EEO Human Recource Investigator

About the Agency & Division:

The Washington State Patrol is more than a law enforcement agency - we are a statewide public service organization committed to professionalism, accountability, and service. The Human Resource Division partners with leaders across the agency to recruit, develop, and support both commissioned and civilian employees. Our work directly contributes to a workplace where employees can thrive while helping the agency fulfill its mission of serving the people of Washington.
 

The Human Resource Division (HRD) provides support to the entire agency through consulting, researching, and interpreting civil service rules, Collective Bargaining Agreements, and agency policies and procedures. In addition to processing and maintaining employee health and safety, recruiting, testing, hiring, transfers, and promotional actions for all civil service and commissioned personnel.

As the agency’s senior EEO/HR Investigator, your work will influence employment decisions, strengthen organizational culture, and help ensure every employee is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect.

Duties

In this role, you will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, managers, and HR professionals while helping foster a respectful, legally compliant workplace for one of Washington’s premier law enforcement agencies. This position independently leads highly sensitive workplace investigations, provides strategic HR consultation, interprets complex employment laws and policies, and develops recommendations that influence agency-wide employment practices.

Every investigation, consultation, and recommendation contributes to maintaining the integrity, professionalism, and accountability expected of the Washington State Patrol.

This position offers a unique opportunity to influence organizational culture, guide agency leaders through complex workplace issues, and help shape a respectful, legally compliant workplace serving employee across Washington State. 
 

Primary Responsibilities

Lead Complex Workplace Investigations

• Independently conduct complex, trauma-informed investigations involving allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and other protected class concerns.
• Interview complainants, respondents, and witnesses; collect and evaluate evidence; assess credibility; and apply federal and state laws, agency policy, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Prepare comprehensive investigative reports with findings of fact and well-supported recommendations for agency leadership.

Serve as a Strategic HR Consultant

• Advise executives, managers, and HR staff on employee relations, performance management, workplace conflict, accommodations, and other complex employment matters.
• Partner with leadership to resolve challenging employee issues while balancing organizational needs, legal requirements, and employee rights.
• Provide consultation throughout complaint resolution and accommodation processes.

Ensure Legal and Policy Compliance

• Interpret and apply federal and state employment laws, civil service rules, collective bargaining agreements, and agency policy.
• Evaluate reasonable accommodation requests and essential job functions while ensuring consistent, legally compliant decision-making.
• Maintain confidential investigative records and prepare documentation for agency leadership and regulatory bodies.

Promote a Respectful Workplace

• Develop and deliver training on respectful workplaces, harassment prevention, reasonable accommodations, investigations, and HR compliance.
• Recommend process improvements and best practices that strengthen workplace culture, accountability, and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

We recognize that strong candidates gain valuable experience through many different career paths. If your experience doesn’t match every qualification exactly, we still encourage you to apply. Experience gained through public or private sector employment, military service, volunteer work, education, or other relevant opportunities may demonstrate the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in this role.

Successful candidates will bring experience conducting complex workplace investigations, exercising sound judgment, communicating effectively with diverse audiences, and applying employment laws and HR best practices in sensitive situations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, Law, Social Sciences, or a closely related field. Equivalent experience may substitute for education.
• Three years of professional-level HR experience, including conducting workplace investigations involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation, or misconduct. 

The full position description is available upon request.

If you have gotten this far and are thinking you do not qualify, consider again. It may be that lived experience, volunteer positions, or a combination of experience and education could demonstrate your ability to perform the duties within this job. If you are excited about this role but you’re not sure if your experience or held credentials  align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway and contact the HR Consultant below to discuss your situation specifically. You may just be the needed candidate for this or other roles.