Associate - HR

About the Company:

Our client has created a sustainable livelihood program for urban disadvantaged youth. Fostering agency, workplace competencies, and skills in youth, unleashes social and economic transformation in the communities that the youth come from. The organization runs through a public-private partnership that empowers the Government, Corporates, NGOs, and Citizens to work together toward changing lives. The provision of location and capital expenditure for the organization is taken care of by the Government. Corporates contribute through CSR funds to provide operational expenses. NGOs come on board to provide various skilling courses to the youth. We are growing at a fast pace in various other cities in India.

Job Details:

Designation: Employment Engagement Manager

Reporting structure: Will be reporting to the Project Manager

Base Location: Pune, Maharashtra

Roles and responsibilities:

1. Develop, strengthen and proactively connect with new employers to increase our youth’s opportunities to secure a sustainable livelihood.

2. Maintain and strengthen current employer engagement activities including employer events, and support the Mentoring Programme and management of the vacancy portal and customer relationship management tool/platform to reflect the needs of our youth and maximize opportunities for employers to engage with our students.

3. Understand the context of youth enrolled in the program in order to inform and identify areas of action and use statistical analysis to improve employer engagement activity.

4. Establish, strengthen, and evaluate effective communication with skilling partners, trainers, mentors, and youth.

5. Working with the Program Head in partnership with central placement cells, and other programs within the organization to establish and evaluate priorities and provision.

6. Be responsible for the effective income generation of the youth above minimum wages.

7. Use expert knowledge, research, creative ideas, and activities to identify new opportunities for collaboration, within industry and across employment sectors, to enhance our delivery of activities to students to support their career planning and development.

8. Undertaking monitoring of progress via regular 1:1 meetings, positive engagement and communication with employers, and tracking the progress of our placed youth.

Eligibility:

● Any Graduate/Post Graduate with 5+ years of experience in the logistics sector, preferably from a corporate sales background.

What are we looking for:

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills and digital comfort.

● Self-motivated with a willingness to take initiative and solve complex problems.

● Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and sometimes high-pressure environment.

● Passion for social impact and belief in the impact that can be delivered by purpose-led engagement of the workforce.

● Exceptional articulation skills (written and verbal) to present - ideas, approaches, and solutions.

● Willing to travel.

● Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, & Excel) and Google Docs.

This is a build role and so our ideal candidate has the passion and experience to create the best possible people strategy for our team, using a combination of best practices, insight and innovation with an understanding of the needs of a growth stage company.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

People Management & Leadership: Lead the P& C team to continue developing People & Culture processes as outlined below. Continue to develop the existing team of People leaders through coaching, mentorship, and leadership. Recruit and hire new P& C staff as needed.

Employee Lifecycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end employee lifecycle from onboarding and development, through to transitions and exits, creating a positive experience for all employees and driving engagement. This will include the development of a data-driven framework for continuous improvement in all aspects of the employee experience.

Talent Acquisition and Recruitment: Partner with talent acquisition team on strategies including job description creation, vacancy advertising, candidate screening, interviewing, and hiring processes - ensuring the adoption of best practices in inclusive hiring.

Compensation and Benefits: Develop and implement a competitive compensation philosophy and benefits strategy that motivates employees, supports retention, and attracts new talent.

Talent Management and Succession Planning: Implement comprehensive talent management strategies that ensure the right people are in the right roles, manage performance, provide career development opportunities, develop skills matrices, and oversee promotions and transitions. Develop and execute succession-planning strategies that ensure business continuity and support our future growth.

Learning and Development: Develop and implement comprehensive learning and development programs, focusing on the skills and knowledge that employees need to excel in their roles. Develop a strategic L& D program to support Parachute's leaders to help the company level up and scale.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):Champion DEI by fostering a work environment that values diverse perspectives, promotes equal opportunities, and is inclusive of all employees. Develop policies and procedures that reflect the company's DEI-B Values.

Employee Relations: Create and support a program that strengthens relationships between employees and the organization, resolving workplace conflicts, handling disciplinary procedures, and promoting employee well-being. Use metrics to address systemic issues, define root problems of employee-relation issues, and create programs to systematically address them. Support existing P& C team currently responsible for this function.

