Business Analyst/Consultant (Public Safety)

Consultant/Business Analyst

OVERVIEW

We are a highly specialized consulting and training firm which provides U.S. law enforcement agencies information management, technology and compliance advisory, procurement, integration, and project management services. We help law enforcement manage records, data, and systems in compliance and at peak performance. Our firm is laser-focused on our clients needs, is a growth-driven company, with a healthy work culture which embraces teamwork, collaboration, and a servant leadership environment.

We’re seeking a highly self-motivated, experienced consultant in a business analyst role who will provide advisory and subject matter expertise to law enforcement agencies in the fields of records management, crime reporting, technology, and digital evidence. As a consultant you will provide records management services, technology project-related needs assessments, procurement-related services, business processes re-engineering, and crime reporting compliance audits.

This is a fast-paced, full-time role which carries great individual responsibility and self management. Remote employment will be considered for exceptional candidates. Occasional travel required (brief trips 1-2x per quarter).

About You

Candidates will have senior level law enforcement management, or law enforcement consulting experience, specifically in a business/administrative-related role with expertise in public safety technology, crime reporting, records management, communications, and public records. Candidates must be naturally oriented to modernization of law enforcement operations, change management, data analysis, achieving maximum productivity through business process improvement and leadership.

You will thrive in this position if you can work at a fast pace, learn quickly, adapt to change, work independently, see the big picture and the details. If you are inclined to wait for others to take action, are risk-averse, and slow to learn new things, this position is not for you.

If you are a self-starter with an inquisitive mind, can work in a fast-paced technology driven environment and have a proven history of success, we may have a position for you; however, we are unusually selective about who we ask to join our team. Maintaining a positive work culture and high-performing team is important.

You will thrive with us if you are a talented writer, friendly, confident but humble, comfortable with technology, work with data, and demonstrate critical thinking skills. You should be able to identify client strengths, weaknesses and threats, and develop and execute actionable plans in response.

You will be a great candidate if you are:

• Inherently driven to work hard and take ownership and accountability for your work
• Are nice, friendly, outgoing, and quick to take action upon diagnosing issues
• Creative and use critical thinking skills
• Someone who puts the needs of others first and works collaboratively with others
• Are able to work with Microsoft Office products, with experience building spreadsheets to obtain and analyze data, and assess business process to identify opportunities for efficiency gains
  

About Us

We value balancing your needs with that of the company and recognize there are times you need to tend to family and personal matters. Your well-being is a top priority, and we maintain a healthy, creative, forward-thinking, growth-oriented business-like culture that values everyone’s contribution. We are a small but growing well-run organization with clear goals, objectives, and expectations.

As a Consultant you will:

• Communicate with clients in a personalized and caring manner, and represent the firm with the utmost level of professionalism
• Maintain professional, business-oriented yet personalized communications with all levels of clients including high-level executives
• Conduct job task analysis of law enforcement records management, communications, and related operations
• Develop process maps
• Provide business process re-engineering recommendations
• Gather and analyze data and key performance indicators
• Assess level of compliance with local, state, federal legal and regulatory requirements
• Identify areas of deficiencies, risks, liabilities, and opportunities for operational efficiency gains
• Review statistically valid sampling of police incident, arrest, and supplemental reports to determine proper case status, disposition, and classification
• Assess police report review, rejection, correction, and submission process
• Compare and reconcile raw crime data against NIBRS data
• Test and validate crime data
• Review or develop records retention schedules
• Review local and state records management regulations and laws
• Review police files and systems to determine the value and disposition of records
• Segment active and inactive police records
• Record volume of records series types and assess eligibility for destruction
• Train client in proper records management procedures
• Provide project planning and management activities
• Conduct needs assessments to determine and document as-is and to-be business processes, and technology requirements related to the identification of preliminary systems requirements
• Develop functional and technical system specifications
• Research local and state procurement policy and legal regulations
• Develop request for proposal documents
• Develop vendor evaluation and selection process, criteria, and scoring
• Coordinate and assist with procurement process
• Assist with system implementation and training
• Draft findings and recommendations reports
  
  
  

Qualifications

• 4-year college degree
• Senior-level management experience in police records management, crime reporting, communications, digital evidence operations and systems
• Exceptional verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Experience in the acquisition and implementation of public safety technology
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently and effectively to meet required deadlines
• Ability to learn quickly and apply that knowledge
• Ability to work in a team environment
  
  

Compensation

• Annual and anniversary pay increases
• Bonus eligible
• 401k match
• Paid vacation and sick leave