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Employment Investigator (Fixed Term)

Meta · London, Greater London

Type
Contract
Posted
8 days ago

Overview

Your PEACE interview training, evidence handling, and case-file discipline directly mirror this role's investigation workflow.

About this role

As Employment Investigator at Meta, you will be responsible for conducting prompt, thorough, and fair investigations comprising background research, investigative interviews, and debrief meetings in partnership with Employment Law, HR and Employee Relations Business Partners, and the business. Although you will primarily conduct investigations in your local region (EMEA), you will be expected to manage some investigations cross-regionally.Success in this role will require working effectively across geographical and cultural boundaries and discerning systemic issues revealed during the investigative process. Our Employment Investigators demonstrate empathy by actively engaging with all parties and maintaining a respectful, neutral tone throughout the investigative process balanced against an ability to provide direct feedback and confront witnesses with difficult information. You must be able to articulate findings to the business in the form of oral and/or written summaries and conclusions so that long-term solutions can be developed and applied. As an Employment Investigator, you will also have the opportunity to deliver compliance education programs and training designed proactively to address workplace issues.

Employment Investigator (Fixed Term) Responsibilities

  • Manage complex employment related investigations, end-to-end, including conducting intake meetings, background research, investigative interviews, and debrief meetings, across Meta office locations within Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas
  • Partner closely with global cross-functional partners within Employment Law, Human Resources and Employee Relations, Security, Internal Audit, etc., and business units to conduct prompt, thorough, and fair investigations
  • Investigate complaints involving violations of law or policy, including allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, bullying, privacy concerns, conflict of interest, integrity, failure to escalate and other inappropriate behavior
  • Conduct intake meetings and investigative interviews, background research, analyze and synthesize relevant documents and data to make factual findings that address all relevant policy issues
  • prepare reports, summaries, and present oral and/or written debriefs to appropriate stakeholders on investigation findings
  • Discern systemic issues and use data to help develop long-term solutions
  • Provide timely communication to all relevant parties throughout the investigations process, including responding to case escalations
  • Remain respectful and empathetic in the face of difficult and uncomfortable situations surrounding an investigation

Minimum Qualifications

  • Experience conducting investigations that will withstand legal scrutiny in multiple jurisdictions
  • Experience working independently, acting on priorities and exercising sound judgment
  • Demonstrate collaborative relationship management skills in a highly cross-functional environment
  • Experience in documenting investigation findings and recommendations
  • Experience in presenting findings and recommendations to leadership or those with dissenting opinions
  • Problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking skills and a high degree of comfort with working with data
  • Experience working effectively in a rapidly changing environment

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience, either in conducting and/or managing investigations or in practicing employment law
  • Currently has a Bachelor's degree in HR/Business, Employee Relations, and/or Employment Law
  • Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
  • Experience in conducting facilitation and/or mediations
  • Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
  • Experience in identifying relevant legal issues
  • Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
  • Project management experience at both a strategic and tactical level

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

About investigation roles for ex-police

Investigator roles across corporate, insurance, financial and public-sector settings. Interviewing (PEACE), evidence handling, disclosure and case-file discipline are exactly what these employers struggle to hire.

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Why this fits a police background — match score 85/100

  • Investigative interviewing
  • Investigative casework
  • Risk & threat assessment
  • Working to legislation & regulation

What investigation roles pay ex-police

Advertised UK ranges, editorial estimates reviewed July 2026

Claims / junior investigator£28,000–£38,000
Corporate / counter-fraud investigator£35,000–£48,000
Senior investigator£48,000–£65,000
Investigations manager£60,000–£85,000
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