L&I Investigator 1

Job Title

This position functions within the Investigations Program and the Legal Services program.

Our mission is to keep Washington safe and working! Our values are customer focus, one L&I, respect, diversity, equity and inclusion, learning and growth, and reliability. This position supports the mission to prevent abuse of the workers' compensation system and protect the economic vitality of Washington State. This position primarily investigates fraud, theft, or other unlawful activity conducted by injured workers, while serving as a reviewing party to incoming referrals made to the investigations program.

Some of what you will do:

• Conduct complex civil investigations under the Industrial Insurance Act (RCW 51) concerning allegations of claimant fraud on a wide range of benefit eligibility issues, which may include Washington, adjoining states, and Canada.
• Review, analyze, and filter incoming investigation referrals received in the Investigations Case Management System.
• Prepare quality, detailed, and accurate written communications.
• And so much more!

Required:

One year of experience as a Claims Representative.

OR

One year of experience as an investigator with a criminal justice government agency or private organization, or other directly allied field.

Note:

Two years of related college-level course work may be substituted for one year of experience.

Required Equity

Competencies:

• The ability to take action to learn and grow.

• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

AND

Must possess a valid and unrestricted driver license.

Desired:

Must demonstrate and adhere to the L&I

Core Competencies:

• Strong organization skills

• Ability to prioritize

• Detail-oriented

• Clear and concise written communicator

• Experience with researching data from multiple sources

To help you maintain a proper work-life balance, teleworking is one of the work schedule options for this position. L&I also offers flexible custom work schedules. State employees who meet the qualifications will become eligible for a generous retirement package at the end of the employee's career. Click on the "Benefits" tab to learn more. At L&I, your voice matters. In addition, L&I is a diverse state agency dedicated to the safety and health and security of Washington's 3.3 million workers.

Take a look at this brief video and learn more about why L&I is an employer of choice. For this position, telework is dependent upon business needs and supervisor approval, the frequency of telework will be discussed with the supervisor of the position at the time of offer. The assigned duty station for this position is Tumwater Washington. For positions where in-office work is necessary, the frequency of telework will be discussed with the supervisor of the position at the time of offer.

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Application process

We will contact the top candidates directly to interview for this position. Because we base the selection on information provided by you, it is in your best interest to identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities that address the required and desirable qualifications described in the announcement.

Please include the following documents with your application:

Please do not attach or place any medical information (vaccination status included) within the application, resume, or cover letter. If you do, we will have to reject your application to safeguard others from receiving your confidential information. You will have to remove the confidential information before you can apply again.

To learn more about our hiring process timeline at L&I please visit our L&I recruiting page at Hiring Process at L&I. If you would like to read our website in a language other than English, scroll up to the top of the page to select your language of choice from the banner.

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