Senior People Consultant

United Kingdom

7/23/2025

About GitHub

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Locations

In this role you can work from Remote, United Kingdom

Overview

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Senior People Consultant to join our team. The role will serve as a global consultant to the company on People-related issues. You will work directly with leaders, people managers and employees to provide consulting, coaching and People strategy and operational support. You will work very closely with people managers to provide guidance, implement various company-wide programs, and implement team-specific initiatives based on feedback and needs. We work with integrity and openness in supporting both people managers and employees with the goal of ensuring team members feel comfortable coming to us for counsel, support, and ideas at any time. GitHub is dedicated to fostering a positive workplace culture and ensuring the well-being of our employees. You will primarily support managers and employees in the EMEA region, with additional support responsibilities extending to APAC and the US.

Responsibilities

People Consulting and Solutions

• Provide guidance and coach managers and employees on People-related matters, serving as a subject matter expert.
• Collaborate with leaders on team development, identify training needs, and contribute to People programs.
• Manage all partnerships and relationships with country-specific Works Councils and other employee representative bodies across EMEA. Provide guidance on collective consultation obligations, co-determination processes.
• Navigate and advise on region-specific practices related to performance management, investigations, and terminations.
• Support talent initiatives (management development, Diversity & Inclusion, job eliminations) in partnership with People Business Partners and Centers of Excellence.
• Identify opportunities to improve team effectiveness, recommend initiatives, and collaborate with leaders.
• Assist in Talent People initiatives, plan and deliver annual processes, and facilitate leadership discussions.
• Collaborate with People Services for high-quality People services, including promotions, onboarding, and performance management.
• Partner with Talent Development for skill advancement opportunities and initiative implementation.
• Interpret people analytics data to inform business strategy and address issues proactively.
• Support design and implementation of People Team projects and programs based on divisional or regional needs.
  
  

Employee Relations

• Partner with managers on performance management cases, offering guidance from initiation to resolution.
• Advise on performance management and contribute to fostering a positive workplace culture.
• Lead diagnostics and resolution of complex issues related to policy or culture concerns by collaborating with the People Team and Legal.
• Assist in investigations, implementing remediation as needed and ensuring proper documentation.
• Identify trends in employee relations issues, collaborating with People Business Partners and business partners to implement solutions.
• Provide input on updating policies and procedures for managed People Team projects, collaborating with stakeholders as needed.
  
  

People Consulting Ticket Que Management

• Collaborates with People Services to manage People Team related tickets in Zendesk, adhering to GitHub policies.
• Provides feedback and suggestions to People Services for the ongoing improvement of tools.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years work experience in human resources, business programs/processes, or related fields.
• OR Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, or related field AND 6+ years work experience in human resources, business programs/processes, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of Employee Relations experience
• 2+ years of experience managing direct partnerships with Works Councils and other employee representative bodies across EMEA as well as experience providing guidance on collective consultation obligations and co-determination processes
• 2+ years of experience working with employment and labor laws in EMEA and US
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive experience with change management, coaching, problem-solving, and organizational assessment of talent skills
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a matrixed, multinational environment, balancing global consistency with local compliance
• Business acumen and understanding of data and metrics
• Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Society for Human Resources Management-Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), or country-equivalent certification.
  
  

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive
  
  

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care
  
  

Leadership principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success
  
  

Who We Are

GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.

Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.

Join us, and let’s change the world, together.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles. We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life. We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences. Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!