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Senior Workplace Investigator

Tyson Foods, Springdale, AR, United States


## **Summary:**## Join our dynamic Law and Compliance team as a Senior Workplace Investigator, where you'll play a crucial role in fostering a fair and respectful workplace. This position involves independently coordinating and conducting investigations, collaborating with Global Ethics, Compliance, Human Resources, Legal and Labor Relations. You will handle the most complex and sensitive workplace investigation matters.**Key Responsibilities*** **Conduct Investigations**: Independently investigate allegations of potential policy violations and employment-related complaints, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other high-risk workplace issues.* **Collaboration**: Coordinate investigations and collaborate with Human Resources, the Law Department, and Labor Relations when appropriate.* **Training and Guidance**: Provide training, guidance, and consultation to management and stakeholders to reduce future complaints and liability.* **Compliance**: Promote and support compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws; provide expertise and leadership in the investigation of workplace complaints.* **Interviewing and Evidence Gathering**: Conduct investigative interviews, compile and review relevant documentation, analyze evidence, prepare reports and summaries, and provide appropriate recommendations and mentorship to management.* **Investigation Planning**: Develop and implement comprehensive investigation plans for each case; determine method, order, and timing of interviews and evidence collection.* **Report Writing**: Conduct complex analysis and produce high-quality written investigation reports and summaries with clear, candid conclusions and findings.* **Stakeholder Communication**: Facilitate independent closing summary calls with stakeholders, presenting thorough case summary insights and precedence for related outcomes.* **Documentation**: Create appropriate documentation of investigation steps and information gathered.* **Case Management**: Independently manage assigned casework and bring investigations to closure promptly and definitively.* **Professional Communication**: Maintain timely and professional communication with all involved parties and key stakeholders.* **Updates and Metrics**: Present oral and/or written comprehensive updates regarding findings and investigation status to organizational leaders, and others on a need-to-know basis. Keep detailed, consistent, and accurate records for periodic production of metrics.* **Legal Participation**: May be required to participate in depositions, court trials, arbitration hearings, and government agency hearings.* **Operational Planning**: Participate in short and long-range departmental operational planning. Assist in developing goals and objectives and action plans for implementation.* **Policy Assessment**: Assess existing utilization of investigatory methods, processes, and procedures for adequacy and related policies for regulatory compliance. Recommend enhancements or modifications as required.* **Trend Analysis**: Monitor and analyze casework trends and provide strategic recommendations.* **Leadership Development**: May serve as a backup to Senior Managers when needed for exposure and leadership development opportunities.* **Subject Matter Expertise**: Serve as a subject matter expert and resource.* **Additional Duties**: Perform other duties as assigned.* Extensive investigations experience, with demonstrated expertise in harassment and discrimination.* Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence and guide stakeholders, even at the same or higher levels.* Ability to build trust and unquestioned integrity and ethics.* Objective and creative problem solver, strategic thinker, and proactive.* Strategic thinker, proactive solver, and trusted advisor to leaders.* Excellent interpersonal skills.*Tyson will develop an offer based on a candidate's or team member’s relevant skills and capabilities, the market data for the role described in this requisition, internal equity, and other information relevant to the candidate and role.*Our team members make the difference. If you are ready to grow your career with an industry leader and want to positively impact the team and community around you, then join us in helping us in raising expectations.

Join us on the journey.At Tyson, we feed the world like family. Our Talent Strategy is to Attract, Grow, Reward and Retain the best talent, and we believe that our Culture is the connecting thread that drives that strategy!We strive to be a talent magnet to establish a reputation for being a talent rich organization where team members can grow their career while growing the business.We are a high performing organization where team members are rewarded (Pay, Benefits and Recognition) for their contributions, and given the opportunity to support and/or volunteer with programs that help Tyson make a lasting social impact in the communities where we live and work.To learn more about our culture, please read .Tyson Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you are unable to apply for career opportunities through use of this site due to an impairment or disability, please contact (479) 290-5000 for further assistance.**Benefits**

We provide our team members and their families with paid time off; 401(k) plans; affordable health, life, dental, vision and prescription drug benefits; and more. Team members are eligible for these benefits starting day one of full-time employment (unless otherwise noted).**Education Assistance Program****Your Growth, Our Commitment**At Tyson Foods, your success drives ours. On day 31 of service, eligible team members can access education assistance through **Upward Academy Online (Guild)** — offering everything from English language learning and professional certificates to college degrees.Approved programs come with no upfront tuition or out-of-pocket costs(up to $5,250 per year), so you can build skills, earn credentials, and take your career further — while *we* invest in your future.**401(k) & Stock Purchase Plans**

Prepare for your future in retirement with our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and Stock Purchase Plan.

Our 401(k) plan offers both pre-tax and after-tax Roth contributions.Once you’ve completed a year of service with the company, Tyson will contribute to your retirement savings in the 401(k) Plan with a match equal to 100% of the first 3% of eligible pay you contribute, plus 50% of the next 2 percent of eligible pay you contribute.Also after one year, Tyson will match 25% of the first 10% of eligible pay you contribute to the Stock Purchase Plan. Your contributions and Tyson’s contributions to the plans are always 100% vested.
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