GitLab

Senior People Compliance Specialist, EMEA

GitLab

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Ireland

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Senior

About the role

  • Build, drive and iterate our works council engagements, processes and administration across Germany, the Netherlands, and France, ensuring compliance with information, consultation, and co-determination requirements, legal timelines, works agreements, and locally agreed service levels
  • Prepare meeting agendas and comprehensive information packages for recurring works council meetings and consultations, including documentation management, translations, and stakeholder coordination
  • Partner with People Business Partners, the legal team and the business to build and maintain high-trust, productive relationships with works council members through responsive, consistent support
  • Collaborate with Legal, People Business Partners, and business leaders to plan and execute compliant consultation approaches.
  • Advise and educate managers and stakeholders on works council requirements, timelines, and procedural best practices, including guidance for sensitive and complex topics
  • Manage multiple concurrent requests and consultations independently, prioritizing work to ensure timely completion and clear communication across time zones
  • Develop and maintain standardized processes, templates, training materials, and guidance to improve consistency and efficiency in works council operations
  • Track, report, and maintain consultation records and metrics, responding to works council information requests and ensuring audit readiness and data retention compliance
  • Partner with Employment Counsel, Legal and Privacy team on laws and regulation updates
  • Act as subject matter expert on HR compliance and act in an advisory role to People Team centers of excellence, cross-functional stakeholders, and clients
  • Proactively address processes to mitigate compliance and operational risk by recommending and prioritizing changes to support the business

Requirements

  • Experience coordinating works council processes, employee relations, or labor relations in Europe, including managing inform, consult, and co-determination obligations and timelines
  • Working knowledge of works council processes and requirements in at least one of Germany, the Netherlands, or France, with the ability to quickly build expertise across additional countries
  • Fluency in English and proficiency in French; additional language skills are useful in a multi-country environment
  • Understanding of European labor law, including information and consultation rights and common approaches to compliant stakeholder engagement
  • Experience partnering with Legal, People Business Partners, and business leaders on consultation approaches for organizational changes and other sensitive matters
  • Strong project management skills, including prioritizing multiple requests, maintaining clear documentation, and driving work to timely completion in a remote setting
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills for diverse audiences, including preparing agendas, information packages, and training materials, and handling confidential information with sound judgment
Benefits
  • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Team Member Resource Groups
  • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Growth and Development Fund
  • Parental leave
  • Home office support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
works council processesemployee relationslabor relationsEuropean labor lawconsultation approachesdocumentation managementproject managementdata retention complianceaudit readinessstakeholder engagement
Soft Skills
clear communicationrelationship buildingprioritizationindependent workresponsivenessjudgmentcollaborationeducation and advisingprocess improvementmulti-country coordination