Market Consultant, AUNZ (Fixed-Term Contract)

Google; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Market Consultant, AUNZ on a 6 month Fixed Term Contract to partner with leaders across Australia and New Zealand. You will own country HR programs, ensure policy compliance, and drive workforce initiatives with strong cross-functional collaboration.

You will partner with senior HR and business leaders to enable data-driven decisions, manage labor relations risks, and support successful entity setup and change initiatives across the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with the relevant teams to ensure end-to-end HR processes in country.
• Contribute to deployment of high-priority country-focused HR programs and initiatives.
• Manage local employment policies and practices to ensure legal compliance.
• Collaborate with HR compliance, process ownership, user support and COE teams on market risks.
• Drive recommendations to ensure end-to-end Googler experience in the country.

Skills

HRBP experience

HR Generalist experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

HR projects

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or Labor Relations

Job description

Market Consultant, AUNZ (Fixed-Term Contract)

This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) role.

Applicants must have a right to work in Australia as Google is currently unable to sponsor a visa for this position.

At Google, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through Google’s technology, platforms and people and we welcome Indigenous applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience.

This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) role.

Applicants must have a right to work in Australia as Google is currently unable to sponsor a visa for this position.

At Google, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through Google’s technology, platforms and people and we welcome Indigenous applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience implementing HR projects including risk management/mitigation, new entity set up, change management, business readiness, communications, and training activities.
• Experience Managing HR risks and compliance including identifying risks and need and developing a mitigation plan.
• Experience leading businesses and HR strategies across both Australia and New Zealand.
• Demonstrated experience with cross-functional collaboration and drive decisions with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Broad range of HR knowledge, with experience with consultation processes and Labour Relations exposure to CoE disciplines and local employment law.
• Strong project management skills and delivery, able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities.

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.

Our Market Consultant role is known for deep subject matter expertise in HR programs, processes, and execution in their particular market. They work closely with the Head of HR, who sets the strategy via the Market HR Plan, to execute on and operationalize Google’s geographic priorities. Market consultants have sound knowledge of company and local programs, policies, and compliance procedures, and offer a compelling voice around HR matters internally and externally. They use their influencing skills to represent the needs of Google, facilitate partner discussions, and drive decisions that bring stakeholders along using change management skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with the relevant teams to ensure end-to-end delivery for our HR processes in country, in particular with a focus on minimizing HR compliance risks and managing labor relations risks and related work.
• Contribute to the deployment of high-priority country-focused HR programs and initiatives aligned to the country People plan (e.g., flexible work, psychosocial frameworks, new entity setup, onboarding, RTW providers).
• Manage local employment policies and practices to ensure legal and regulatory compliance (e.g., LSL).
• Work with the HR compliance team, process ownership team, user support team, and the relevant COE teams on prioritizing and mitigating market-related risks.
• Drive recommendations and prioritization to ensure work is in service of the end-to-end delivery of our Googler experience in the country.

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.