Senior Labor Relations Consultant, UK People Operations

Google; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Labour Relations Consultant to focus on the UK market. This role involves developing labor relations strategies, managing employee representative relationships, and ensuring compliance with local legislation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in HR and labor law, and will be adept at influencing and partnering with stakeholders to drive organizational change.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist.
• 8 years of experience with UK labor law and labor relations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the labor relations strategy aligned with HR objectives.
• Manage relationship with employee representatives and ensure compliance.
• Promote a positive labor relations climate throughout the organization.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Analytical

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Generalist.
• 8 years of experience with UK labor law and labor relations environment.
• Experience with formal employee representation bodies, including Unions.
• Experience implementing HR projects, risk management/mitigation, and supporting change management, business readiness, communications, and training activities.

Preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge on a broad range of HR subjects, exposure to Center of Excellence disciplines and local employment law (UK specific).
• Ability to build relationships with leaders and stakeholders to drive market priorities.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
• Excellent analytical, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills, and comfortable leading through ambiguity.

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.

As a Senior Labour Relations Consultant, you will focus on the UK market to comply with our legal requirements, address complex issues, and minimize related risks. You will develop labor relations strategies and build constructive relationships with employee representative bodies. You will also influence and partner with the wider business to help deliver organizational changes and develop plans to coordinate and complete applicable information and consultation requirements.

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

• Develop and implement the labor relations strategy in alignment with overall HR and business objectives.
• Manage relationship with employee representatives and third parties; work together with the business and other stakeholders (e.g., People Ops, Employee Relations, Employment Legal) to ensure Google's compliance with its information and consultation obligations under local legislation.
• Lead the deployment of high priority country focused HR programs and initiatives, aligned to the country people plan.
• Manage local employment policy and practices to ensure legal and regulatory compliance.
• Promote a positive labor relations climate throughout the organization, coaching and upskilling HR and business leaders on effective labor relations practices, identifying and mitigating labor relations risks.