Job Description: Now Offering $15,000 Sign on Bonus
POST Certificate Incentives: After serving six months with the Department, Investigators are granted up to an 8% incentive for possession of POST Intermediate and Advanced Certificates.
Holidays: 12 days per year.
Paid on duty workout hours: Once training is complete, Investigators are allowed two hours of on duty workout time per week.
Flexible Schedules: work 4/10 or 5/8 schedules. On-call pay and over-time opportunities also available.
Take Home Vehicle
Your own office
Standby Time: Investigators receive $3.00 an hour for being on standby during off hours.
Specialty Pay: Investigators who are POST instructors, Training Officers, and Officers in Charge are paid an additional 5% while serving in those capacities.
Vacation: 10 days/year first 3 years; 15 days/year 4-9 years; 17 days/year 10-15 years; 20 days/year 16 years and thereafter.
Sick Leave: 12 days per year with a generous pro rata payoff at termination after at least 5 years
Retirement: CalPERS, coordinated with Social Security. Formulas include 3% at 50, 3% at 55, and 2.7% at 57.
Insurance: Medical and dental plan, with the County paying for most of the employee and a portion of the dependent cost; a vision plan, a fully-paid life insurance policy and long-term disability plan
Other: Deferred Compensation plan, IRC Section 125 plan
Under direction, personally participate in the detection and investigation of all criminal matters submitted to the District Attorney's Office; assist in Grand Jury investigations; and to perform related work as required. This position is a sworn peace officer under P.C. 830.1(a).
TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of education and experience sufficient to directly demonstrate possession and application of the following:
Knowledge of: Methods and techniques of crime detection and criminal investigation; Federal and State claiming regulations and procedures; principles of identification, preservation, and presentation of evidence; laws pertaining to search and seizure and arrest; rules of evidence and court procedures; techniques of interviewing and interrogation of witnesses.
Ability to: Interpret and apply pertinent penal provisions of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, Health and Safety Code, Business and Professional Code, Civil Code, Evidence Code, Vehicle Code, Government Code, and Penal Code; gather, assemble, analyze and present facts and evidence and draw logical conclusions; analyze and evaluate statements of witnesses or suspected violators; conduct interviews and investigations effectively and be able to properly evaluate a case; prepare comprehensive correspondence and reports; conduct criminal investigations of less complex nature; use firearms proficiently; operate a motor vehicle lawfully and safely; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
District Attorney’s Investigator I:
The above employment standards are typically attained with five years of police experience. Corrections assignments would not meet this minimal requirement, unless the assignment included investigative duties within a Corrections Division.
District Attorney’s Investigator II:
Minimal standards for this position require five years of police experience with at least one year within an investigative assignment. Corrections assignments would not meet this minimal requirement, unless the assignment included investigative duties within a Corrections Division. Minimal standards can also be achieved with the successful completion of one year as a District Attorney's Investigator I.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
Possession of a valid California driver license.
Possession of a basic certificate issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
For more information and to apply online, please visit: www.ShastaCountyCareers.com
