Birmingham City Council
HR Investigation Officer, Corporate HR Service Dept DEPT CC
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HR Investigation Officer - 6 months
Act Up/Secondment/Fixed Term Contract opportunity for Birmingham Council employees
6 month Fixed Term Contract for non-Birmingham Council employees.
Grade D - £46,579 – £55,224
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Join us as a HR Investigator Officer and take ownership of a varied and complex caseload that directly shapes fairness, trust and accountability across the organisation. You’ll lead investigations into disciplinary matters, grievances, bullying and harassment—ensuring every case is handled with professionalism, impartiality and full compliance with employment law and organisational policy. This is a role for someone who thrives on analytical thinking, structured casework and delivering high-quality outcomes that stand up to scrutiny.
You will manage each investigation from start to finish: planning lines of enquiry, gathering and evaluating evidence, conducting interviews, and producing clear, robust and evidence-based reports. Working closely with the HR Investigations Manager and a wide range of stakeholders, you’ll ensure cases progress efficiently, sensitively and in line with expectations. Your work will support formal hearings, influence decision-making and contribute to a culture of fairness and transparency.
Please note, having significant experience of chairing investigations and hearings is essential and you must be able to demonstrate this.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Leading complex ER investigations — independently managing cases involving disciplinary issues, grievances and harassment.
- Developing structured investigation plans — identifying evidence, witnesses and key lines of enquiry.
- Conducting impartial interviews — gathering accurate, balanced and reliable information.
- Producing high-quality investigation reports — ensuring clarity, factual accuracy and legal robustness.
- Presenting findings at hearings — supporting panels with clear, confident and objective summaries.
- Maintaining accurate case records — ensuring confidentiality, organisation and compliance with data protection legislation.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
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Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.
Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.
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Job Description & Person Specification
Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.
We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion. We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.
Information for applicants with a disability
We are a proud Disability Confident Employer. We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).
If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.
The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There Is a Clear Vision Which Is Ensuring That The Council Is Working For Communities Today And Building For Tomorrow
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We focus our resources on five key priorities
- A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
- An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
- A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
- A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
- A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.
We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.
In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.
Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
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Website http://birmingham.gov.uk/ Telephone 0121 675 7070 Location Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom
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