People Consultant (Fixed-Term Contract)

Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 7 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist providing consultations to the business on a wide range of People topics such as performance management, reorganizations, talent management, change, etc. Preferred qualifications: Experience in HR, people programs, or other people related roles. Experience leading HR programs and initiatives. Ability to work within constraints and to test the status quo. Ability to analyze data, understand trends and develop recommendations for analysis. Excellent problem-solving, teamwork and organizational skills.

About The JobIn this role, you will 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's 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. 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. ResponsibilitiesProvide guidance on policies and processes to ensure compliance with regulations, and consistent application of practices and leverage metrics to identify employee relations trends and diagnose organizational effectiveness. Apply employee relations expertise and employment law to identify issues, risks, trends, gaps, and problems, execute solution-focused strategies and processes to mitigate risks.

Work with partner groups, including employment, legal, other investigations teams, Employee Engagement, People Consultants and People Partners, and more to ensure a positive and employee experience. Provide one-on-one and group mentoring and development feedback to managers around to manage employee relations issues, conduct investigations concerning allegations of inappropriate conduct in violation of Google policy, and evaluate, correct, and enhance job performance and other workplace behaviors. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .