What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Operations Analyst-SORNA (DPS #17988) position at State of New Mexico?
Posting Details
The Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB) gathers, preserves, and disseminates criminal justice data in support of public safety. Through state and federal partnerships, LERB serves as the state's official repository for millions of fingerprint records and criminal history records. The bureau functions at a high operational tempo with large volumes of data, records, and modernization projects. Major programs include the Missing Persons, Concealed Carry, Sex Offender Registration, and support to vital law enforcement databases such as NCIC, Triple I, and NIBRS. While administrative in nature, LERB is not a traditional records bureau due to its operational impact and oversight of New Mexico's public safety records, data, and intelligence sharing infrastructure.
Experience the professional satisfaction of knowing your daily work directly safeguards communities by driving real-time, real-world public safety operations that truly matter.
Sex Offender Registry team. This team manages the state registry, translating New Mexico statutes and laws to other states and national requirements. When an offender moves to or from the state, this group of business operations analysts ensure proper communications, notifications, and registry requirements are enforced. Additionally, they maintain registry records and update offender criminal jackets.
Why does the job exist?
This position coordinates, manages and monitors New Mexico's Sex Offender Registration (SOR) and Notification Program and website initiatives, at the New Mexico Department of Public Safety's Law Enforcement Records Bureau. This incumbent ensures that law enforcement agencies are compliant with current sex offender registry policies, procedures and statutory guidelines. The incumbent is responsible for the review and consolidation of criminal history records by researching, analyzing, evaluating, and compiling complex data, and will prepare technical reports, audit, test, and validate criminal history data. The incumbent will ensure the data quality that is displayed on the public website and maintained within the Offender Watch (OW) database is complete, accurate and timely. The position will conduct statewide training on Offender Watch and Sex Offender Registry, including policy / procedure requirements, technical information, and state and federal laws and regulations, communicating closely with county / city / state / tribal federal law enforcement, criminal justice and governmental agencies.
How does it get done?
General public, law enforcement, courts, corrections, criminal agencies, and non-criminal agencies, state positions of trust.
Ideal Candidate
General public, law enforcement, courts, corrections, criminal agencies, and non-criminal agencies, state positions of trust.
Minimum Qualification
High School diploma or Equivalency and two (2) years of experience in office administration, budgeting, purchasing, finance, accounting, auditing, cash management, contract management, and/or the procedures of business and management principles involved in strategic planning. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling two (2) years may substitute for the required experience.
Employment Requirements
Successful employment is contingent upon passing a national fingerprint-based background check prior to employment. Continued employment requires a felony-free record, in compliance with the CJIS Security Policy. Statewide travel is required. In addition, the selected candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and obtain a Defensive Driving Certificate from the State of New Mexico.
Working Conditions
Office setting, exposure to Visual/Video Display terminal and extensive personal computer and telephone usage with extended periods of sitting. Must be able to lift and carry 30 lbs. Subject to a national fingerprint-based record checks prior to assignment. Continued employment is contingent upon remaining felony-free, per section PS-3 PERSONNEL SCREENING of the Criminal Justice Information Systems Security Policy. Travel required.
Supplemental Information
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Agency Contact Information: Octavian Valencia (505) 500-9310 Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
The Law Enforcement Records Bureau (LERB) gathers, preserves, and disseminates criminal justice data in support of public safety. Through state and federal partnerships, LERB serves as the state's official repository for millions of fingerprint records and criminal history records. The bureau functions at a high operational tempo with large volumes of data, records, and modernization projects. Major programs include the Missing Persons, Concealed Carry, Sex Offender Registration, and support to vital law enforcement databases such as NCIC, Triple I, and NIBRS. While administrative in nature, LERB is not a traditional records bureau due to its operational impact and oversight of New Mexico's public safety records, data, and intelligence sharing infrastructure.
Experience the professional satisfaction of knowing your daily work directly safeguards communities by driving real-time, real-world public safety operations that truly matter.
Sex Offender Registry team. This team manages the state registry, translating New Mexico statutes and laws to other states and national requirements. When an offender moves to or from the state, this group of business operations analysts ensure proper communications, notifications, and registry requirements are enforced. Additionally, they maintain registry records and update offender criminal jackets.
Why does the job exist?
This position coordinates, manages and monitors New Mexico's Sex Offender Registration (SOR) and Notification Program and website initiatives, at the New Mexico Department of Public Safety's Law Enforcement Records Bureau. This incumbent ensures that law enforcement agencies are compliant with current sex offender registry policies, procedures and statutory guidelines. The incumbent is responsible for the review and consolidation of criminal history records by researching, analyzing, evaluating, and compiling complex data, and will prepare technical reports, audit, test, and validate criminal history data. The incumbent will ensure the data quality that is displayed on the public website and maintained within the Offender Watch (OW) database is complete, accurate and timely. The position will conduct statewide training on Offender Watch and Sex Offender Registry, including policy / procedure requirements, technical information, and state and federal laws and regulations, communicating closely with county / city / state / tribal federal law enforcement, criminal justice and governmental agencies.
How does it get done?
- Coordinate, manage and monitor the New Mexico Sex Offender Registration and Notification Program (SORNA). (70%)
- Conducts training statewide. (5%)
- Reviews and consolidates criminal history records. (5%)
- Conduct internal and external audits. (10%)
- Audit the sex offender system database and National Crime Information Center (NCIC) / Sex Offender Registry (SOR). (10%)
General public, law enforcement, courts, corrections, criminal agencies, and non-criminal agencies, state positions of trust.
Ideal Candidate
General public, law enforcement, courts, corrections, criminal agencies, and non-criminal agencies, state positions of trust.
Minimum Qualification
High School diploma or Equivalency and two (2) years of experience in office administration, budgeting, purchasing, finance, accounting, auditing, cash management, contract management, and/or the procedures of business and management principles involved in strategic planning. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling two (2) years may substitute for the required experience.
Employment Requirements
Successful employment is contingent upon passing a national fingerprint-based background check prior to employment. Continued employment requires a felony-free record, in compliance with the CJIS Security Policy. Statewide travel is required. In addition, the selected candidate must possess and maintain a valid driver's license and obtain a Defensive Driving Certificate from the State of New Mexico.
Working Conditions
Office setting, exposure to Visual/Video Display terminal and extensive personal computer and telephone usage with extended periods of sitting. Must be able to lift and carry 30 lbs. Subject to a national fingerprint-based record checks prior to assignment. Continued employment is contingent upon remaining felony-free, per section PS-3 PERSONNEL SCREENING of the Criminal Justice Information Systems Security Policy. Travel required.
Supplemental Information
Do you know what Total Compensation is? Click here
Agency Contact Information: Octavian Valencia (505) 500-9310 Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.