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Employee Relations Investigator
Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Conduct impartial, fact-finding investigations into workplace complaints involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and university policy violations .
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Conduct impartial, fact-finding investigations into workplace complaints involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and university policy violations
- Develop investigation plans, interview parties and witnesses, gather and preserve evidence, and prepare investigation reports
- Communicate with parties and witnesses and manage multiple simultaneous investigations
- Maintain updated case files in the case management system
- Analyze complex employee issues and investigation findings to determine root causes
- Present objective findings and recommendations to decision-makers
- Provide updates on reports, complaints, and investigations to employee relations leadership
- Execute employee relations processes supporting institutional policy and regulatory compliance
- Collaborate with university offices and community resources on supportive measures and policy implementation
- Advise departmental leadership on workplace resolution strategies
- Train faculty and staff on relevant policies and prevention measures
- Research emerging trends and forecast impacts on employee engagement
- Establish policies and procedures and mentor junior staff
- Engage in professional reading and relevant professional development courses and trainings
- Report administratively and functionally to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Workforce Relations and Enterprise Expansion; no supervisory responsibility
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s Degree is necessary
- 5–7 years of experience is necessary
- Experience conducting and managing fact-finding investigations into allegations of protected class discrimination and harassment or a comparable field strongly preferred
- Experience in a university setting preferred
- Graduate or advanced degree in a relevant field preferred
- Professional HR certification (SHRM-SCP or SPHR) preferred
- Ability to conduct impartial, fact-finding investigations
- Ability to develop investigation plans, interview parties and witnesses, gather and preserve evidence, and prepare objective investigation reports
- Ability to analyze complex employee issues and investigation findings
- Knowledge of institutional policies and applicable regulatory standards
- Ability to advise leadership on resolution strategies
- Ability to train faculty and staff on relevant policies and prevention measures
Benefits
Comp & perks- Equal-opportunity employment
- Professional development courses and trainings
- Self-directed professional reading
- Mentoring opportunities and subject-area expertise development