Requisition No: 805234
Agency: Office of the Attorney General
Working Title: OPS INVESTIGATION SPECIALIST II – 41901948
Position Number: 41901948
Salary: $17.07 -$21.16 hourly
Posting Closing Date: 07/07/2023
Our Organization and Mission: The Office represents the State of Florida in state and federal civil and criminal courts, from trial courts to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Pay: $17.07 – $21.16 hourly, commensurate with experience.
Position Summary: This position involves independent work coordinating and carrying out the investigative functions of the Consumer Protection Division for the Office of the Attorney General. This is a highly responsible position necessitating the ability to perform the major portion of the duties assigned with a minimum amount of supervision.
The duties and responsibilities of this position stem from enforcement of Chapters 60, 501, 542, 812, 817, 823, 895, and 932 of the Florida Statutes and related laws and administrative rules of the state, and other related federal statutes, rules, and laws. Specifically, this position will assist with investigating matters related to public nuisances arising from potential violations of Florida laws that provide that any “person who erects, establishes, continues, maintains, owns or leases” a “house or place of prostitution, assignation, or lewdness” is “deemed to be maintaining a nuisance.”
Qualifications: A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience in law enforcement, civil investigations, fraud or white-collar investigations, or any financial related investigations, examinations, or analysis.
Experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.
Preference will be given to applicants with:
- Experience working in an investigative or investigative support role.
- Experience working in the areas of law enforcement, fraud, financial crimes, white collar crimes, economic crimes, or consumer protection.
- Experience reviewing and responding to consumer complaints.
- Experience researching and fact checking.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel (data entry, tracking, sorting, and filtering, pivot tables, etc.)
- Experience preparing professional memoranda of findings that may include charts, graphs, spreadsheets, or other means of representing the discovered facts.
- Experience in the use of social media Intelligence (SOCMINT), Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and internet resources to identify individuals, links between organizations, determine size and composition of businesses, and identify assets for forfeiture.
The Work You Will Do:
This position will provide analytical and investigative support and assistance to the Nuisance Abatement team as well as to the Consumer Protection Investigators and Attorneys to assist with other special projects, including but not limited to the following duties:
- Review and evaluate information to determine if a potential violation of Florida nuisance abatement laws exist.
- Conduct site visits and contact businesses to evaluate allegations of violations of nuisance abatement laws.
- Assist with possible resolution of the concerns raised by Floridians.
- Serve preservation letters and/or investigative subpoenas.
- Interview witnesses and gather evidence.
- Obtain and analyze documents to assist in a determination that nuisance abatement laws are likely to have been violated.
- Assist in ensuring that nuisance abatement concerns are timely investigated. This may require working extended hours and working on weekends.
- This may also involve travelling to other affected regions to assist with nuisance abatement investigations.
- Prepare reports, statistics, correspondence, and memoranda relating to all analytical duties, including preparation of statistical reports, charts, and spreadsheets relating to data research and/or analysis.
- Assist the Nuisance Abatement team and division management with statistical reports.
- Utilize computer skills relating to e-mail and Internet transactions to trace or analyze transmission paths of messages or transactions.
- Use computer programs such as CFIS, Page Vault, and Excel with a high degree of skill.
- Assist with preparation of nuisance abatement cases for court appearances, through coordination with attorneys, investigators, and other law enforcement, as appropriate, including providing testimony.
- Communicate with victims, witnesses, defendants, attorneys, corporate personnel, law enforcement investigators or any other persons who may have information concerning ongoing investigations.
- Assist consumers with questions and general updates on matters under your review, under the supervision and direction of the investigator.
- Conduct independent investigations with minimal supervision by an Investigator.
- Identify and conduct appropriate investigative steps in the course of an investigation.
- Assist attorneys with special assignments, which may require extended hours and/or travel outside the worksite.
- Perform other related work as required.
Skills exercises may be used as part of the selection process. These must be completed in person in one of the Florida Attorney General’s offices.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: To be considered for the position, all applicants must:
Submit a complete and accurate application profile necessary for qualifying such as dates of service, reason for leaving, etc. In addition, all applicants must ensure all employment and/or detailed information about work experience is listed on the application (including military service, self-employment, job-related volunteer work, internships, etc.) and that gaps in employment are explained. NOTE: Any required experience and/or preferences listed in the advertisement must be verified at the time of application.
- Ensure that applicant responses to qualifying questions are verifiable by skills and/or experience stated on the employment application and/or resume. Applicants who do not respond to the qualifying questions will not be considered for this position.
- The elements of the selection process may include a skill assessment exercise.
- Current and future vacancies may be filled from this advertisement for a period of up to six months. Following the six-month period, a new application must be submitted to an open advertisement to be considered for that vacancy.
- OAG employees are paid biweekly. All state employees are required to participate in the direct deposit program pursuant to s. 110.113, F.S.
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS/ DRUG FREE WORKPLACE:All OAG positions are “sensitive or special trust” and require favorable results on a background investigation including fingerprinting, pursuant to s. 110.1127(2)(a), F.S. The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free Workplace, all employees are subject to reasonable suspicion or other drug testing in accordance with section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act. We hire only U.S. citizens and those lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.
E-VERIFY STATEMENT:The Office of the Attorney General participates in the U.S. government’s employment eligibility verification program (e-verify). E-verify is a program that electronically confirms an employee’s eligibility to work in the United States after completion of the employment eligibility verification form (i-9).
REMINDERS:Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from SSS. For more information, please visit the SSS website at: https: //www.sss.gov. If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.