Legal Compliance: Ensure all HR policies and practices comply with local, state, and federal labor laws and regulations.

Organizational Development, Design, and Change Management:Drive organizational development and design efforts, working in collaboration with senior leaders across the organization to develop key HR staffing plans for new and existing departments.

HR Metrics, Analytics, and Strategic Investment:Implement a comprehensive HR dashboard that tracks key metrics across all HR functions. Utilize data analytics to inform strategic decision-making and guide investment in new full-time employees (FTEs), thereby maximizing profitability and optimizing capital deployment.

Future-of-Work Thought Leadership:Be a strategic thinker on how to position Parachuters to help the company achieve its 3-5-7+ year ambitions. Have well-researched and thoughtful stances on topics such as hybrid, remote-first, time-off, flexible time, sabbatical programs, comp philosophy, etc. to fully leverage the People & Culture function as a differentiator for the company.

What will set this person apart:

• Proven business leader with 3+ years of leadership or management experience, in a leadership role within Human Resources.
• Experience working in a high-growth tech startup or similar fast-paced industry is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in various aspects of HR management, including but not limited to talent management, learning & development, compensation strategy, and legal compliance.
• Experience managing the end-to-end employee lifecycle and succession planning.
• Proven track record of strategic thinking and decision-making ability, with the capacity to manage a critical function within the company.
• Experience leading a team of HR professionals and working closely with senior leaders and executives in an organization.
• Strong understanding of HR metrics and data-driven decision-making.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.

Benefits

• 21 days of paid vacation, 7 days sick leave, 3 days of no questions asked leave
• Encouraged time off on your birthday
• Flexibility for remote work on a case by case basis
• Comprehensive insurance plans (from Plum) and commuter benefits
• Rewards for every work anniversary
• One month paid sabbatical after your five year Skimm'versary as a full-time employee. and more.

• Should be atleast having 10 + years of exp with scaled startups / high growth startups
• Preferably have done 0-1 or 1-10 (build things from scratch in HR & have scaled it )
  
  

  Roles & Responsibilties

  Roles & responsibilities :

  • You will work closely with the senior most leadership and will be responsible to build and drive HR strategy across functions to foster organisation growth.
  • Create a conducive culture that enables the team to grow the organisation & themselves.
  • Set up policies and processes and create an employer brand in the market.
  • Leadership role with fast growing early age startup
  • Work closely with senior stakeholders in a high impact rol

  Experience and Qualifications

  • Overall 12+ years experience in HR post MBA from a reputed B-School.
  • Having worked in an online/ digital start up ecosystem is a must.
  • Experience working as a HR Business Partner, HR Operations, HR Generalist, TA etc.
  • Strong business acumen with experience managing a team and diverse stakeholders.

  What’s an offer

  An excellent opportunity to work with a well funded early age start up in their fast growing set up in a leadership role working closely with a strong leadership team of expert professionals.

We are looking for a skilled HR Officer who will recruit, support and develop talent through developing policies and managing procedures. You will be responsible for administrative tasks and you’ll contribute to making the company a better place to work. If you are passionate about HR and highly efficient, give us a chance to meet you. We expect you to have knowledge of various HR functions. We want to see a committed and approachable individual and be impressed with your character and skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and implementation of HR initiatives and systems
• Provide counselling on policies and procedures
• Be involved in recruitment by preparing job descriptions, posting ads and managing the hiring process
• Create and implement effective onboarding plans
• Develop training and development programs
• Assist in performance management processes
• Support the management of disciplinary and grievance issues
• Maintain employee records (attendance, payroll, EEO data, etc.) according to policy and legal requirements
• Review employment and working conditions to ensure legal compliance

• The Recruitment Lead will be responsible for overall Annalect India recruitment strategy development, implementation and administration of recruitment programs. Execute Recruitment strategy to drive business results of each internal departments and appropriate stakeholders.
• The Recruitment Lead will possess and exercise exceptional skills in: problem solving, strategic thinking, and project/process management, coaching and fostering collaboration. To monitor and constantly reduces the costs of the recruitment process

Functions and Responsibilities:

40% Recruiting Strategy: Provide day to day support on the overall recruiting life cycle and building trusted relationships with hiring managers.

