HR Investigation Manager - 6 months

Act Up or Secondment or Fixed Term Contract opportunity for Birmingham Council employees

6 month fixed term contract for non-Birmingham Council employees.

Grade 6 - £54,495- £64,811

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

About the role

As a HR Investigation Manager, you will shape the integrity, quality and impact of the HR Investigations function across Birmingham City Council. As the senior lead for internal investigations, you will oversee a specialist team of Investigation Officers, an HR Coordinator and Implementation Leads, while personally managing the most complex, sensitive and high‑profile cases. This is a rare opportunity to influence organisational culture, strengthen risk management, and ensure fairness and consistency in how people matters are handled.

You will act as the organisation’s expert in employment legislation, case trends and ER best practice, guiding senior leaders and shaping policy to ensure compliance and high‑quality decision‑making. Your insight will drive continuous improvement, enhance People Policies, and support major organisational change programmes. Working closely with legal advisors and senior stakeholders, you will ensure the organisation remains confident, compliant and future‑ready.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading and developing the investigations team — ensuring high standards, strong collaboration and robust case management.
Overseeing complex and sensitive investigations — acting as the escalation point for high‑risk or high‑profile matters.
Driving consistency and quality assurance — embedding best practice and reducing organisational risk.
Shaping policy and organisational learning — analysing trends, informing training and improving People Policies.
Partnering with senior leaders — providing expert advice on ER issues, including TUPE, redundancy and collective consultation.

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

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

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.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk>

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.

Job Description and Person Specification

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