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Just in Time Employer Meetup

Just in Time Employer Meetup

May 8, 2024

12 - 3 pm

Location: Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Atrium Room

Register via Handshake 

This is an informal event where students can meet with employers to explore full-time entry-level positions, summer internship opportunities, and part-time employment. All UMD students, especially recent graduates, seniors, and juniors, are invited to come and network with employers from various industries. Hosted by The University Career Center. 

Spanish Speaking Victim/Witness Specialist (Advocate) | Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office

 

Spanish Speaking Victim/Witness Specialist (Advocate)

Location: Anne Arundel County, MD

The State’s Attorney’s Office is seeking a Spanish speaking Victim/Witness Specialist to support victims and witnesses of crime and to aid prosecutors both with the preparation of a criminal case for trial and throughout the court process. This position may be full or part time.

Essential Job Functions: 

• Must be fluent in Spanish 
• Assist attorneys by preparing victims and witnesses for trial 
  • Must have some knowledge of the court system and victim’s rights 
  • Must be able to review police reports, witness statements, 911 calls and other evidence 
• Assist victims by providing support, information, safety planning and community resources. Contact with victims and witnesses includes but is not limited to: 
  • Educating victims/witnesses on the court process 
  • Obtaining victim input for bail reviews, plea hearings, sentencing 
  • Providing court accompaniment for victims at all court hearings 
  • Attending pre-trial conferences with victims and witnesses 
  • Maintaining regular contact with victims throughout the court process 
  • Providing notifications to victims of case events and post-trial proceedings
  • Attending and participating in educational conferences/training seminars 
  • Other duties as needed 

Requirements: 

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a human service related field (i.e.: psychology, human services, sociology, criminal justice or related field)
• Ability to conduct empathetic and objective interviews with victims and witnesses 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Spanish
• Ability to work independently and with sound judgment 
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fluid and dynamic environment 
• May require travel between office locations 

Please send a cover letter with a current resume and 3 references to SAO_Resume@aacounty.org with “Spanish Speaking V/W Specialist (Advocate)” and indicate if you are interested in Full Time, Part Time or Both in the subject line.

*NOTE - The selection process includes a comprehensive background investigation

Police Officer (Uniformed Division) - SPEAR | U.S. Secret Service

Police Officer (Uniformed Division) - SPEAR
Location: Washington, DC
Announcement Number: UD-SPEAR-01-24
Salary: $73,502 - $126,449
Closing Date: September 30, 2024

The Uniformed Division’s mission is to protect facilities and venues secured for U.S. Secret Service protectees. Throughout its history, the Uniformed Division has accomplished this mission through a tradition of honor, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.

Duties

During the course of their careers, Uniformed Division Officers carry out assignments in protection. Duties include: 

• Providing protection for The White House Complex, The Vice President's Residence, The Main Treasury Building and Annex, and foreign diplomatic missions and embassies in the Washington, D.C. area.
• Traveling in support of the Presidential, Vice Presidential, and foreign heads of state/government missions.
• Enforcing mandated protective responsibilities as described under Title 18, United States Code, Section 3056A.

       For more information about the Uniformed Division position click here

Paralegal | New York County District Attorney's Office

 

Paralegal
Location: New York City, NY
Job Number:8747725
Salary: $44,253
Closing Date: September 1, 2024

The New York County District Attorney's Office (DANY) has an immediate opening for a Paralegal in its Pathways to Public Safety Division. In this position, the Paralegal will be responsible for supporting several Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) in Pathways as they correspond with defense attorneys, external agencies, and various stakeholders on cases that may be appropriate for diversionary dispositions through one of our felony problem solving courts. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Communicate by email, phone, and in person with defense attorneys to gauge a defendant’s interest in participating in an alternative to incarceration program and request relevant treatment records, medical records, and other information to inform DANY’s position on a defendant’s appropriateness for a treatment disposition.
• Keep detailed notes and maintain spreadsheets detailing the outreach conducted, date of outreach, response from defense counsel or external entity, etc.
• Attend case reviews and obtain any information requested during those reviews (including out of state case facts, medical or treatment records, etc.)
• Relentlessly track all case correspondence and regularly follow-up with lawyers, clinicians, and the Court to move appropriate cases towards a treatment resolution.
• Maintain a database capturing progress made on all problem-solving court referrals.
• Assist ADAs in subpoenaing, collecting, and analyzing documents relevant to treatment consideration.
• Coordinate meetings with defense attorneys and their clients.
• Communicate effectively with all staff, law enforcement personnel, the Court, social workers, and defense attorneys, both orally and in writing.
• Create and maintain various in-house databases, filing, and records management systems.
• Draft correspondence and legal documents.
• Perform data entry and audit using internal case tracking systems and spreadsheets.
• Complete other administrative and paralegal duties as assigned.

