Marches HR is a multi-award-winning, founder-led, independent HR consultancy. While our generalist HR support typically serves small businesses and charities, our investigations work spans a different client base - predominantly public and not-for-profit sector organisations, including those working with children, young people and adults at risk / vulnerable adults.

Due to continued growth, we're now looking for a skilled and experienced HR Investigations Specialist to join our bank team, leading investigations into misconduct, bullying and harassment, grievances, whistleblowing and other sensitive workplace complaints on our clients' behalf.

This is dedicated investigations work, not generalist advisory HR. You'll run investigations from scoping through to a robust, evidence-based report, often on highly sensitive matters within organisations where safeguarding, regulatory or public accountability considerations add further complexity. From time to time you may also be asked to support others on cases they're leading, including report drafting or interview preparation.

These aren't straightforward, clear-cut cases... no "caught red-handed on CCTV" scenarios. They typically involve competing accounts, sensitive matters such as child or adult safeguarding, power dynamics and difficult judgement calls: bullying and harassment, whistleblowing, professional conduct or fitness-to-practise concerns, with no single smoking gun and outcomes depending on weighing credibility, context and evidence fairly.

Our clients pay us for our expertise and delivering our very best is central to who we are. We want someone who knows they're good at leading (hands-on) HR investigations... not just because they believe it themselves but because other HR and legal professionals, and the leaders they've worked with, have told them so.

About you

This role will suit someone with a proven track record leading complex and sensitive workplace investigations hands-on, ideally backed by a recognised investigative practice qualification or training. You're a skilled investigative interviewer and a confident report writer, producing clear, proportionate, evidence-based findings that stand up to internal and external scrutiny. You're always objective and evidence-led (following the facts rather than a predetermined conclusion) while remaining truly mindful of the wellbeing of everyone involved (complainants, witnesses and subjects of complaint alike) with awareness of trauma-informed interviewing approaches.

You'll bring real experience gathering and analysing information, identifying risks, and weighing mitigating and aggravating factors to reach sound, well-reasoned decisions. You're an established HR or legal professional first, with genuine specialism in investigations - understanding the wider employment law context your findings sit within. Experience investigating matters involving regulated professionals and/or those working with children, young people or adults at risk / vulnerable adults would be a strong advantage. Trustworthy, discreet, respectful and reliable, you'll be confident engaging with our quality assurance process as part of delivering rigorous, defensible work.

Given the pace and intensity of investigation work, you'll need genuine flexibility to commit significant, concentrated hours (typically 40+) within a 4 - 8 week window once you accept a case. This role therefore suits someone with real capacity - it's not a role to fit around full-time or near full-time commitments elsewhere.

Although this is a zero hours worker arrangement, you'll be a key part of our team. Trust, reliability and truly pulling together matter to us as much as your technical capability.

Hours 

Because this is a zero hours worker arrangement, you'll be engaged on a case-by-case with no guaranteed minimum hours. You're free to accept or decline any case we may offer. 

Clients typically need us to respond within a week of a case arising, so this doesn't suit someone who needs more than a few days' notice to start work on an investigation. 

A typical investigation runs to around 50 hours over a 4–6 week window; more complex cases (e.g. collective grievances, multiple allegations, several witnesses) can run longer. You'll need genuine capacity to flex that volume of work into a short period once you accept a case - this therefore suits someone with real availability across a week, not scattered hours here and there. 

Tasks like preparation and report-writing can flex into early mornings, evenings or weekends; investigative interviews and other client-facing work will generally need to sit within normal business hours. 

Predominantly remote - around 90% of our investigations now run via video call. This means you don't need to be local to our office in Leominster, but you'll need your own vehicle for occasional in-person meetings, hearings or office visits (e.g. onboarding). 

Clients are based across England and Wales, and some cases will require your in-person or remote attendance at a resulting hearing, regulatory proceeding or employment tribunal as the investigating officer. 
 

How to apply 

To apply, please submit: 

Click here for the Role Description and Person Specification.

Please note: applications that do not include both a CV and a supporting statement will not be considered. 

Our selection process
 
As part of the selection process, we'll ask you to share a real, anonymised investigation report you've completed and a real set of anonymised investigation interview questions you've prepared. This helps us assess the quality and rigour of your work directly. If you reach that stage, we'll ask you to ensure anything you share is fully anonymised and doesn't breach any confidentiality obligations to previous employers or clients.