• Overall Recruiting Strategy for Annalect
  • Responsible towards the Annalect senior leadership in planning, developing, executing, and directing hiring strategies, processes, and programs for Annalect
  • Lead sourcing strategies through a variety of sourcing channels across all of Annalect’s recruiting needs.
    • Manage and maintain external search agency relationships, contracts, negotiations and effectiveness.
    • Develop and manage university and external program relationships to build additional sourcing pipelines.
    • Oversight over all Annalect open roles and health of the pipelines.
    • Identifying key industry related events and coordinating participation.
  • Responsible for partnering with Marketing and Design on all recruiting related activities including managing our social media brand related to hiring
  • Partnering effectively with the Annalect Global recruiting team, ensuring alignment on practices, and alignment on use of external agencies.
    • Hiring Manager Relationships
  • Responsible for building an understanding of our hiring needs, conducting a needs analysis and evaluation of job descriptions that best target our talent profiles.
  • Responsible for providing counsel to hiring managers on approaches to recruiting and interviewing practices
  • Act as a relationship manager between hiring managers and candidates, being responsible towards Annalect and balancing our needs and expectations with that of the candidate.
  • Partnering with the Annalect HR team on supporting Annalect Hiring manager needs.
  • Educating and enabling managers through the Annalect interview framework

30% Recruiting

• Manage open job postings and candidate pipeline
• Responsible for managing an active and passive pipeline search through a variety of recruiting channels.
• Responsible for ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the life cycle of the recruitment process.
• Provide support on building out job descriptions
• Gathering candidate feedback in a timely manner
• Coordinating and scheduling candidates in a timely manner being respectful of the hiring managers’ schedules.
• Ensuring alignment of communications through job postings and candidate experience align with our overall Annalect culture and brand.

20% Recruiting Operations

• Reporting and Metrics:
  • Ensuring the recruiting report is updated on a weekly basis and providing any further metrics or reporting needs analysis.
  • Leadership level communication: Managing the Leadership and as appropriate Managers communications on the overall health of our recruitment.
• Financials:
  • Oversight of the budgets aligned against search agencies, external events, memberships
  • Oversight of referral program partnering with Finance, including processing of any referral payments
• Agency Relationships: Responsible for negotiating and managing any external agency relationships. Fiscally responsible for the costs and management of these relationships.  
• Responsible for the overall recruiting flow and offer approval flow:

• To ensure that the HR Policies & Procedures on recruitment are fully complied throughout the selection process. Strong ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written), at all levels within and outside the organization
• Solid understanding of on-going Technology trends. Past experience in managing and mentoring a team of at least 4-6 recruiters is a must.
• About 10 years of related experience of which a minimum of 6 years should be in a similar position / responsibility, preferably in a similar Industry. HR , Recruitment , Recruitment Manager/Preferably from Analytics or IT domain company
• Hands-on experience on MS Office skills

Ways of Working

• Think and act strategically to resolve issues, problem solve, add business value
• Approach work with a sense of urgency
• Strong organizational/planning, project management, and multi-tasking skills required to deliver on time and within budget
• Work independently with minimal supervision to set priorities and demonstrate excellent program /process and management skills
• Demonstrate a strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated experience in fostering a collaborative working environment between individuals and teams through coaching & personal example
• Exceptional time and priority management skills
• Use excellent communication skills to collaborate and provide transparency on all things
• Be a collaborative, high-energy, proactive self-starter

• Partnering with the finance and benefits team to administer payroll and benefits
• Ensuring 100% statutory compliance of the store through attending monthly audits, follow up on non-compliance, vendor checks etc.
• Being the custodian of all labor notices for the store and aligning with all internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely response and closure of these notices
• Spreading awareness among the employees about gender sensitization
• Managing data and analysis to help stakeholders with relevant information on a need basis

Desired Candidate Profile

• Knowledge of HR processes and 3 to 4 years of experience in working in a fast paced startup environment
• High levels of discretion, integrity and confidentiality
• Proven ability to build strong partnerships and work collaboratively with managers, leaders and HR colleagues
• A deep knowledge of HR programs and practices, including applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations
• Great knowledge on Excel and other MS and G-suite Applications
• Openness to learning
• Ability to function in an unstructured environment with attention to detail and strong interpersonal skills
• Flexibility with changing requirements    

