Job Opportunity for HR Associate at Leadership for Equity in Vijaywada

About Leadership For Equity (LFE)

Leadership For Skilled Education Foundation (branded as Leadership For Equity, LFE), is a non-profit (NGO) based out of Pune, Maharashtra. 

We envision Public Education Systems That Refuse To Let Children Down

APPROACH: In our two-fold approach to change, we build the capacity of government system leaders and we influence system processes. In partnership with the local and state education bodies, we co-create programs that shift teaching-learning practices and improve student learning and well-being. This work coupled with our research and advisory support to influence policies, we hope to create an effective government education system.

Over the last 5 years, LFE has built the capacity of 2100+ system leaders, and 40,200+ teachers to impact 8 million students across Maharashtra. Additionally, LFE has recently expanded its operations and started working in another 3 states of India including Haryana, Tripura & Andhra Pradesh. In Maharashtra, LFE works with 5 districts (Pune, Nashik, Nagpur, Satara & Akola), 3 municipal bodies (Pune MC, Pimpri Chinchwad MC & Nagpur MC) & 5 state level education bodies (School Education Dept, SCERT, Samagra Shiksha, Tribal Development Dept, & TRTI). In Andhra  Pradesh, LFE works closely with the Samagra Shiksha Office, SCERT & The World Bank on a multi-year strategic project to improve the quality of learning across 13 districts of the State. And lastly in Haryana & Tripura, LFE works with SCERTs of both states in setting up targeted program management units (PMUs) to strengthen delivery of large-scale academic programs. 

BELIEF: We believe Public Education Systems are the gatekeepers of social EQUITY, especially when India’s 120 million poorest-of-the-poor children continue to go to government-run schools. A multi-layered, complex, and systemic problem of educational inequity, will require a solution rooted in the SYSTEMS CHANGE approach. We believe that a COLLECTIVE effort by forging partnerships with governments, like-minded philanthropists, corporates, donors, nonprofits and grassroot organisations will help bring scalable and sustainable social change.

About the Role: Description & Responsibilities

We are looking to hire an experienced HR associate to manage and maintain our Vijayawada office. In this role, you will be responsible for obtaining and recording HR information, managing the HR database, and assisting company employees with enrollment procedures and HR-related issues. To ensure success as an HR associate, you should have excellent communication skills, good interpersonal skills, and a good understanding of employment law. Ultimately, a top-notch HR associate is well organized, efficient, and approachable.

Responsibilities:

• Recruitment: Initial screenings based on the requirement of program team
• Communicating with potential job candidates.
• Contacting candidate references and verifying education listings.
• Managing HR records including, résumés, applicant logs, and employee forms.
• Issuing employment contracts and verifying completion.
• Issuing new employees with enrollment documents.
• Conducting employee orientations.
• Explaining employee benefits.
• Responding to HR-related queries within the AP office
• Maintaining employee confidentiality.
• Rollout Transition docket
• Support project teams with any translation work/travel
• Support Admin Assistant with office management
• Support HR Manager and Senior Manager with organizing team meets, events, stepbacks etc

Requirements:

Knowledge, Skills and Capabilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, or related field.
• Previous experience working in human resources.
• Able to work on MS Office/Emails/ Google suite ( Drive, sheets,docs, etc. )
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to write and speak English, Hindi & Telugu.
• Friendly and professional demeanor.
• Good organizational skills.
• Empathy and an approachable demeanor.
• Attentiveness and honesty.
• Ability to take initiative and work in an autonomous semi structured environment
• Adaptability to change responsibilities and resourcefulness to respond to change
• High openness to learning
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with multiple stakeholders
• Patience and resilience to stick it out in the face of setbacks and uncertainties

Location and Compensation

Location: Vijayawada. Occasional travel within Vijayawada.

Compensation: Expected to be around 2.40 – 3.00 lakh INR per annum based on experience.

Leadership For Equity is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind. We do not discriminate on the basis of caste, race, religion, colour, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other non-merit factor.