Police Officer Candidate/Police Officer I | Gaithersburg Police Department

Police Officer Candidate/Police Officer I
Location: Gaithersburg, MD
Job Number: FY2024-00907
Salary: $65,926.00 - $76,426.00
Closing Date: June 30, 2024

Applicants will be considered in the category for which they qualify, as outlined below:

POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATE (POC):

• Entry level candidates who have no previous law enforcement experience; or
• Candidates with law enforcement experience but who are not currently certified or have not been certified within the past 3 years as a police officer through the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission (MPCTC), including all non-Maryland certified Police Officers.

MARYLAND CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER (PO I):

• Must be currently certified as a Police Officer through the MPCTC or hold an MPCTC certification issued within the last 3 years (you must have an MPCTC number); and
• Must have current or previous work experience as a law enforcement officer with a Maryland law enforcement agency.

A POC is a civilian position for the purpose of early-hiring (administrative, clerical work, and ride-alongs) and/or entry level training at a Maryland certified law enforcement academy only. A POC is required to satisfy all academic and physical training and testing at the law enforcement academy lasting several months. Upon successful completion of the law enforcement academy and MPCTC certification, a POC will be automatically promoted to the position of Police Officer I, and assume the job duties of a police officer.

A Maryland Certified Police Officer is hired at the rank of Police Officer I; this position may not attend a law enforcement academy, but is assigned to a minimum four-week Field Training Program.

The Gaithersburg Police Department does not run its own academy. Candidates hired for the POC position will be sent to a local law enforcement training academy that meets all of the requirements of the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission. The academy runs for approximately six to eight months; and continued employment is contingent upon successful completion of the law enforcement training academy. Upon successful completion of the academy, the officer is assigned to the Field Training Program with experienced officers for a minimum of 14 weeks.

The POC and Police Officer I positions have a 12-month general probationary period from the date of hire, and a 24-month officer probationary period from the date of hire. These two probationary periods run concurrently.

Job Functions

The Gaithersburg Police Department provides law enforcement-related services to more than 71,000 residents; responsibility is shared with the Montgomery County Department of Police. City officers respond to calls for service as necessary and utilize partnerships to solve problems and to deal with issues affecting the safety and quality of life in all City neighborhoods.

As a Police Officer Candidate, you will:

• Attend and successfully complete a Maryland certified law enforcement training academy designed to provide training in police methods and procedures including but not limited to patrol functions, crime prevention, law enforcement, investigation, and identification techniques, equipment, legal obligations, police records and reports, first aid, weapons, effective and professional communication, emergency vehicle operation, and physical fitness.
• Receive instruction in the City of Gaithersburg Police Department's organization, chain of command, and rules, regulations, and procedures.
• May provide administrative or other clerical tasks in support of department functions and services when not attending academy training. 
• Participate in in-service and special training programs as assigned.

As a Police Officer I, you will:

• On an assigned shift, operate a patrol vehicle, bicycle, or walk to observe for violations of traffic laws, suspicious activities or persons, and disturbances of law and order.
• Respond to radio dispatches and answer calls and complaints; investigate crimes, traffic accidents, and domestic disputes.
• Issue traffic citations; serve warrants and summonses; make arrests and testify in court.
• Direct traffic, provide police escorts, perform residential and commercial checks.
• Fill out arrest records, prepare reports and records, transport prisoners.
• Participate in in-service and special training programs as assigned.

