About the role

  • Background Check Analyst conducting vetting and background reviews for safety and wellness checks. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to analyze sensitive information and make sound decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive background checks on sponsors and adult household members
  • Evaluate findings using child‑protection standards and risk‑assessment criteria to determine the safety of unaccompanied children
  • Review and analyze sensitive data from several data sources to identify discrepancies, risk indicators, or potential security concerns
  • Communicate findings to internal stakeholders with clear, concise, and actionable recommendations
  • Prepare and maintain detailed, well organized case notes and investigative summaries
  • Ensure all screening activities comply with federal standards, Flores Settlement requirements, and federal child‑welfare and privacy regulations

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (or an associate degree with two or more years of extra relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree, or more than four years of related experience may be substituted for a degree)
  • At least three (3) or more years of documented experience in a field such as law, social work, detention, corrections, or a related discipline, including conducting fraud investigations, vetting identities and documents, and applying behavioral analytics and investigative techniques to identify fraudulent, criminal, or otherwise nefarious activity
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret sensitive data and identify risk indicators
  • Familiarity with federal child‑welfare standards, ORR policies, or similar regulatory frameworks
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong organizational skills, time management and problem solving skills.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development
  • Paid time off

Job title

Background Check Analyst

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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