To qualify for the position of pretrial services officer assistant, the incumbent must be a high school graduate or equivalent and must not have reached the age of 37* at the time of appointment. Applicants must have basic knowledge of the criminal justice system, the ability to give and receive accurate and timely information, the ability to work in a fast-paced and challenging environment. Excellent written and oral communications, good knowledge of, and skill in, the use of computers and software applications.
Minimum Qualifications for CL-23 : Must be a high school graduate or equivalent and two years of general experience. General experience is progressively responsible clerical, office, or other work that indicates the possession of, or the ability to acquire, the knowledge and skills needed to perform the position's duties. Valid driver’s license is required.
Minimum Qualifications for CL-24: Must be a high school graduate or equivalent with one year of specialized experience. Specialized experience is progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures that demonstrate the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives or laws and involve the routine use of specialized terminology and automated software and equipment for word processing, data entry or report generation. Valid driver’s license is required.
Minimum Qualifications for CL-25: Must be a high school graduate or equivalent with one year of specialized experience. Specialized experience is progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience requiring the regular and recurring application of clerical procedures that demonstrate the ability to apply a body of rules, regulations, directives or laws and involve the routine use of specialized terminology and automated software and equipment for word processing, data entry or report generation. Valid driver’s license is required.
Fluency in Spanish is required. Completion of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a field of academic study, such as criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, human relations, or business or public administration is preferred, but not required. Completion of a bachelor’s degree is required to promote to a pretrial services officer position.
Medical Requirements
Prior to appointment, the selectee considered for this position will undergo a medical examination and drug screening. Upon successful completion of the medical examination and drug screening, the selectee may then be appointed provisionally, pending a favorable suitability determination by the court. In addition, as conditions of employment, incumbent will be subject to ongoing random drug screening, updated background investigations every five years and, as deemed necessary by management for reasonable cause, may be subject to subsequent fitness-for-duty evaluations.
The medical requirements and the essential job functions derived from the medical guidelines for pretrial services officers and officer assistants are available for public review at
Maximum Entry Age
First-time appointees to positions covered under law enforcement officer retirement provisions must not have reached their 37th birthday at the time of appointment. Applicants 37 or over who have previous law enforcement officer experience under the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System and who have either a subsequent break in service or intervening service in a non-law enforcement officer position may have their previous law enforcement officer experience subtracted from their age to determine whether they meet the maximum age requirement.