Metro Transit Police Officer | Metro Transit Police Department

Metro Transit Police Officer
Location: DC/MD/VA Metro Locations
Job ID: 240091
Salary: $67,818
Closing Date: June 18, 2024

Metro Transit Police Officers are responsible for the enforcement of laws, regulations, and ordinances for crimes committed on, to, or against facilities owned, controlled, or operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. Metro Transit Police Officers conduct this enforcement through a variety of tactics, to include uniform and plain clothes deployments. The Metro Transit Police Department also has a variety of specialty units to include: The Explosive Ordinance Detection Unit, K9, the Special Response Team, Motorcycle unit and more. Unlike any other police agency in the country, the Metro Transit Police Department has tristate jurisdiction and operates in the District of Columbia, the State of Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Due to this jurisdiction, Metro Transit Police Officers serve a population of 3.2 million people throughout the 1,500-square mile Transit Zone.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Investigates crimes or incidents, preserves evidence, identifies witnesses and protects the crime scene pending the arrival of investigating officer(s) and supervising official(s).
• Responds to calls for police matters, disaster and emergency incidents. Performs rescue functions involving accidents, emergencies and disasters. Assumes initial command; establishes a command post and implements the Incident Command System; may act as On-Scene Commander until such time that a higher-ranking official arrives on scene.
• Assists transit patrons to include providing information and emergency first aid including cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Patrols authority facilities to ensure order and prevent crime.
• Endures verbal and mental abuse when confronted with hostile views and opinions of criminal defendants, suspects, arrestees and other people encountered in an antagonistic environment.
• Restrains a criminal suspect, assailant, or perpetrator, forcibly if necessary using handcuffs and other restraints, subdues resisting arrestees using maneuvers and resorts to the use of hands and feet and other approved devices in self-defense.
• Pursues fleeing suspects and performs rescue operations and other duties which may involve quickly entering and exiting secured areas, lifting, carrying, and dragging heavy objects, climbing up and down elevated surfaces, climbing through openings, jumping over obstacles, crawling in confined areas, and using body force to gain entrance.
• Performs searches of people, vehicles (buses, trains, cars, etc.) mail, items objects capable of concealing contraband. Engages in tasks to include foot patrolling, and physically inspecting buildings, stations, doors, elevators, windows, bus divisions, service yards and other areas to ensure they are secure.
• Reviews and comprehends both legal and non-legal documents, including the processing of such documents as medical instructions, commitment orders, summons and other legal writs. May be required to conduct visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time. 
• Performs crisis prevention, including counseling, suicide prevention, recognizing abnormal behavior and taking appropriate action.
• Prepares investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations, and does filing by alphabetizing and labeling. Gathers information in criminal and administrative investigations by interviewing and obtaining statements of victims, witnesses, suspects, and confidential informants and exercises independent judgement in determining when probable cause exists to recommend arrest, warrants or disciplinary action is required. Testifies in court relative to specific findings as required.
• Detects and collects evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses or administrative violations; also detects the presence of conditions such as smoke, unusual or excessive noise, and odors. Takes photographs and obtains a legible set of inked fingerprints of arrestees, and suspects.

Police Officer | District of Columbia Housing Authority

Police Officer
Location: Washington, DC
Job Code: 510083A05UD-PO

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Patrols assigned area on foot, by bicycle, scooter, or in patrol car, to enforce laws, prevent and discover crimes, investigate crimes, maintain order, and answer calls and complaints;

• Answers radio/computer-dispatched, or citizens' requests for police services at the scene of accidents, domestic disputes, law violations, and peace disturbances, or other related scenario;

• Familiarizes self with their patrol assignment and with persons living in area;

• Investigates illegal or suspicious activities, persons, and establishments, and quells disturbances;

• Locates, searches, detains, and arrests law violators, following recognized police procedures;

• Displays promptness for all duty assignments, i.e., roll call, and scheduled court hearings;

• Interviews and questions victims, witnesses, and suspects;

• Gathers and preserves evidence;

• Performs first aid and provides other assistance to accident and other victims;

• Investigates causes and results of incidents/accidents;

• Directs and controls traffic;

• Issues written citations for traffic and other minor violations;

• Operates police communication and computer equipment to obtain, disseminate, and report information;

• Attends community meetings to discuss crime prevention activities and crime problems;

• Writes detailed incident, investigation, activity, and other reports;

• Testifies in court to present evidence by describing conditions, situations, and actions;

• Performs other related duties as assigned.