Market HR Consultant (Fixed-Term Contract)

This 12 month fixed-term contract is for a market consultant who has deep knowledge in company and local programs, policies, compliance procedures and who represent around HR matters as it relates to the Irish market, internally and externally.

In this role, you will work seamlessly across multiple people operations partners and business stakeholders to collaborate effectively and use their influencing skills as needed to represent the needs of Google. You will manage multiple projects and country specific initiatives effectively and understand when and how to appropriately escalate decisions or urgent matters. You will facilitate partner discussions and drive decisions that are good for Google and bring partners/stakeholders along with their change management skills. You will also work closely with Market Delivery teams to develop subject matter/operational expertise within a variety of service areas and maintain resource documentation, including governance, communications, and general program management.

Great just isn't good enough for our People Operations team (known elsewhere as "Human Resources"). We bring the world's most innovative people to Google and provide the programs that help them thrive. Whether recruiting the next Googler, refining our core programs, developing talent, or simply looking for ways to inject some more fun into the lives of our Googlers, we bring a data-driven approach that is reinventing the human resources field.

Responsibilities

• Work with executive level stakeholders to ensure end-to-end delivery for our HR processes in Ireland.
• Contribute to the deployment of high priority country focussed HR programmes and initiatives, aligned to the country people plan.
• Manage local employment policy and practices to ensure legal and regulatory compliance. Solve compliance matters and review local policies in the context of the market.
• Work with the HR Compliance, Process Ownership, and User Support teams on prioritizing and mitigating market related risks.
• Support local labor relations management, including engaging with councils/work councils where applicable. Drive recommendations and prioritization to ensure work is in service of the end-of-end delivery of our Googler Experience in the country.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in HR Business Partner or HR Generalist roles.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience using data insights to drive HR strategy and influence executive stakeholders.
• Experience implementing HR projects and risk management/mitigation, and supporting change management, business readiness, communications, and training activities.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration and driving decisions with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Excellent project/change management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and analysis skills.