Job Description

Under the aegis of the NYC Department of Investigation (DOI), the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducts confidential and sensitive investigations into allegations of fraud, corruption, misconduct, and other improper activities by NYCHA employees, residents, and contractors. OIG also conducts proactive and systemic investigations of NYCHA’s operations, policies, and finances, which result in broad-based policy recommendations as well as significant financial recoveries and criminal prosecutions.

NYCHA-OIG is seeking a Confidential Investigator L1 who will be responsible for conducting criminal and policy oversight investigations involving NYCHA. The selected candidate will manage a varied case docket involving investigations of fraud, corruption, mismanagement, and employee misconduct relating to NYCHA’s employees, residents, and contractors. The selected candidate will perform assignments that may include, but not be limited to the following:

1. Develop investigative plans and strategies.
2. Identify, obtain, and analyze relevant evidence and records.
3. Participate in and conduct interviews.
4. Participate in field work including undercover surveillance.
5. Participate in executing search warrants and arrests.
6. Develop an understanding of NYCHA’s policies, procedures, and programs.
7. Prepare written reports, memoranda, referrals and policy recommendations for review by supervisors.
8. Collaborate with other law enforcement and/or prosecutorial agencies.
9. If necessary, testify at hearings and court proceedings.

Additional Information

1. Submit a cover letter expressing your interest and educational/professional qualifications for this position, resum , and recent writing sample (maximum 3 pages). Writing sample must represent the candidate’s own work product and not those of a reviewer.
2. Selected candidate will undergo an extensive enhanced background screening by DOI’s Background Investigative Unit.
3. NYCHA employees applying for transfer, promotional, title or level change opportunities must have served a period of one year at current location and in current title and level (if applicable).
4. NYCHA residents are encouraged to apply.

Please read this posting carefully to make certain you meet the minimum qualification requirements before applying to this position.

Qualifications

1. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State’s Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of satisfactory full-time experience in an industrial or governmental agency in the field of investigation, auditing, law enforcement, security, inspections, or in a major operational area of the agency in which the appointment is to be made; or

2.A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; or

3. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1" or "2" above.