Lead Legal Review & Background-Check Ops

LMATA Government Services, LLC; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

ATA Services, Inc. in Santa Fe, NM is seeking a Legal Review Supervisor for a temporary assignment. The role oversees the Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program (CCHSP), ensuring efficient background checks, legal reviews, and fitness determinations.

Supervises up to 10 staff, maintains compliance, and reports on program performance. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and strong leadership, organizational, and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, sociology, psychology, or a closely related field.
• Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Experience supervising staff and managing case-processing workflows.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, train, and evaluate legal review staff; assign workloads and monitor productivity, quality, and deadlines.
• Oversee background checks, initial determinations, disqualifications, watch-list files, and daily rap-back processing.
• Ensure initial determinations are completed within 48 hours once all required information is available.
• Maintain accurate case records, tracking systems, and documentation to support compliance and reporting.
• Monitor caseloads, identify backlogs and processing delays, and implement workflow improvements.
• Coordinate timely disqualification notifications and ensure appropriate documentation and procedures are followed.
• Participate in hiring activities and communicate staffing, performance, and operational concerns to the bureau chief.
• Prepare weekly reports on caseloads, completed and pending cases, backlogs, compliance, and program performance.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Staff supervision

Workflow management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, sociology, psychology, or related field

Job description

ATA Services, Inc. in Santa Fe, NM is seeking a Legal Review Supervisor for a temporary assignment. The role oversees the Caregivers Criminal History Screening Program (CCHSP), ensuring efficient background checks, legal reviews, and fitness determinations.

Supervises up to 10 staff, maintains compliance, and reports on program performance. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and strong leadership, organizational, and analytical skills.