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About the Department
The Student Safety Investigation Team (SSIT) performs administrative investigations involving matters of alleged misconduct by District employees that adversely impacts students. The Investigator works out of the LAUSD Central Offices in Downtown Los Angeles. The selected individual, however, must be willing and able to travel to various sites across the District to conduct investigations.
About the Job
An Investigator conducts and/or participates in investigations into potentially criminal and non-criminal cases assigned by the Inspector General; the Deputy Inspector General, Investigations; the Director of the Student Safety Investigation Team, or a Supervising Investigator.
NOTE: The current vacancy is within the District’s Student Safety Investigation Team (SSIT).
What This Position Does
- Examines allegations of irregularities, fraud, collusion, conflicts of interest, and improprieties on the part of District employees, contractor personnel, or others in connection with District programs.
- Investigates any violation of or noncompliance with requirements of District policies, legislation and/or administrative rules and regulations pertaining to the programs administered by the District.
- Secures facts and develops evidence from all sources to establish the extent and nature of violations being investigated.
- Examines a wide variety of records, procedures, and systems of internal control to detect fraudulent activities or improprieties.
- Conducts investigative interviews of witnesses, informants, suspects, custodians of records, and public and private persons at all levels.
- Prepares written correspondences, memoranda, reports of investigation, and investigative summaries.
- Assists in the preparation of statements of fact developed in the course of the investigation for possible referral to the U.S. Attorney, District Attorney, City Attorney, or other prosecutorial authorities.
- Conducts or participates in in-service programs for District personnel regarding fraud prevention and awareness programs.
- Researches data through database systems and sorts, retrieves, interprets data to identify information pertinent to investigations, and compiles related reports.
- Conducts or participates in the investigation of Fraud Hotline calls.
- May assist with answering Fraud Hotline calls and developing and maintaining logs of calls received and the status of such calls, as required.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
For a comprehensive list of duties, please visit www.lausdjobs.org to review the job description.
Minimum Requirements
Education: Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis, provided that the requirement of a high school diploma or equivalent is met. A Certified Fraud Examiners certificate or at least three years of law enforcement experience conducting investigations is preferable.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You MUST upload your degree (i.e. scan or take a picture of your degree) to your candidate profile, under “attachments.” In order to ensure that the minimum qualifications are met, we need to verify your educational document(s).
Experience: Three years of law enforcement experience conducting investigations or three years of experience conducting internal investigations of alleged fraud, waste, and abuse in a public agency.
Special: A valid California Driver License. Use of an automobile.
To be officially considered for this opportunity, please apply on our website www.lausdjobs.org
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $41.15 - $51.02 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
