Manager-Human Resources

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.

• 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.

Employee Relations:Handle employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, investigations, and disciplinary actions.

Foster positive working relationships and ensure a healthy work environment.

Recruitment and Staffing:Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs.

Post job openings, conduct interviews, and facilitate the hiring process.

Manage onboarding processes for new hires.

Training and Development:Identify training needs and coordinate training programs.

Support employee development initiatives and career planning.

Performance Management:Administer performance appraisal processes.

Provide guidance to managers on performance improvement plans.

Benefits Administration:Administer employee benefits programs, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other perks.

Assist employees with benefits-related inquiries.

Compliance:Ensure compliance with federal and state employment laws and regulations.

Stay informed about changes in HR laws and best practices.

HR Policy Implementation:Develop and implement HR policies and procedures.

Communicate policies to employees and ensure adherence.

Data Management:Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records.

Generate HR reports for management as needed.

Employee Engagement:Develop and implement employee engagement initiatives.

Conduct surveys and gather feedback to improve workplace satisfaction.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Proven experience as an HR Generalist or in a similar HR role.

• Knowledge of HR laws, regulations, and best practices.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.

• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and multitasking abilities.

Note: The above job description is a general outline and may vary based on the specific needs and structure of the organization. Some HR Generalists may also be involved in additional areas such as compensation, workforce planning, or organizational development.

The responsibilities and duties section is the most important part of the job description. Please read them below and if interested, do go ahead and apply!

Roles and Responsibilites:

• Manages talent acquisition process, including sourcing, testing, interviewing, hiring and onboarding
• Keeps job descriptions up-to-date, accurate and compliant with relevant federal, state and local laws for all positions
• Develops training and performance management program that ensures all employees are familiar with their job responsibilities, as well as relevant legal and safety requirements
• Creates and updates compensation strategy through market analysis and pay surveys
• Handles investigation and resolution of employee issues, concerns and conflicts
• Ensures all employment practices comply with federal, state and local regulations

• Provide strategic consulting on people and organization development strategies in support of the business objectives.
• Be an expert on people challenges - especially talent, performance and change
• Partner with India HR lead for all Merger and Acquisition activities (policies, process, payroll, compensation and benefits harmonization, compliance, entity and benefit integration, site consolidation, employee integration and culture alignment)
• Providing ideas and challenges to management teams and acting as a catalyst for change through process design and approaches that results in transformation.
• Evaluate and analyze issues, patterns, and trends to provide proactive insights for HR solutions.
• Drive compensation programs locally by collaborating with corporate compensation team
• Collaborating with the corporate HRBP on BU related activities
• Partner and lead projects which has business impacts.
• Investigate and resolve complex employee relations issues and address grievances.
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• High degree of integrity, business acumen and resilience.
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous, fast paced and rapidly changing environment.
• Self-driven, ability to set high personal goals and work independently
• Ability to organize, multi-task, prioritize tasks and deliver quick results.

• Good in Communication ( both written and verbal)
• Should have good knowledge of HR functions and documentation
• Should have good experience and skills in recruitment using various resources
• Should be capable of handling all HR functions from day 1 

• Set objectives for the HR team and track progress
• Monitor internal HR systems and databases
• Review and approve or modify budgets
• Design and implement company policies
• Monitor key HR metrics
• Act as a consultant to managers and staff regarding policies and procedures
• Create detailed reports on HR costs
• Recommend new software to address personnel needs, like performance review tools
• Address employees’ queries (e.g. on compensation and labor regulations)

• Proven work experience as an HR Operations Manager, HR Manager or similar role
• Good knowledge of labor law
• Hands-on experience with Human Resources Information Systems
• Experience designing compensation and benefits packages
• Ability to develop clear and fair company policies
• Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities
• Team management skills