Police Clerk 2024

Salary : $49,816.00 - $60,611.20 Annually
Location : New Hope, MN
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Police
Opening Date: 12/11/2023
Closing Date: 1/1/2024 8:00 AM Central
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: N/A
Description
Join a hard-working team in a fun, supportive community. The New Hope Police Station is less than four years old and was designed to be a comfortable, safe environment. You will perform intermediate administrative support work providing a variety of routine and complex clerical duties to support the operating policies and procedures of the police department, serving as the main point of contact for the general public, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the office supervisor. Desired hours are 7 a.m. -3 p.m. but a slight variation may be worked out.
Examples of Duties
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions

• Types letters, reports, memorandums and other correspondence from drafts and digital recordings.
• Answers phones, provides customer assistance and routes information to appropriate city personnel.
• Provides accurate information to the public and department personnel by researching and retrieving data from files or computer programs.
• Enters data into computer programs.
• Complies with data privacy laws per Minnesota state statutes and city policies.
• Monitors alarms and weather alerts.
• Assists with booking of arrested subjects and prisoner searches as needed.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• General knowledge of standard office practices and procedures.
• General knowledge of spelling and punctuation used in written business communications.
• General knowledge of standard office equipment such as personal computer, fax and copy machines.
• General knowledge of standard software applications.
• General knowledge of filing procedures.
• General skill completing standard and irregular data entry.
• Ability to type accurately using a large variety of formats.
• Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with city personnel and the public.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with citizens, elected officials, consultants, other city staff, vendors and the general public.

Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED and moderate experience working in an office environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Physical Requirements
This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires sitting, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and repetitive motions and occasionally requires standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling and lifting; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operating machines and observing general surroundings and activities; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
Special Requirements

• CPR/First Aid certification.
  
• CJIS Basic Operator Course.
  
• Ability to provide annual Mantoux test as required by governing agencies

Preferred

• Law enforcement experience

Additional Information

• Salary shown is projected for 2024.

Tentative Timeline:
Jan. 11 - Interview with Staff
Jan. 12-17 - Online Testing
Jan. 16 - Interview with Personnel Board (Evening)
Jan. 18 - Interview with City Manager and Police Chief
Week of Jan. 22 - Backgrounding begins for preferred candidate
Early- to mid-March - Tentative start time frame
The city of New Hope offers an excellent, complete benefits package to full-time, eligible employees including: health and dental insurance; health savings account (HSA); short-term, long-term and life insurance; pension (PERA); holidays; personal leave; deferred compensation plans; tuition reiumbursement; employee assistance program and wellness program.
01
Do you have a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent?

• Yes
• No

02
This position has the following employer-paid requirements. Mantoux testing within 1 month of hire. CPR/First Aid certification within 3 months of hire. CJIS Basic Operator Course completion within 6 months of hire. Indicate yes or no, if you can complete these three requirements by the deadlines noted.

• Yes
• No, and I have indicated why in the additional information question on the application.

03
This position has requirements that have been set by various state and federal agencies. Some of these requirements make it necessary to attend classes or activities that are scheduled off-site. Are you able to attend off-site training?

• Yes
• No

04
Indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Word.

• None
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

05
Describe your experience supporting this rating for your Word proficiency. If none, enter "n/a."
06
Indicate your level of proficiency for Microsoft Excel.

• No Experience
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced

07
Describe your experience supporting this rating for your Excel proficiency. If none, enter "n/a."
08
What is your estimated typing speed?

• Less than 45 wpm
• 45 to 60 wpm
• More than 60 wpm

09
Indicate your years of office experience. Double the years if in a law enforcement office or otherwise closely related to this position.

• No experience
• Experience, but less than 1 year
• 1 or more, but less than 3 years
• More than 3 years

10
Indicate the number of years you have used police-related applications. Indicate in the additional information question which applications and how you've used them.

• No experience
• Experience, but less than 1 year
• 1 or more, but less than 2 years
• 2 years or more

11
Describe additional job-related education or training. If none, indicate "n/a."
12
Indicate your knowledge of and experience with the Minnesota Data Practices Act, HIPPA or similar work with confidential data.

• No experience or knowledge
• Some experience and basic understanding
• Substantial experience and thorough understanding

13
Indicate your level of expertise in transcribing from an audio recording.

• No experience
• Some Experience
• Proficient

14
Provide any additional details requested above or that you feel would be helpful in evaluating your application. If none, enter N/A.
Required Question