Sr. Manager Employee Relations & Investigations

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with HR, Legal, outside counsel, and other stakeholders to support active EEOC matters, consent decree obligations, and high-risk employee relations investigations.
• Lead complex investigations involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, ethics concerns, workplace misconduct, policy violations, and other employee relations matters.
• Conduct witness interviews, gather and analyze evidence, assess credibility, and prepare detailed investigation findings and recommendations.
• Ensure investigations are completed in a timely, objective, thorough, and legally defensible manner.
• Support responses to EEOC charges, state agency complaints, litigation matters, and other regulatory inquiries.
• Travel to locations as needed to conduct investigations, interviews, fact-finding, and employee relations assessments.
• Partner with HR and Legal to identify investigation risks, trends, and opportunities for corrective action.
• Develop and implement consistent investigation standards, documentation practices, reporting templates, and case management processes.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and subject matter expertise to HR team members on investigation techniques and best practices.
• Strengthen organizational confidence in the complaint and investigation process through consistent and professional handling of employee concerns.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in highly sensitive matters.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive Employee Relations and workplace investigations experience.
• Demonstrated expertise conducting complex discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and workplace misconduct investigations.
• Experience supporting EEOC charges, agency complaints, litigation matters, and compliance-related investigations.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state employment laws and workplace investigation best practices.
• Experience working in both unionized and non-union/professional employee environments.
• Experience supporting geographically dispersed operations and multiple business locations.
• Exceptional interviewing, fact-finding, analytical, and report-writing skills.
• Proven ability to partner effectively with Legal, outside counsel, Senior leadership, and business stakeholders.
• Ability to travel approximately 30-40% as business needs require.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Franklin Park, IL.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $74.00 - $78.00/hr.

Requirements

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision, Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital, 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available, Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents), Short and long-term disability, Health Spending Account (HSA), Transportation benefits, Employee Assistance Program, Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

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