Job Summary:
Do you have a current Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST) certification? Are you certified as a General Instructor, Firearms Instructor, Defense Tactics Instructor, Shoot House Instructor, and Rifle Instructor? Let’s get you started on the next step in your career. Apply today!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for an expert investigator and trainer to fill the Special Investigations Supervisor & Training Liaison position. This position manages several aspects of the training and development program. Such as determining the training needs for detective and correctional staff of the Office of Inspector General (OIG). Developing curriculum for the Arizona POST training and in-service training programs. Develops, coordinates, administers, and evaluates training programs for effectiveness. Represents the agency in court or other legal matters.

Job Duties:
- Directs subordinates and assigns duties, reviews work, facilitates needs (i.e., equipment)
- Provides training, manages personnel issues, authorizes leave requests, and evaluates employees
- Directly supervises employees, recommends personnel actions, and evaluations
- Reviews criminal cases to be submitted for prosecution
- Researches, develops, modifies, and implements training programs, curriculum lesson plans and course materials
- Instructs, teaches, and facilitates training programs
- Serves as a consultant when reviewing and modifying lesson plans and other training materials
- Mentors and supervises new instructors to develop an ongoing resource pool of skilled instructors for training programs
- Conducts communications, team building, and coaching sessions with OIG, agency employees, and work groups to meet personal, professional, education, and career goals
- Serves on committees regarding criminal and intelligence investigations, works with bureaus within ADCRR, and acts as liaison with outside organizations, which includes but not limited to law enforcement agencies
- Provides intelligence information on security issues, written and oral briefings with Administration, staff, and officers
- Communicates with diverse audiences to provide information and clarification regarding training programs, actions, policies, and procedures
- Identifies, develops, and monitors the use of subject matter experts who provide curricular and instructional content for training courses
- Markets and promotes internal and external training programs, courses, and schools to employees or law enforcement personnel
- Attends meetings and trainings to remain current on job-specific procedures, develops and monitors annual and long-range statewide departmental training programs
- Drives on State business with possible overnight stays
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):
Knowledge of:
- Techniques, regulations, and practices in criminal and intelligence investigations
- Principles of law court decisions involving procedures, evidence, search and seizure
- Federal and State court cases affecting staff, inmates and criminal investigations, concealment methods, death, major felony, critical incident investigations to include officer-involved shootings, evidence preservation and collections, informal development and analysis
- Departmental structure and written directives
- Narcotics and controlled substance identification
- Digital, electronic, and photography data collection methods
- History of prison gangs within the state and nation
- Maintaining the safety and confidentiality of informant resources
- Intelligence development and case management systems
- Analysis and supervision of investigations
- High-risk/liability issues inherent in law enforcement training or instructional strategies and methodologies
- Program or project management techniques
- The functions, features, and potential applications of electronic systems for the delivery of training

Skill in:
- The application of Security Threat Group and Criminal Street Gang techniques
- Electronic and digital recording equipment, computers, and two-way radio equipment
- Firearms, defense tactics, pursuit driving, and police equipment for arrest and confinement
- Accurate statement recording, memory observations, recording and preserving evidence, and testifying in court
- Inmate and prisoner management, security, confinement, and transportation
- Observation of crowd agitators
- Confronting hostile people and groups
- Restraining and transporting confined individuals
- Cultivating interpersonal relationships to relate with family, victims, suspects, court personnel, medical attorneys, and law enforcement personnel
- Comprehensive verbal and written communications
- Operation of automated records systems for input and retrieval of information
- Presentation of formal and informal training
- Successfully managing personnel issues and decisions
- Organization and time management

Ability to:
- Lift/carry 50 lbs.
- Push/pull 50 lbs.
- Walk/run 1+ miles
- Develop feasible short and long-range plans/goals for programs and projects
- Work under stringent deadlines
- Exercise independent judgment or initiative and function with minimal supervision
- Organize, prioritize, and perform multiple tasks
- Effectively communicate ideas and techniques to motivate staff
- Supervise subordinates with consistency and impartiality
- Review investigative case files for accuracy
- Establish cooperative relationships with other law enforcement and outside entities

Selective Preference(s):
- At least ten (10) years of experience in law enforcement as a General Instructor
- Experience with monitoring, creating, and implementing annual statewide departmental training programs
- Experience in criminal investigations including; officer involved-shootings, critical incidents, and major felony investigations

Pre-Employment Requirements:
Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation, polygraph exam, psychological evaluation, drug test, and a medical/physical examination

Required to have a current Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST) certification

Required to have a certification as a General Instructor, Firearms Instructor, Defense Tactics Instructor, Shoot House Instructor, and Rifle Instructor

Required to have a degree from an accredited college/university

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

Benefits:
We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Retirement:
Positions in this classification participate in the Correctional Officer Retirement Plan (CORP). Enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment. As a condition of participation in the CORP, you will be required to undergo a medical evaluation.

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

Contact Us:
The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.