HR Operations

HR Operations Executive

Location - Andheri, Mumbai

Work from office

10 am to 7 pm (Mon to Sat)

Please note only looking for an immediate joiner.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in human resources.
• Minimum 3- 5 years of relevant experience in human resources.
• Additional training/certification in Payroll Management - may be advantageous.
• Full understanding of HR functions and best practices.
• Well-versed with HRMS
• Onboarding and Exit formalities
• Well-versed with the entire Payroll Cycle
• HR documentation
• Employee grievances
• Prepare and maintain employee master (MIS) (Good with excel)
• Good with drafting letters and policies

I Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Draft HR policies in alignment with the company’s HR philosophy and the overall company policy.
• Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Bridge management and employee relations by addressing demands, grievances or other issues.
• Support current and future business needs through the development, engagement, motivation and preservation of human capital.
• Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics and procedures across the organization.
• Nurture a positive working environment.
• Oversee and manage a performance appraisal system that drives high performance.
• Maintain pay plan and rewards & recognition program.
• Assess training needs to apply, execute and monitor training programs.
• Report to management and provide decision support through HR metrics.
• Ensure legal compliance throughout human resource management.

I Qualification(s):

MBA HR, MSW HR, MA HRM or similar qualifications.

II Experience

• Nature of Experience: Experience in https://resources.workable.com/tutorial/good-recruiter">recruitment, employee relations, performance management, training & development and https://resources.workable.com/tutorial/faq-talent-acquisition">talent management.

III Skill Set & Personality Traits required:

• Ethical and decisive.
• Should have an approachable demeanor.
• Excellent communication and English proficiency.
• Multitasker.
• Ability to handle pressure.
• People-oriented and results driven.
• Demonstrable experience with human resources metrics.
• Knowledge of HR systems and databases.
• Ability to architect strategy along with leadership skills.
• Excellent active listening, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company.
• In depth knowledge of labor law and HR best practices.

 Location: Chennai, Ambattur

Additional information:

• Preference will be given to those having experience working in a startup.

About KAFQA

At Kafqa, we are building an online global performing arts academy. For our students, we offer live classes conducted by experienced & expert artists. For our artists, we offer a bouquet of opportunities to monetize their skills including being an instructor at Kafqa. Our mission is to serve artists in their journey from their first steps in the art to success on the largest stages in the world.

Founder

The founder is Shariq Plasticwala. He is a graduate of IIT Bombay & Stanford GSB. He was part of the founding team of Amazon India where he played a key role for over 8 years. Among his roles at Amazon, he was the CEO of Amazon’s first joint venture in India and a Board Member of Amazon’s payments business.

Role

The role is a unique opportunity to be a part of the core team at KAFQA. The responsibilities of the role are per the below:

• Understand the needs of employees across different segments across their lifecycle (discovery of Kafqa opportunities, application experience, interview experience, decision experience, onboarding, settling down, scaling with the organization, attrition & separation) & design best in class experiences always thinking technology first
• Understand the needs of instructors separately and design best in class experiences for them in partnership with head of departments and other teams.
• Meet compliances mandated by central & state governments.

The role is based in Bangalore, India and reports directly to the Founder, CEO of KAFQA.

Experience, Qualifications & Person Type

The ideal candidate is someone who –

• Has 5+ years of experience preferably in a HR role
• Thinks first principle to re-imagine experiences for employees & challenge status quo
• Thinks technology first
• Is comfortable prioritizing
• Is creative and can innovate
• Interested in the performing arts & preferably is a performer themselves
• Is willing to fulfil all responsibilities above & go beyond as needed
• Is a self-starter, operates with autonomy & can deal with ambiguity while being innovative & frugal

1. Active Recruitments.
2. Lininng up of candidates proactively.
3. Organise the festivals subjected to the approval from the manager,
4. Work in the direction of employee welfare.
5. Prepare the ACR and publish the names of employee of the month/ Quarter/ Year
6. Prepare the associated documents required for TDS, PF, ESI, etc.

• 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

Desired Candidate Profile

• At least 4+ years of experience in HR and recruiting
• Prior experience of working with modern software product or services companies
• Experience working and collaborating with team globally    

• Assisting in talent acquisition and recruitment processes
• Conducting employee onboarding and helping organize training and development initiatives
• Providing support to employees in various HR-related topics such as leaves and compensation and resolving any issues that may arise
• Promoting HR programs to create an efficient and conflict-free workplace
• Assisting in development and implementation of human resource policies
• Gathering and analysing data with useful HR metrics, like time to hire and employee turnover rates
• Enhancing job satisfaction by resolving issues promptly, applying new perks and benefits and organizing team building activities

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven experience as an HR Generalist
• Understanding of general human resources policies and procedures
• Outstanding knowledge of MS Office
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Aptitude in problem-solving
• Ability to work comfortably under pressure and meets tight deadlines
• Desire to work as a team with a result driven approach
• Additional HR training will be a plus

Responsibilities:

• Implement effective sourcing, screening, and interviewing techniques

• Developing fair HR policies and ensuring employees understand and comply with them

• Manage employee relations, employee engagement, appraisals, PF, ESI, etc.

• Act as the point of contact regarding labor legislation issues

• Manage employees’ grievances
• Create and run referral bonus programs
• Oversee daily operations of the HR department

Requirements:

• Must have at least 2+ years experience in Human Resource in manufacturing/industrial company. 
• Proven work experience as an HR Executive, HR Manager or similar role
• Familiarity with Human Resources Management Systems and Applicant Tracking Systems
• Experience with full-cycle recruiting
• Good knowledge of labor legislation (particularly employment contracts, employee leaves, and insurance)
• Demonstrable leadership abilities
• Solid communication skills
• BSc/MSc in Human Resources Management or relevant field