required to work rotating shifts, weekends, nights, holidays, irregular hours, and may be required to work overtime.

Knowledge of: Modern office procedures; correct English usage including spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Ability to: Perform general clerical work; learn complex computerized criminal information software; learn the procedures and details of legal documents pertaining to criminal records/ warrants in a correctional facility; establish effective working relationships with others and communicate tactfully and courteously with the public and peers; accurately perform basic arithmetic computations; follow oral and written directions; process specialized Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) documents; learn all applicable law enforcement related codes, rules, regulations, and laws; meet department production and accuracy standards.

Upload a copy of your degree(s) and/or transcript(s) as an attachment to your application prior to submitting the application. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services ( NACES ) or Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. ( AICE ). Contact Information
For more information regarding this position, please contact the recruiter, Stephanie Rodriguez, at (951) 955-5776 or sterodriguez@rivco.org .