at Google in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
+ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
+ 4 years of experience in employee relations/investigations, gained in either an HRBP role, Employee Relations Advisory role, or equivalent experience as an employment attorney practicing employment law.
Preferred qualifications:
+ Experience conducting the full life-cycle of workplace concerns or investigations
+ Experience with stakeholder management in a global organization
+ Ability to successfully work across different identities (e.g., race, gender, etc.) and apply an intersectional lens in daily work and interactions
+ Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and deadlines
+ Proven track record of ability to operate with empathy, and diffuse/de-escalate challenging conversations/situations
+ Ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity
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 an Employee Relations Partner in the Workplace Concerns Practice Area, you will rely on your expertise in applicable employment law and best practices to interpret and apply Google policy to provide consultative services to aid in the resolution of workplace concerns. Your responsibilities include conducting thorough intakes with Googlers with care and empathy while keeping the Googler experience and an intersectional lens in mind, identifying the policies implicated, engaging the appropriate partners, gathering the information necessary and ensuring a timely resolution. You may also have the opportunity to support investigations of harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
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. You’ll play an essential role advancing a more diverse, accessible, equitable, and inclusive Google through our hiring, promotion, retention, and inclusion practices.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $105,000-$154,000. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .
+ Review and resolve employee concerns that include unfair treatment in the performance, promotion, and pay processes and/or potential violations of Google’s standards of conduct, to ensure fair treatment of all Googlers.
+ Utilize best practice investigation interview techniques to gather all pertinent information and synthesize the information using credibility factors.
+ Partner with Employee Relations investigators and support Partner Investigations (i.e. Ethics & Compliance, Internal Audit), which may include note taking, advising and drafting and delivering discipline.
+ De-escalate and resolve matters as appropriate using empathetic listening and conflict resolution skills. Communicate clear guidance and coaching to Googlers, partners and management and influence as necessary.
+ Draft summaries and recommendations to document and resolve complex issues and advice as necessary.
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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.