Equal Employment Opportunity Investigator

State of Maryland•Baltimore City, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union. This position functions as an Administrative Coordinator/Investigator within the Office of Fair Practices and Inclusion (OFPI). This position’s primary duty will be to investigate complaints of discrimination and bullying to include equal employment opportunity, Americans with Disabilities Act, sexual harassment complaints, and potential Standards of Conduct breaches.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
Five years of administrative staff or professional work.
Candidates may substitute 30 credit hours from an accredited college or university for each year up to four years of the required experience.
Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and one year of experience in administrative staff or professional work for the required experience.
Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university for the required experience.
Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer involving staff work related to the administration of rules, regulations, policy, procedures and processes, or overseeing or coordinating unit operations or functioning as a staff assistant to a higher ranking commissioned officer on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

Nice To Haves

Experience conducting Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), civil rights, workplace misconduct, and other administrative investigations and writing legally defensible investigative reports
Experience interpreting and applying federal and state EEO laws, regulations, employment policies, and standards of proof.

Responsibilities

Receive, investigate, and recommend corrective action to charging parties’ supervisor
Coordinate the administrative processes needed for the resolution of all EEO/ADA related complaints filed by DPSCS employees
Assist with preparing detailed responses to EEO/ADA related complaints from outside agencies including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the MD Commission on Civil Rights in their respective region.
Have ownership of cases, from start to finish, and supporting the office in work flow, templates, SOPs, and updating policy/directive when necessary.
Draft memos, and prepare communications on the OFPI Executive’s behalf as related to casework/findings/decisions/etc.
Maintaining comprehensive and accurate records and storing data; compiling and sharing all EEO reports for the Executive Directors review.

Benefits

health insurance
dental
vision plans
six (6) personnel days annually (prorated based on start date)
ten (10) days of accumulated annual leave per year
fifteen (15) days of accumulated sick leave per year
up to sixty (60) days of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child
at least twelve (12) holidays per year
State pension
supplemental retirement options