Investigations Advisor

4 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Full time

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario and offers students and parents a world of choice for learning. Our nearly 150 schools offer a wide range of programs to promote learning excellence and meet the individual needs of students, parents, and the community at large. Our schools are teaching communities where principals, vice-principals, teachers and support staff nurture student well-being and challenge students to achieve their best.

We are seeking a creative, dynamic, committed professional to join our team:
Investigations Advisor (Employee Misconduct Towards Students)

Full-time, 16-Month Term Assignment

Monday - Friday, 35 Hours Per Week

**Union Exempt Level 7**: $83,100 to $97,800

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.

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

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.

EDUCATING FOR SUCCESS - BUILDING BRIGHTER FUTURES TOGETHER

Personal information is

collected pursuant to the Education Act and will be used to determine the

eligibility for employment with the OCDSB. Questions about this collection

should be directed to the Manager, Human Resources, 133 Greenbank Road, Nepean,

Ontario K2H 6L3


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