Court Researcher -Rankin & Madison Counties, MS

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About the Role

Our Part-Time Criminal Court Researcher serves as a traveling research role as an essential component to completing criminal background checks at First Advantage. You’ll utilize your investigative skills to research and collect criminal background information to support our clients, prescreen their applicants, review and interpret public record information in order to keep their workplaces safe. If you are someone who has a curiosity to dig deeper to understand details, is detail-oriented, has strong organizational skills, and would like to work independently in the morning, this is the job for you.

Temporary gas stipend of $200 per jurisdiction monthly.

Responsibilities

• Travel to assigned courthouses to research and review criminal and/or civil public record information from onsite electronic access court systems.
• Perform additional research as required from applicable websites.
• Interpret court records and other types of relevant information from courts and state agencies and accurately document, edit, and modify results of court record searches from courts, agencies, state repositories, and other database searches.
• Often directly speak with courts and state agencies when pursuing additional information to ensure compliance.
• Provide accurate and detailed results and case information obtained from court repositories to the CRRG either through database integration or email.
• Conduct criminal background checks utilizing various electronic public access systems at criminal courthouses.
• Utilize public access criminal court record information (via phone, fax, web, Wi-Fi) to conduct criminal history searches.
• Verify information for criminal records and forward results via scanning and uploading search results.
• Investigate and provide updates as to new and/or improved methods of performing criminal background checks.

Requirements

• Must have (or be willing to obtain) a valid Driver’s license and must be willing to travel to the courthouse(s) daily.
• Must live within a 30-minute commute to the courthouses in Rankin & Madison Counties.
• Reliable Wi-Fi access at home plus a document shredder.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to read legal documentation; high-level administrative experience, legal court research experience, and/or professional work experience preferred.
• Work well under pressure with time-sensitive projects.
• Able to meet tight deadlines with extreme accuracy and detail-orientation.
• Prioritize and structure daily tasks according to demand.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong organizational and research skills.
• Capable of working independently but take direction well.

Schedule

Part-time: 20 hours per week, with the expectation of 4 hours per day, Monday–Friday. Hours can vary as long as they are within morning courthouse hours (e.g., 8 AM–1 PM Central Time).

Pay

The salary for this position is approximately $16.00–$17.00 USD per hour. This range reflects our good faith estimate to pay fairly based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other relevant factors.

Benefits

• We will supply the necessary equipment (laptop, printer/scanner/fax machine).
• Personal cell phone reimbursement.