Workforce Investigator

Role Responsibilities

Do you want to be part of ensuring safe, respectful workplaces across the Alberta Public Service? Do you thrive on uncovering facts, solving complex problems, and ensuring fairness? Join the Government of Alberta as a Workforce Investigator and play a critical role in upholding the organization’s policies and values.

What You’ll Do

As a Workforce Investigator, you will conduct thorough employment investigations across the Alberta Public Service. You will investigate matters in relation to the Respectful Workplace Policy (RWP), misconduct, Code of Conduct, information security breaches, and more. You will be responsible for gathering facts, making conclusions and coming to findings through analysis against relevant policies. Your work will directly inform key employment decisions and provide valuable information to leaders to effectively manage the workforce.

The work done by this position is instrumental in upholding healthy and respectful work environments across the Government of Alberta.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct fair, impartial, and timely investigations.

• Analyze evidence and draw objective conclusions.

• Consider the behaviour within relevant legislation, policy, and other frameworks.

• Prepare comprehensive reports outlining factual findings and analysis.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Labour Relations specialists, legal advisors, HR personnel and management, to ensure the completion of accurate and reliable investigations.

• Stay updated on relevant legislation, regulations, policies and best practices related to workplace investigations.

• Handle sensitive and confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

• Use your strong interpersonal skills to engage employees at all levels of the organization.

• Have high ethical standards and a commitment to conducting investigations with fairness, integrity and objectivity.

What You Bring
We’re looking for a Workforce investigator with curiosity, persistence, and a commitment to fairness. You thrive in the “grey zone,” balancing thorough fact-finding with professional judgment. You bring:

• Proven experience conducting workplace, regulatory or administrative investigation.

• Strong analytical skills and critical thinking to assess evidence and determine defensible findings.

• Exceptional writing skills with the ability to produce clear, detailed and credible reports.

• The ability to remain neutral, objective and resilient in high-stakes and emotionally charged situations.

• Knowledge of workplace legislation, policy and investigative best practices.

• A collaborative approach to working with HR, leadership, unions and other stakeholders.