Business Services Specialist​/LIDS Technician

Overview

The Prince William-Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center is seeking a motivated, career‑minded professional with exceptional administrative skills and a sharp eye for detail to join our team. As a Local Inmate Data System (LIDS) Technician, you will play a vital role in maintaining critical inmate records, ensuring state compliance, and safeguarding agency funding. If you are ready to serve the public and grow your career within a community‑focused, forward‑thinking law enforcement agency, apply today to join our dedicated team!

• Enter, update, and maintain comprehensive inmate records within the state LIDS database in strict compliance with the Virginia Compensation Board regulations.
• Evaluate and correct inmate charges, bonds, jurisdiction data, sentencing, confinement codes, and release codes. Compare data to original court forms to ensure 100% accuracy of all incarceration information.
• Interpret data in agency’s Offender Management System (OMS) to prepare, upload, and download records from the Virginia LIDS database. Perform daily and monthly reconciliations, using advanced knowledge of both systems to input adjustments and ensure perfectly synchronized data.
• Oversee daily data loads, data cleaning, and error correction. Research discrepancies to ensure data accurately reflects monthly reportable activity, ensuring proper agency funding from the State of Virginia.
• Lead the State Compensation Board audit process. Conduct regular internal audits of inmate files to resolve data discrepancies, prepare for state‑mandated LIDS audits, and maintain error‑free records.
• Serve as primary point of contact for LIDS related inquiries as well as coordinate and communicate with LIDS operators across the state of Virginia to synchronize related data.
• Identify and verify data adjustments, monitor their monetary impact, and execute data expungements following verification by the Records Supervisor.
• Take a lead role in training colleagues, assessing their understanding of inmate agency interactions, and teaching proper recording protocols.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Administrative Skills – the ability to write, document and keep records accurately.
• Technical Skills – exceptional accuracy in data entry along with the ability to utilize various electronic devices and software mediums.
• Analytical Skills – strong research and math skills to evaluate data adjustments and identify funding impacts.
• Legal Literacy – ability to read, understand, and interpret legal terminology, court orders, and sentencing structures.
• Communication Skills – the ability to speak well and convey information clearly.
• Ability to function independently with little supervision.

• High school diploma or G.E.D. and 3 years of experience in data entry, records management, administrative work or related field.

• General knowledge of Virginia criminal law and court procedures; some working knowledge of the courts systems and other jail systems.
• Any knowledge of related public safety computer systems such as LIDS or OMS.

Typical hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday (37.5 hours per week).

$34.59 to $46.30 hourly. Starting hourly rate is based on verified related work experience. Please submit a current resume with application.

Non‑exempt.

• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Must pass a criminal history background investigation to include fingerprint and driving record check.
• Must pass a polygraph examination.
• Must pass a pre‑employment medical assessment.

Positions in this class typically require reaching, standing, walking, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. May also require exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Prince William County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.