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with management team to craft the company’s vision and mission
• Develop strategic HR plans and policies (recruitment, training, compensation etc.)
• Hire, guide and evaluate the work of HR executives
• Reporting performance to the CEO by using KPIs and business metrics
• Analyzing the success of HR operations
• Decide and act on initiatives for equal opportunity, diversity etc.
• Assuming responsibility for employee/labor relations with the management
• Re-engineer processes to ensure maximum efficiency
• Ensuring all procedures are in compliance with legal regulations
• Analyze the effectiveness of HR operations and policies
• Prepare reports for the CEO using business metrics and KPIs
• Taking initiatives for ensuring equality in the work environment.
• Must have experience handling big size companies.

Key Purpose

Responsible for direction, strategy, planning & execution for the company's human resources management and administration while also managing the industrial relations in a unionized environment which requires special attention.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Prepare the annual human resources budget based on strategic aims and specific business objectives of the company. Review and roll out action plans during quarterly, monthly forecasts to achieve the targets set.

2. Direct and coordinate human resources management operations which include recruitment, training & development, Industrial Relations, and personnel administration. This covers custody and maintenance of all human resource records and documentation and meeting all compliance requirements set by governmental authorities.

3. Develop, update, implement and maintain policies and processes for all human resource operations and ensure that they are clearly understood and followed.

4. Monitor and ensure the timely completion of the annual review of the performance management system in place. Continually revise and update the business objectives and key result areas in consultation with the functional heads to improve the contribution of individuals and teams to business performance thereby aligning with the company- s strategic aims and business objectives.

5. The management of recruitment processes to secure the right person and competencies to satisfy the organization's development/job needs.

6. The development and implementation of organizational group and individual learning processes that achieve the skills and knowledge development to fulfil current and future business success.

7. Managing the relationship with the union as a representative of the management to liaison between the management and the union. To investigate and resolve any complex or critical industrial relations issues in a timely and effective manner. Handling complaints, managing grievance procedures, and facilitating counseling in conjunction with the management.

8. Facility management will ensure a clean, hygienic, secure facility in good repair, running efficiently with processes/frequencies / performance measures in place. Printing and stationery stocking & issue and incoming mail distribution will be part of facility management.

Additional Responsibilities :

Travel Management - Ordering flight tickets based on approved travel requisitions, themost economic rates and efficient travel, turnaround times. The domestic & international travel policy ground rules will apply.

Profile :

- Right Organisation - Small or Midsized engineering company in a professional, process-driven manufacturing environment.

- Right Qualification - Graduate/Engineer, Masters in Human Resource Management Right Experience - +12 years experience, 5 years minimum relevant experience,

- Competence - Excellent verbal and written business communication skills including the Capabilities ability to communicate with all levels of management and workmen in the organization.

- Strategic analytical capability, attention to detail and presentation skills

- Empathy and ability to understand the development needs of all employees

- Managing administrative work with a high degree of perfection

- Proficient with computers particularly with MS office and ability to utilize various software applications

- ERP functional knowledge, strong business, and quality management process understanding.

- Using considerable independent judgment and initiative to make recommendations to the management on all human resource related matters.

• Responsible for end to end recruitment
• Sourcing potential candidates from various job portals (Naukri, Monster, Linkedin)
• Conducting detailed telephonic, skype, or face to face interviews and coordinating with the candidates till on-boarding and do the joining formalities
• Design and update job description.
• Screening and shortlisting the prospective candidate based on the job profile.
• Coordinating interviews with the hiring managers.
• Follow up to ensure candidates attend interviews as scheduled.
• Following up on the interview process status.
• Document the process on Microsoft Excel.
• Coordinating with candidates for document verification
• Conduct a primary document verification
• Establish and maintain a good relationship with the employee

Key skills

• Fair Communication skills (written and Verbal)
• Proficient in handling job portals
• Good Interpersonal skills
• Good knowledge of excel, word, PowerPoint
• A quick learner and able to work independently with limited supervision