Want to work for Google South Africa?

News recently emerged that Google plans to hire more than 6,200 workers this year in the biggest expansion yet by the Internet’s most profitable company.
The company outlined its plans yesterday without providing specifics beyond its pledge to hire more people than it did during 2007, when it added 6,131 workers. Google began this year with 24,400 employees.
Google South Africa is no exception and the company is most likely looking to significantly strengthen its local presence in the country.
Until fairly recently, Google SA had less than 10 employees, but the local arm has started to grow its workforce and is advertising no less than 15 positions for its Johannesburg office.
Julie Taylor, Google’s Communications Manager for Sub Saharan Africa, says that Google’s South African office is still small but growing fast. “We expect it to grow by as much as double in size during the coming year, across different functions,” said Taylor.
The positions advertised for the Google SA office in Bryanston, Johannesburg are as follows:

1. Account Coordinator (Temporary) – Johannesburg
2. Account Manager – Johannesburg
3. Account Strategist – Johannesburg
4. Agency Relationship Manager – Johannesburg
5. Business Development Manager, Southern Africa – Johannesburg
6. Country Marketing Manager South Africa – Johannesburg
7. Developer Relations Program Manager – Johannesburg
8. Human Resources Coordinator (Temporary) – Johannesburg
9. Industry Analyst – Johannesburg
10. Industry Manager – Johannesburg
11. Legal Counsel, Sub-Saharan Africa – Nairobi, Lagos or Johannesburg
12. Policy Manager – Johannesburg
13. Recruiting Coordinator (Temporary) – Johannesburg
14. Sales Engineer – Nairobi, Accra, Lagos or Johannesburg
15. Training Development Specialist for Africa Programs – Johannesburg

Google is also growing its African presence with positions advertised at Google offices in Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria. For more information on these positions, visit the Google Africa jobs page.
“We are looking for the most talented, creative, smart and energetic candidates. Our hiring bar remains extremely high, since at Google we believe that people are our most important asset. We value local knowledge in addition to international experience and exceptional academic achievements,” said Joseph Mucheru, Google’s Regional Lead, Sub Saharan Africa.