Investigations Advisor (Employee Misconduct Towards Students)
Full-time, 12 Month Term Assignment
Monday - Friday, 35 Hours Per Week
Union Exempt Level 7: $86,632 to $101,957
Full-time, 12 Month Term Assignment
Monday - Friday, 35 Hours Per Week
Union Exempt Level 7: $86,632 to $101,957
Reporting to the Legal Counsel, the Investigations Advisor is responsible for the implementation of the Board’s policy and procedure dealing with alleged employee misconduct toward students including: conducting fair and effective investigations into alleged misconduct toward students and making factual findings; coordinating and delivery of training for OCDSB staff and administration in the policy and its procedures, and the legislative duty to report. The Advisor will provide advice to Principals, Managers and Superintendents on how to effectively respond to employee misconduct or other forms of culpable behaviour, and with respect to child protection matters as they relate to alleged staff conduct.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Social Work or related discipline and six years of progressively responsible experience in dealing with investigations related to children and/or child protection.
- Experience investigating child protection concerns for a Children's Aid Society is considered an asset.
- Experience conducting complex workplace investigations and experience working with unions and unionized employees is considered an asset.
- Ability to identify and address potential equity and human rights concerns related to interactions between employees and students.
- Knowledge of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act as it pertains to abuse of children, child abuse detection and reporting, misconduct investigations and clinical treatment of abuse victims;
- Knowledge of the Criminal Code of Canada, the rules of evidence and police investigative procedures as they relate to harm towards children;
- Excellent communication skills required in order to respond, clarify or request pertinent information from others, either in writing or through verbal conversations, and must demonstrate interpersonal qualities to establish and maintain effective working relationships, including using sensitivity and empathy with affected stakeholders.
- Oral communications for making presentations, in a large or small group setting;
- Writing skills for preparing reports, complex correspondence, and communications to the system.
- Organizational skills, as well as time management techniques for organizing and planning work, juggling multiple priorities and demands; and meeting deadlines.
- Significant judgment skills required for decision-making, and the ability to take/recommend appropriate action.
- High degree of discretion required when dealing with sensitive and confidential information.
- Access to reliable transportation when required to visit schools/administrative sites
Application Process
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board uses Apply to Education (ATE) to manage applications for all job competitions. OCDSB employees can apply to this job posting using their existing ATE account at ocdsb.simplication.com.
External Applicants: If you do not have an existing ATE account, you will be asked to create one at https://ocdsb.simplication.com Choose ECE, EA & Support Staff as the job category. Once you have set up your account, you can search for the job and then apply. You must upload a resume and covering letter which outlines your qualifications and suitability for the this position.
Applications will be considered in accordance with the Union Exempt Employee Handbook.
OCDSB employees serve students, colleagues, families and community partners. We invite people of all abilities, orientations, faiths, ethnicities, races, genders and ages to join us as we create learning and working spaces that honour the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin people, and respect, value and increasingly reflect the diversity of Ottawa. Your lived experience is an essential contribution to deliver the education every student deserves with dignity.
If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to hrcompetitions@ocdsb.ca at any time.
If you require accommodations at any point in the selection process, please send an email to hrcompetitions@ocdsb.ca at any time.