HR Market Consultant (Africa), People Operations

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in a HR Business Partner or HR Generalist role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience implementing large-scale HR projects, risk management/mitigation and supporting change management, business readiness, communications, and training activities.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration and drive decisions with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Deep understanding of labour law and labour relations environment in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa).
• Problem solving skills, critical thinking and analysis.
• Strong project management skills and delivery, able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities.
• Excellent change management skills.

About The Job

People Operations strives to revolutionize human resources the same way that Google has revolutionized search. We are helping to find, grow and keep the remarkable assemblage of talent who are our Googlers. You'll be an advocate of Google's culture and values, partnering with our business leaders to help them build their organizations and make sure all people decisions are based on data. Whether coaching our clients on how to lead their teams, navigating and resolving employee relations issues or managing programs that help develop our Googlers, you are exceptionally focused on putting them first, and being as clear and transparent as possible to help Googlers understand how people decisions get made.

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

• Manage market compliance requirements, risk assessments, regulatory requirements, labor relations engagements, local employment policy, and practices to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.
• Manage relationships with employee representatives and third-parties, working closely with EMEA and Global Labor Relations teams on global labor relations strategy, training, and coaching.
• Lead the deployment of high-priority country-focused HR programs aligned to country people plans in Africa, and collaborating with relevant teams to ensure end-to-end delivery for HR processes.
• Work with compliance, process ownership, user support, and COE teams to prioritize and mitigate market risks, and driving and owning recommendations to ensure work is in service of the end-to-end delivery of the Googler Experience.
• Provide local context and advice on key HR-related matters.

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