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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Office of Inspector General

Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)

Interest Bidders: Please have an updated resume ready to submit to the hiring supervisor/manager when requested.

Date Posted:

11-10-2026

Date Closing:

11-16-2026

Posting Number:

143738

Job Classification:

Human Svcs Prog Rep 1

Class Option:

None

Employment Condition:

Full Time

Insurance Eligibility:

Full Employer Contribution

Division

Background Studies

Section

Background Studies

Seniority Unit:

HCO - MAPE DHS Central Office

Work Location:

DHS CO Lafayette Rd

Supervisor:

Elizabeth Turner

Supervisor Email:

elizabeth.a.turner@state.mn.us

Recruiter:

Rice,Carolyn P

Recruiter Email:

Carolyn.Rice@state.mn.us

General Description of Duties:

*It is the policy of the Department of Human Services that the individual awarded this position successfully complete a Fingerprinting check (MNJIS/CJIS).   
*Complete the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Security Awareness training within 3-business days from the start of employment; and successfully obtain/retain CJIS certification annually.
*This position is eligible for telework for applicants who reside in Minnesota or in a bordering state, with supervisory approval and satisfactory performance. If you live in a state bordering Minnesota, you must live within 50 miles or less from the primary work location to be eligible for telework.

Background Studies Division (BGS) operates within the Office of Inspector General (OIG) under the authority of the Human Services Background Studies Act (245C).  Background studies are conducted on individuals who will have contact with vulnerable (child or adult) populations; and in compliance with requirements of licensed, and/or non licensed human service and health programs. This position accesses a range of study subject records and information that are obtained from specific sources such as online databases, registries, and repositories; including sources maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).  This position is also responsible for processing a high volume of background studies; study elements and performs complex functions and must meet statutory timeframes for completing and closing out each study.  Under limited supervision, this position reports to a BGS Research Unit Supervisor.
As a Fee-for-Service enterprise model, the division measures effectiveness, efficiency, and stakeholder satisfaction through regular reviews of business intelligence data by managing and measuring the volume of studies, study complexity, and time to complete studies.  Background Studies also administers and performs rap back services; employment and licensure verifications, disqualification reconsiderations, set asides and variances; preponderance of evidence, statutory comparisons, recissions, expungements, administrative fair and contested case hearings, and litigation.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
•	Conduct and process background studies for study subjects who are required by law to have a completed study for the purposes of employment; and/or for licensed, and/or non-licensed programs (e.g. adult/child foster care, adoption, guardian studies; or for training/education programs facilitated through post- secondary educational institutions).
•	Perform investigative research; request, retrieve, and review individual study subject records and other relevant source material accessed and/or received from specific database search sources, online repositories, and registries.
•	“Determine fitness” of study subjects in accordance with the Background Studies Act - MN Statues 245C. Prepare result notifications and/or results summaries to be distributed to individual study subjects, and/or to other government agencies.
•	Provide customer service and communicate with internal and external stakeholders. 
•	Complete administrative and technical tasks associated with ongoing investigatory research and processing of background studies; the work of the division, the Office of Inspector General; and/or the agency administration.

Required Qualifications:

Eligible bidders must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without accommodations.

Per the MAPE bargaining unit agreement, you must be a permanent non-probationary MAPE employee in the same seniority unit, same classification, and same class option as this vacancy in order to submit an "interest bid". To interest bid, enter your employee ID: