Investigations Manager 2 - Professional Standards Administrator

## Investigations Manager 2 - Professional Standards Administrator Apply locations:
Salem | OYA | Equitable Center time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
REQ-203781
** Initial Posting Date:
** 07/21/2026
** Final date to receive applications:
** 08/04/2026
** Agency:
** Oregon Youth Authority
** Salary Range:**$7,537 - $11,657
** Position Type:
** Employee
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* Position Title:

** Investigations Manager 2 - Professional Standards Administrator
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* Job Description:

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** OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY**##
**** Investigations Manager 2 - Professional Standards Administrator (formerly known as PSO Chief Investigator)****##
**** Salem – CENTRAL OFFICE / EQUITABLE BUILDING
**** The Oregon Youth Authority is hiring a
** Professional Standards Administrator
** to lead the Professional Standards Office — the agency's investigative branch responsible for integrity, accountability, and youth safety across Oregon's juvenile justice system. Reporting to the PSO Director, this Management Service leadership role directs criminal and administrative investigations into staff, contractor, and youth misconduct; oversees a team of investigators; and shapes agency-wide policy from investigative trends. The ideal candidate brings advanced investigative expertise, sound judgment in high-visibility cases, and a genuine commitment to trauma-informed, equitable practice with youth and families.

This is a chance to protect vulnerable youth, strengthen public trust in Oregon's juvenile corrections system, and lead a team at the center of one of the agency's most consequential functions.
** What You'll Be Doing:
*** Advise senior management and lead comprehensive studies of policy issues, recommending policy direction and legislative strategy
* Lead multi-agency planning efforts and stakeholder groups to establish policy direction across state programs and jurisdictions
* Build legislative relationships, draft proposals and testimony, and monitor legislation affecting agency programs
* Evaluate and improve organizational systems, translating stakeholder needs into functional specifications and policy recommendations
* Plan and manage complex improvement projects and research studies, including budget, contracting, risk, and performance monitoring
** Join Us on*
* ** Monday, July 29 between 11:00am-11:30am PST*
* ** for Q&A Career Chat session about this position! You will have an opportunity to ask questions about this position and about OYA. This is not a mandatory requirement to join this session, just a friendly environment to ask questions and to learn a little more about OYA.
**** to register for OYA Professional Standards Administrator Q&A Career Chat session.
**** About OYA
** The Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) is a national leader in the juvenile justice field, pioneering the implementation of a positive human development framework for its work with staff and youth, and using data to match the right youth with the right services. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions to support youth under our care. Our agency mission is to protect the public and reduce crime by holding youth accountable and providing opportunities for reformation in safe environments.

If you are looking to join a team that values individual and cultural differences and the opportunity to contribute in the success of youth reformation by enriching our workforce with diversity,
* OYA wants to hear from you*!
* People of color, women and other members of historically underserved communities are strongly encouraged to apply!
* For more information please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..
** MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
*** Six years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience;
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* ** three years of related experience and a bachelor’s degree in a related field.
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* Required Skills:

*** Experience with criminal evidence handling
* Collaborative team building and facilitation skills. Proven success at working across boundaries while building and sustaining effective teams on a statewide basis.
* Working knowledge and experience in analyzing and prioritizing intelligence information.
* Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
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