CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY PLANNER TRAINEE, 1, 2 or 3

Salary

$2,922.00 - $5,734.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

CJPPT-3 - 011226 - WW

Department

Gov-LA Comm Law Enforce Adm Crim Justice

Opening Date

01/13/2026

Closing Date

1/23/2026 11:59 PM Central

About this Job

The Mission of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement (LCLE) is to improve the operations of the criminal justice and juvenile justice system and promote public safety by providing progressive leadership and coordination within the criminal justice community.

We are looking for a highly technical and analytical professional with extensive knowledge of the criminal justice system. The ideal candidate has a proven ability to manage complex federal grants and coordinate with high-level partners, such as the Supreme Court and District Attorneys, to ensure the integrity of statewide criminal history data. You should be an expert communicator dedicated to enhancing public safety.

Please visit our website for more information about our agency: https://lcle.la.gov/

Selected Core Competencies:

Building and Supporting Teams: The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.

Successful Behaviors: Works well with others, contributes consistently, and supports the team.

Thinking Critically: The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well-supported conclusions.

Successful Behaviors: Analyzes key info, weighs evidence, and draws logical, well-supported conclusions from credible sources.

Using Data: The ability to collect, analyze, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.

Successful Behaviors: Collects accurate data, finds patterns, shares insights clearly, and uses data to make informed, ethical decisions.

Selected Preferred Competencies:

Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.

Successful Behaviors: Communicates clearly, listens actively, and explains complex ideas well.

Displaying Expertise: The ability to demonstrate specialized knowledge, skills, and experience to apply subject-matter expertise in diverse and evolving contexts.

Successful Behaviors: Solves problems using current expertise, explains concepts clearly, and adjusts messages for different audiences.

Managing Programs: The ability to plan, execute, monitor, and evaluate programs to achieve strategic objectives and long-term outcomes.

Successful Behaviors: Develops aligned program plans, reallocates resources, coordinates stakeholders, mitigates risks, and uses data for improvement.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Three years of experience in criminal justice, policy planning or analysis, law enforcement, legal research, contracts or grants management, statistical analysis, or program auditing; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR

A bachelor's degree.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Leads the development and implementation of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) and National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) in coordination with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

Oversees the identification and reporting of individuals ineligible to purchase firearms or hold sensitive positions, ensuring timely data transmission to the FBI’s Denied Person File.

Provides technical assistance and training to agencies on the accurate entry of criminal history records, including arrests, protection orders, and domestic violence convictions.

Monitors and verifies the integration of records across law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and corrections to ensure a linked and comprehensive statewide criminal justice database.

Administers the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants to enhance the quality of medical examiner services and eliminate backlogs in forensic evidence analysis (e.g., toxicology, firearms, and latent prints).

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probational. Current classified permanent status employees may be required to take a probational appointment if selected for this position.

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Criminal Justice Policy Planner Trainee, 1, 2, or 3

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score or assessment is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

For further information about this posting, please contact:
Whitley Williams
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement
whitley.williams@lcle.la.gov

Louisiana is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) that supports the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found at https://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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