Senior Investigator Analyst

Houston ISD • Houston, TX

2d • $70,000 - $90,000

About The Position

The Senior Investigator Analyst conducts high-profile investigations and mentors and leads a team of investigators. The role provides project and team leadership without formal supervisory responsibility, while also performing investigative work. It involves complex, varied work requiring substantial analysis, planning, evaluation of solutions, and independent judgment. The position regularly makes recommendations to management and may recommend new approaches, improve procedures, and review decisions on routine matters. Decisions can affect multiple divisions or the organization and may have significant operational, financial, and relationship impacts.

The role collaborates with administrators, legal services staff, law enforcement agencies, Risk Management, Children's Protective Services, and the County's Children's Assessment Center. It leads the resolution of highly sensitive and confidential issues, advises customers, and helps resolve problems through presenting alternatives, persuasion, and negotiation. Work is normally performed in a typical interior environment without hazardous or unpleasant elements. The employee must be able to carry and/or lift up to 15 pounds.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 5 to 7 years of work experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Ability to use office equipment, including a computer and copier.
• Ability to carry and/or lift up to 15 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of investigators and coordinate investigations involving discrimination, harassment, bullying, and employee misconduct.
• Coordinate campus-level misconduct investigations with campus administrators; provide investigative guidance, review and approve submitted campus investigations, and monitor compliance with federal and state regulations and Board Policy.
• Work closely with the Assistant General Counsel of Public Information and other members of the Legal Services Department.
• Train and assist investigators in standard and specialized investigative techniques and practices; mentor investigators and provide daily leadership, feedback, and guidance on effective investigations.
• Exchange information with law enforcement agencies, Risk Management, Children's Protective Services (CPS), and the County's Children's Assessment Center while conducting investigations involving students and school district employees.
• Assist law enforcement agencies daily in locating child victims, witnesses, and perpetrators of criminal complaints.
• Review and analyze interviews, documents, and evidence by examining interview statements and documents and determining their nature and relationship to the allegations.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior