New job Investigator Trainee in Illinois

HR-96 (12/19)

Posting # 2021-081 Issue Date 4/22/2021 Closing Date 5/6/2021

Title: Investigator Trainee Range/Title Code: P95/56788 Salary: $45,731.91-$47,810.88

Unit Scope: Statewide Public/Private

Location: Fraud Prevention & Risk
Management / BPC – Trenton, NJ

Workweek: NE

# Vacancies: 30

Job Description
The Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOL) provides many benefits to employees to acknowledge and value
their contribution. Statewide benefits include health insurance, pension, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)/Health Savings
Accounts (HSA), life insurance, deferred compensation and more. The DOL also provides tuition reimbursement (after nine
months of employment), Alternate Workweek Program (determined by division), Work From Home Program (determined by
division), and employee training.

Under the supervision of a higher level investigator, maintains an individual case load, assists in enforcement of the
Unemployment Compensation and Temporary Disability Benefits Laws by conducting various field investigations. All
determinations are fact sensitive and require the ability to understand and apply complex tax laws, judicial precedents and
extensive administrative rules and policies. Does other related duties.

Civil Service Commission Requirements (Education/Experience/Licenses)

EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree. Applicants must submit a copy of
your final unofficial transcripts, which indicates the date your degree was conferred, and the type of degree awarded. Failure to
submit final unofficial transcripts with your resume may result in your ineligibility. Those applicants who have applied for
graduation May-June 2021 will be taken into consideration pending final submittal of degree conferment.

RESUME NOTE: Eligibility determinations will be based only upon information presented on the resume along with other
supporting documents. Applicants who possess a degree from a college or university outside the United States must provide an
evaluation of the transcripts from a recognized evaluation service at the time of submission. Failure to do so may result in your
ineligibility.

LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather
than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

VETERANS PREFERENCE: Are you a veteran? If so, proof of your NJ Veterans Preference is required at application. Please
provide a copy of your New Jersey Civil Service Commission NOTIFICATION OF VETERANS STATUS along with your cover
letter and resume. For information on how to apply for Veterans Preference in the State of NJ, please visit the Civil Service
Commission's website at http://www.state.nj.us/csc/seekers/veterans.

ADVANCEMENT: Appointees who successfully complete the 12-month training period will be eligible for advancement to the
title: Investigator 1 UI/DI in accordance with Civil Service Commission procedures. The inability of an employee in a trainee
title to attain a level of performance warranting advancement shall be considered cause for separation.

TO APPLY for this Position
If you qualify and would like to be considered, submit a letter of interest and your resume (including daytime phone
number and email address) to the person and email address listed below. You must submit your response by the closing date
shown above, and include the posting number.

EMAIL:
PLEASE SEND COVER LETTER, TRANSCRIPTS AND RESUME TO:
Human Capital Strategies – Recruitment Unit
[email protected]

Subject line must specify complete job posting number

This is not a promotional announcement for a Civil Service Examination.
This posting may result in personnel actions which will require final approval by the Department of Labor and Workforce

Development
and the Civil Service Commission in accordance with Civil Service Commission rules and regulations.

Job Posting Authorized by Tennille R. McCoy, Assistant Commissioner, Division of Human Capital Strategies

• Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that may include fingerprinting.
• Any appointments made from postings which involve movement between unit scopes, may result in a forfeiture of

rights to any promotional list in a former
unit scope.

• As of September 2010, in accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14-7, the “New Jersey First Act,” all new employees must

reside in the State of New Jersey, unless exempted under the law. If you do not live in New Jersey, you have one year
after you begin employment to relocate your residence to New Jersey, or to secure
an exemption.

• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States according to the Department of

Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations. NJDOL does not provide
sponsorship or accept student OPT/CPT programs, F1 or H1B work authorization visas

• The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action

Employer.

New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

In accordance with the Uniform Ethics Code adopted by the NJ State Ethics Commission and the State Policy
Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
(NJ DOL) requires the disclosure of all relatives, consensual personal relationships, and cohabitants. No NJ DOL
employee may supervise or exercise any authority with regard to personnel actions involving their relative, anyone
with whom there is a consensual personal relationship, or anyone with whom they cohabit.

Relative means an individual’s spouse/domestic partner/civil union partner1 or the individual or spouse’s/domestic
partner’s/civil union partner’s parent, child, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, cousin, grandparent,
grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother or half-sister,
whether the relative is related to the individual or the individual’s spouse/domestic partner/civil union partner by
blood, marriage or adoption.

Consensual personal relationship means marriage, engagement, dating or other ongoing romantic or sexual
relationships.

Cohabitant means non-related persons who share a household under circumstances where there is financial
interdependence.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development requires the disclosure of all relatives and
consensual personal relationships to be promptly reported directly to the Division of Human Capital Strategies
(HCS) - Director’s Office. Confidentiality shall be maintained to the extent possible and practicable. This
information may be shared with NJ DOL’s Equal Employment Opportunity Office and/or the NJ DOL Ethics
Office as deemed necessary. Upon receiving notice of the relationship, HCS may address any situation as necessary
in consultation with the EEO Office and/or the Ethics Officer. This may include, but is not limited to, the changing
of reporting relationships or transferring any of the employees involved. Failure to provide notification to HCS may
result in discipline up to and including termination and the denial of legal representation and indemnification by the
State in the event that a lawsuit is filed having a connection with a personal relationship. Employees are under a
continuing obligation to promptly report personal relationships that develop during the course of their employment.

I DO NOT have a relative or a consensual personal relationship, as defined above, with anyone working for the
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

I DO have a relative or a consensual personal relationship, as defined above, with anyone working for the New
Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development identified as follows:

Name Relationship Division and Work Location

Do you need more space for disclosure? Yes No If YES, continue writing on the back of this form.

I certify that the information on this form to the best of my knowledge and belief is true, complete and accurate. I
understand that any misleading or incorrect information, willful misstatement, or omission of a material fact, may
be just cause for disciplinary action up to and including termination. I understand my obligation to promptly report
personal relationships that develop during the course of my employment.

1 Domestic Partner as defined in NJSA 26:8A-1 et. seq. and Civil Union status as defined in NJSA 37:1-28 et. seq.