Department: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Salary: $25.00 - $35.13 Commensurate with Experience
Welcome to the City of Charlotte
Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.
Our guiding principles include:
Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions
SUMMARY
The Human Resources Administrative Specialist - Background Investigator will conduct and compile personal and professional background investigations for employees under consideration for hire within the CMPD. Duties include making recommendations as to background findings.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct background investigations by interviewing employers, co-workers, neighbors, law enforcement officials, military personnel, members of the candidate’s family, and personal references, which may require travel.
Make additional inquiries to assist in determining the credibility of statements.
Review completed background interview forms of public safety candidates with each candidate, checking for inconsistencies, errors, omissions, falsifications, and minimum requirements to ensure accuracy and completion before beginning the initial candidate interview.
Obtain and review records from Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and State and Municipal law enforcement records, where candidates have resided to determine if the candidate was a witness, victim, suspect, or perpetrator of any crime.
Complete the off-boarding process for employees and assist with employee orientation.
Prepare detailed and complete interview statements for each person being interviewed to allow a reviewer to draw reasonable and logical conclusions about the prospective candidates.
Prepare final background investigation package for presentation to supervisors and staff by organizing all investigative material in accordance with established procedures.
Meet regularly with management and/or candidate to keep them apprised of the status of the investigation.
Prepare detailed summary of adverse information based upon objective analysis and evaluation of candidate’s background, and interviewee statements, as measured against requirement standards as set forth by the Civil Service Commission if appliable.
Complete background packages for review and final recommendation.
Assist with records requests, employment verifications, job posting and training.
Create and process weekly/monthly/annual reports.
Serve as a back-up to the Front Desk for Human Resources Division.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
High School Graduate or General Educational Development (GED) with three (3) years of related experience OR Associate's degree with one (1) year of related experience
United States Citizenship
Preferred Qualifications:
Associate degree with three (3) years in employment background investigations.
Prior work experience in public safety or law enforcement setting.
Licensing/Certifications
Must possess or be able to obtain a valid Class “C” North Carolina driver’s license
Be able to obtain North Carolina State Background Investigator Certification
Be able to obtain DCI, NCIS, KBCOPS, and CJ Leads certifications.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Confidentiality laws and issues such as confidentiality of personnel records, and handling requests for information on candidates from operating departments, the public, or the…