Job Opportunity for Director, Human Resources and Administration at Vision Spring in Noida

Description

Are you a change maker who wants to play a pivotal role in restoring vision for millions of people in low-income settings across India? Would you like to work for an organisation that is a pioneer in social impact practices?

We are seeking a highly motivated, dynamic, and self-driven candidate who would like to have a challenging and meaningful career path in Human Resources (HR) and the social sector. Human Resources is a key focus area at our organisation and requires a proactive and dynamic approach. The candidate must be dedicated and sincere towards her/his work and should always be open to learning new things. The candidate must have in-depth subject matter knowledge, expertise, and experience. Timely and high-quality delivery of goals would be essential and will be a key performance measurement criterion. S/he will manage change, foster high-performing teams, and oversee all operations related to our people in a high-growth environment. The Director, Human Resources and Administration, leads the HR and Administration team in India and serves as a member of the India management team. S/he will be based out of Delhi NCR (Noida), India.

About You

• You know how to include people and make them feel a part of a broader purpose. You are instinctively drawn to people with diverse experiences and skills and recognize the attributes that come together to form a powerful team.
• You are convinced about the power of culture and believe that culture eats strategy for breakfast.
• You have a vivid vision for organisational structure. In a high growth environment, you are planning talent acquisition, team and career development, and training at least a year ahead.
• You are fueled by helping people learn, stretch, and excel. You are a leader who brings out the best in others by creating leadership and opportunities at all levels.
• You have a knack for identifying “fit,” which makes you an efficient and active recruiter. You think job boards are useful, but you find the best people through outreach and networking.
• You are passionate about diversity and inclusion in the organisation and are a stickler for ethics and values.
• Staff well-being, welfare, and engagement comes naturally to you.
• You have experience with global best practices and understand how matrix structures come to life.
• You will have managed a change management process and demonstrated effective ways to enable your workforce to adapt to new ways of working.
• You have strong knowledge of payroll and HR-related statutory compliances.
• You believe that technology and processes are great enablers to create efficiencies and improve productivity.
• You are a master administrator.

About Us

• We are creating access to eyeglasses for low-income people. Clear vision creates opportunities for increased learning, work, safety, civic participation, and quality of life.
• As a social organisation, social change motivates us first. Our focus is on advancing our mission objectives – to increase functioning, productivity, and income earning potential for our low-income people by correcting impaired vision with eyeglasses.
• We are working to transform the systemic dysfunction which has failed to deliver eyeglasses – a 700-year-old technology – to approximately 55 Crore people in India in need of vision correction.
• We serve low-income people who are more than beneficiaries to us. The people we serve expect high-quality eye-screenings and eyeglasses.
• To efficiently scale, we must deliver each new unit with less cost.
• We run our operations on metrics and social impact measures. We leverage a range of processes and practices to get the work done.
• We believe in scaling our impact, not our organisation. We are a lean team of doers.

What You’ll Do

Talent Development and Retention:

• Serve as a true business partner to the organisational leaders. Guide workforce and succession planning.
• Work with the management to administer a robust performance review process and goal setting that ties individual goals with enterprise-wide strategic objectives.
• Facilitate the mentoring, development, and nurturing of teams by enabling best-in-class training, career laddering, compensation, insurance, benefits, and reward and recognition practices.

Change And Culture Management

• Develop and execute on long-term organisational developments plan aligned with our growth trajectory and strategic plan.
• Cultivate a culture that accelerates talent and liberates innovation in a period of high growth and change.
• Develop a workplace characterized by a clear sense of direction, low turnover, high levels of mission and values alignment, ethics, well-being, engagement, morale, and productivity.
• Ensure diversity, inclusion, and alignment with code of conduct in the organisation.
• Make the organisation the best place to work with and ensure that it is recognised for this.

Recruitment

• Develop a strong recruitment brand and attract the brightest talent to the organisation.
• Manage active searches for high potential candidates for placements across India though networking, campus placements, job boards, recruitment sites, agencies, internships, and fellowships.
• Ensure consistent on-boarding and orientation experience for new hires, including development of the training center.

OtherHR Responsibilities And Administration

• Ensure timely payroll processing and attendance and leave management.
• Ensure insurance coverage of staff and settlement of insurance claims.
• Manage all staff documentation and entry and exit formalities.
• Ensure that all HR-related compliances are strictly adhered to.
• Ensure regular updation of existing policies and processes and the introduction of new ones.
• Be responsible for the upkeep and updation of the HRMS.
• Manage day-to-day administration, upkeep, and management of the organisation’s facilities and  ensure all the needs of the staff are promptly met.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree or MBA from a reputed institute required.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant professional experience in Human Resources with a significant number of years managing a senior team.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time within India.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Hindi.

Compensation

• Salary based on experience and education.
• Competitive benefits, including health insurance and generous vacation time.

To Apply

We want to know more than just what you have done. We want to know who you are. What are the passions and talents that draw you to this role?

Please submit an application, including a thoughtful cover letter and your CV/resume, to: hr.india@visionspring.org. Please ensure there is a short description of each organisation on your CV/resume. Include your last name and “Director, Human Resources and Administration” in the subject line.

Please note that only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted.

Evaluation of qualified candidates will include an assessment exercise, which will be followed by a competency-based interview.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.