WIC Program Investigator

WIC Program Investigator (Investigator 2) – Bilingual English/Spanish – Limited Duration (17 months) – Part time

Salary: $3885 - $5936 per month

The salary listed is the full-time salary at 40 hours per week. This position is part time or 20 hours per week. The salary will be adjusted to reflect part time at the offer step.

This is a part-time, limited duration position.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Oregon Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program in Portland, OR is recruiting for a WIC Program Investigator to conduct fraud and abuse investigations of participants and vendors to determine adherence with program laws, rules, policies and procedures.  This individual represents the WIC program by preparing and conducting investigations of reported vendor, farmers’ market and participant program fraud and abuse by analyzing the results of those investigations.

Most of this work may be performed remotely at an alternative worksite with full access to the needed operating systems and technology.

What will you do?
As the WIC Program Investigator, you will perform the following duties:

• Work with compliance coordinator to identify and investigate suspicious activity of WIC vendors and participants.
• Travel throughout Oregon under the guise of a WIC participant to conduct undercover purchases at grocery retailers, farm stands, and farmers’ markets.
• Determine the appropriate method of investigation prior to completing pre-investigative reports and creating investigation files.
• Identify the laws, rules, regulations, or policies that were violated during undercover purchases.
• Donate foods purchased during investigations and enter investigative results into the WIC data system.
• Monitor online social media sites for participants selling WIC issued items including breast pumps.
• Investigate and follow up on complaints of WIC issued items being sold online by participants currently on WIC.
• Interview participants as necessary to investigate allegations of program fraud and abuse.
• Work with farmers’ market coordinator and WIC compliance coordinator to conduct routine farmers’ market or farm stand surveillance and identify potential fraud and abuse violations involving farmers or markets.
• Testify at public hearings on rules and rule revisions.

What's in it for you?
The public health division is a team of passionate individuals working to promote health across the lifespan of individuals, families, and communities. We value and support unique perspectives using a trauma-informed approach and aim to reflect these values in our hiring practices, professional development, and workplace. We are committed to racial equity as a driving factor to improve health outcomes for all communities that experience inequities.

We offer full medical, vision and dental benefits with paid sick leave, vacation, personal leave and 10 paid holidays per year plus pension and retirement plans. If you are an experienced investigator with experience in WIC, don't delay, apply today!

What are we looking for?

Special Qualifications

Bilingual English/Spanish with the ability to read, write and speak both English and Spanish proficiently. Proficiency will be tested.

Minimum Qualifications

Two years of recent (within the last five years) investigative experience which included gathering facts, collecting evidence, examining records, and conducting interviews to verify or disprove claims of suspected law violations.

College-level courses in law enforcement, criminal justice, law, accounting, auditing, or a closely related field may be substituted on a year-by-year basis for up to one year of the required experience.

Requested Skills

• Preference will be given to applicants who can proficiently speak, read, and write in both English and Spanish languages and who have experience conducting fraud and abuse investigations.
• Knowledge of WIC program laws, rules and regulations is desirable.
• Experience utilizing the laws of investigation such as determining plan of inquiry, interviewing, surveillance, and interrogation.
• Experience conducting investigative interviews, surveillance, and interrogation.
• Experience working with social service benefit program regulations, laws, rules, and policies.
• Experience writing clear, concise, and accurate investigative reports.
• Experience effectively handling difficult or angry people and diffusing tense situations.
• Experience conducting overt and covert investigations to determine adherence with regulations, laws, policies, and guidelines.
• Experience working with chain of custody and rules of evidence.
• Experience promoting a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
• Driver’s license with good driving record as travel with some overnight stays is required for this position.

How to Apply

To view the announcement and apply, please visit the following link:

https://oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SOR_External_Career_Site/job/Portland--OHA--Oregon-Street/WIC-Program-Investigator--Bilingual-English-Spanish--Investigator-2----Limited-duration--17-months----Part-time_REQ-122655

Application Deadline: 03/23/2023

https://oregon.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/SOR_External_Career_Site/job/Portland--OHA--Oregon-Street/WIC-Program-Investigator--Bilingual-English-Spanish--Investigator-2----Limited-duration--17-months----Part-time_REQ-122655