Job Opportunity

Chief Forensic Laboratories
Los Angeles County

Date Posted:

May 18, 2016

Salary:

$101,196.48 – $153,169.20

Description:

The Chief Forensic Laboratories has direct charge of the Forensic Laboratory Division of the Department of Medical Examiner- Coroner.

The one position allocable to this class reports to the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner and is responsible for providing technical and administrative direction, through subordinate supervisors, to personnel in the Forensic Science Laboratory engaged in receiving, processing, analyzing, and interpreting of evidence. The incumbent of this position must exercise knowledge of supervisory, organizational, and administrative principles, operations, forecasting and planning, budget development and administration, and personnel and employee relations principles in order to plan, organize, and direct the operations of the division. This position also requires that the incumbent be thoroughly familiar with sections of the Government Code pertaining to the Coroner’s responsibilities and those provisions of the California Penal Code and the laws governing the rules of evidence sufficient to provide technical direction to subordinates.

Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements: 

OPTION I: A Doctorate degree from an accredited college with specialization in chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, pharmacology, criminalistics, physics or biology and two years’ experience supervising personnel in a forensic sciences laboratory.

OPTION II: A Master’s Degree from an accredited college with specialization in chemistry, biochemistry, toxicology, pharmacology, criminalistics, physics, or biology and four years’ experience supervising personnel in a forensic sciences laboratory.

How to Apply:

For additional information and online application please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/jobs/1372798/chief-forensic-laboratories.

Filing Deadline:

Continuous

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