Position Description

OPEN UNTIL FILLED
Salary Grade: 14
Pay Range
Hiring Range: $29.08 - $34.90 Per Hour
Full Range: $29.08 - $40.71 Per Hour
Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification.
Conducts specialized investigations and monitors cases including criminal, civil, economic, racketeering, and environmental crimes, and prepares documentation and evidence for presentation in court.
All positions are required to possess Arizona Peace Officer Certification.

Duties/Responsibilities

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Conducts complex investigations of highly specialized or diversified cases such as child abuse, sexual assault, narcotics, fraud, murder, corruption in government, white-collar, and/or organized crimes;
• Investigates criminal, civil, juvenile, narcotics, consumer fraud, racketeering, and economic crime cases;
• Investigate the backgrounds of expert witnesses and take recorded statements;
• Searches, gathers, analyzes, and secures supporting evidence while maintaining the chain of custody;
• Conducts internal department investigations;
• Plans and conducts extensive interviews and interrogations involving delicate and sensitive issues;
• Performs surveillance, specialized field investigations, and undercover work;
• Interview witnesses, clients, or victims to identify testimonial evidence;
• Locates identifies, and gathers information and evidence to support legal action;
• Conducts criminal case reviews, monitors maintains, and updates case records to ensure compliance with state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and departmental policies;
• Coordinates with attorneys or legal assistants to establish and take the legal action necessary to enforce existing court orders;
• Prepares reports documenting investigative activities;
• Coordinates the activities of investigators or law enforcement personnel and the use of technical investigative equipment;
• Manages an assigned caseload;
• Maintains liaison with other law enforcement agencies and jurisdictions;
• Participates in staff meetings and ongoing investigative or law enforcement training;
• Maintains appropriate security and confidentiality of information created or encountered in the performance of assigned duties;
• Testifies in a variety of judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings regarding the results of investigations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Arizona POST Certification.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish).
• Experience in fraud-related investigations.
• Experience in Special Victims Unit investigations.

Supplemental Information

Licenses and Certificates: Valid driver license is required at time of application. Valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment. The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicant’s suitability to operate county vehicles in accordance with Pima County administrative procedures. Failure to obtain and maintain the required licenses and certifications shall be grounds for termination. Any offer of employment resulting from this recruitment is contingent upon Fleet Services’ review and approval of the candidate’s driving record.
All positions are required to possess Arizona Peace Officer Certification.
Failure to maintain the required certification/licensure shall be grounds for termination.
Special Notice Items: All positions require the successful completion of a satisfactory personal background investigation and polygraph examination by the court or law enforcement agencies, due to the need for access to detention, corrections, and/or law enforcement facilities, County Attorney and Court facilities, databases, records, communication systems or associated confidential information, documents and like material.
Physical/Sensory Requirements: Physical and sensory abilities will be determined by position. This position requires the ability to: lift up to 25 pounds; remain in a stationary position of standing, walking, or sitting; talk and hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, carry, pull, or other similar activities; stand; walk over rough, uneven, or rocky surfaces; kneel, bend, crouch, stoop, carry, reach, pull, or similar activities.
EEO Information: Pima County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workforce and will not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, kinship, political interest, or any other characteristic protected by law.