Investigator 1/2/3

Alaskajobs; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers’ Compensation, located in Anchorage, is hiring an Investigator 1/2/3. The role advances from supervised routine investigations to journey-level and advanced investigations as experience increases.

The position involves interviewing, records research, and coordination with employers, witnesses, and partners to enforce compliance and protect workers. Flexibility and statewide travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic approach to address problems and opportunities.
• Attention to Detail: Thorough when performing work and conscientious about details.
• Integrity/Honesty: Maintains high ethical standards and trustworthiness.
• Law: Knowledge of state and federal laws, procedures, and evidence handling.
• Oral and Written Communication: Communicates clearly in speech and writing to varied audiences.

Responsibilities

• Investigate reports of uninsured employers and workers’ compensation fraud using interviews, records research, databases, and field work.
• Analyze payroll, employment, business, financial, medical, and other records to determine compliance and violations.
• Prepare investigative reports, petitions, subpoenas, hearing materials, and provide testimony.
• Coordinate with employers, employees, witnesses, insurers, attorneys, and agency partners to gather information and support enforcement actions.

Skills

Manages and Organizes Information

Self-Management

Education

Post-secondary education or relevant experience

Job description

Job Description

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS!

The Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Workers Compensation, is recruiting for an

Investigator 1/2/3 located in Anchorage!

No Cover Letter Required!

This position is in the General Government Unit (GGU) at a Range 14/16/18.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position is flexibly staffed and may be filled at the Investigator 1, Investigator 2, or Investigator 3 level, depending on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. Work progresses from routine investigations performed with close supervision at the Investigator 1 level, to independent journey-level work at Investigator 2, and to unusual, difficult, or exceptionally complex investigations at Investigator 3.

Investigate reports of employers operating without required workers’ compensation insurance and allegations of workers’ compensation fraud using interviews, records research, databases, and field work.

Analyze payroll, insurance, employment, business, financial, medical, and other records to determine compliance, identify violations, and develop evidence.

Prepare investigative reports, petitions, discovery requests, subpoenas, hearing materials, exhibits, and other documentation, and provide factual testimony regarding investigations personally conducted.

Work with employers, employees, witnesses, insurers, attorneys, and Local, State, and Federal partners to obtain information, coordinate investigative activity, and support appropriate enforcement action.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) enforces compliance with the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Act through thorough and fair fraud investigations, accountability for violations, and proactive public education intended to prevent uninsured injuries. SIU values integrity, respect, dedication and commitment, accountability, and a collaborative team environment. This position directly supports the Division’s responsibility to promote compliance and protect Alaska workers and employers.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

This position offers meaningful public-service work with varied investigative assignments and direct opportunities to improve compliance with Alaska’s workers’ compensation laws. The flex structure provides a defined career path from the entry-level Investigator 1 through the journey-level Investigator 2 and advanced Investigator 3. New investigators receive structured on-the-job training, coaching from experienced investigators, and progressive assignments designed to build investigative, analytical, legal, interviewing, and case-presentation skills. SIU works collaboratively and shares information and expertise across the team to support consistent, fair, and effective investigations.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position is based in the Division of Workers’ Compensation office in midtown Anchorage and combines office-based research and case preparation with field work such as interviews, site visits, service of documents, and other investigative activity. The position requires local driving and occasional statewide travel, which may include remote locations, inclement weather, and travel by small aircraft or boat when necessary.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position specific competencies:

• Manages and Organizes Information: Identifies a need; gathers, organizes, and maintains information; determines its importance and accuracy, and communicates it by a variety of methods.
• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Minimum Qualifications:

Investigator Level 1

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.
• Integrity/Honesty: Contributes to maintaining the integrity of the organization; displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these standards on an organization, self, and others; is trustworthy.
• Law: Knowledge of State and federal laws, including legal and court procedures, regulations, guidelines, precedents, admissibility of evidence, case preparation, and/or settlements for applicable areas of law practiced or supported
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or experience in performing duties such as assisting in investigative work or legal research; preparing legal documents; conducting searches to locate individuals and/or assets; providing accurate interpretative information on laws and regulations; conducting administrative reviews of cases under appeal and issuing decisions; conducting interviews; locating and gathering information and data, evidence, and/or testimony to be used in civil or criminal proceedings, administrative actions, or governmentally regulated activities; conducting adjudications of claims; and/or drafting documents in support of attorneys or agencies engaged in administrative adjudication.

Definitions:

“Competencies” means a combination of interrelated knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.

“Typically gained by” means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

“Training” and “education” in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

Special Note:

Some positions require applicants pass a background investigation, which includes a crimi

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