Title: Compliance Specialist
Unit: Court Advocacy – Supervised Release Program
Reports to: Compliance Manager
Status: Full Time; Regular; Non-Exempt
Location: 502 East 163rd Street Bronx, NY 10451
Days/Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Salary: $32.97 per hour (approximately $60,000 annually)
Position Summary:
Under the Supervised Release Program (SRP), the Compliance Specialist (CS) will be responsible for preparing and submitting accurate court reports for program participants. The CS will provide compliance support to SRP staff and assist with implementation of quality control procedures to enhance program efficiency when tracking and reporting on compliance measures. The CS will assist in overseeing the day-to-day operations of data collection and management to ensure the effectiveness of proper compliance reporting. The CS will work with SRP case managers to ensure standardize practices in reporting.
Mission, Culture and Fit
While the CS does not have direct contact with clients, their fit needs to match the mission and culture of Fortune, including, meeting a client there they are at; engaging participants with a non-judgmental, inclusive attitude; holding space for trauma associated with criminal justice involvement and incarceration; and helping them to believe in their power to change.
Detail Oriented
The CS must pay close attention to detail, as each report will become a part of a client’s court record. This attention to detail includes, reviewing data systems to extract necessary and pertinent information for court letters and reports.
Language and Writing
The CS must possess a solid knowledge of editing and grammar usage and have strong writing skills. These documents become a part of a client’s court record and are read by all court stakeholders. As such, precision and attention to verbiage is vital.
Time Management
The CS must have strong time management skills and the ability to multi-task. There are often many reports due at one time. The time and effort needed to prepare each document must be paced to ensure timely, accurate, and well written documents are disseminated.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist case management staff in meeting ongoing court-based compliance measures (tracking re- arrests alerts, open/warranted cases, non-compliance court outcomes, drafting non-compliance memos and reviewing court memos) as needed;
- Daily sorting of Judicial Actions Sheets sent by court staff (send out to Case Management team and saving to internal share drive);
- Review of Day and Night shift paperwork (ensure all documents are present, sorting, saving paperwork to share drive);
- Develop innovative ways to research, present and utilize programmatic trends to improve quality of services and program (i.e., failure to appear audits);
- Review finished court calendars for clients released into supervision;
- Assist with the tracking and outreach of clients who have missed appointments;
- Assist with onboarding new program staff;
- Attend all required staff meetings and trainings;
- Assist with monitoring the Fortune Society Pretrial Mailbox
