Job Opportunity for HR Business Partner at Wadhwani Foundation in Bengaluru

Position Name: HR Business Partner

Work Location: Bangalore

Department: HR

About Wadhwani Foundation (www.wfglobal.org):

Mission: Accelerating economic development in emerging economies through high-value job creation Objectives: Enabling the creation of 10M jobs and placement of 25M by 2030 across 20-25 emerging economies. Wadhwani Foundation is a not-for-profit with the primary mission of accelerating economic development in emerging economies by driving large-scale job creation through entrepreneurship, innovation and skills development. Founded in 2000 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani, today the Foundation is scaling impact in 25 countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America through various Initiatives.  More details on the various programs at the end of the document.

Role Context:

This role will be an integral part of the HR team, responsible to manage various stages in an employee life cycle, mainly as a HR Business partner and Employee Engagement lead.  The individual should be innovative and self-driven with a positive attitude & a pleasing personality.  

Role & Responsibilities:

1. Plan and conduct the HR Orientation sessions, including regular update on the content

2. Responsible to execute the New Hire Training Program – ensure the learning modules are current, orient the near hires on the training methodology and ensure all new hires complete the training

3. Regular maintenance and upgradation of the HRMS tool (Zoho People)

4. Ensure all employee data is updated in HRIS tool on a real time basis, with Nil audit observations

5. Responsible for various HR dashboards including Monthly HR dashboard, attrition analysis, adhoc reports, etc.

6. Employee Engagement, Communication and Events 

· Team Member connect

· Chart out the annual employee engagement calendar with innovative ideas

· Plan and execute Monthly Events calendar (Birthdays, Festivals, annual day, etc.) 

· Regular connect with Team members and address / escalate concerns, including exit conversations

· Plan and execute regular Rewards and Recognition events

7. Performance Management  

· Roll out the performance process including closure of various milestones related to Performance Management (Quarterly goals setting, half yearly reviews, etc.)  

· Set up and execute performance process in the Zoho tool

8.      Policy Formulation

Skills, Experience & Qualification:

· MBA or Post Graduation in HR

· 8 to 10 years of experience in HR Ops + HRBP role  

· Innovative and self-driven. Should be a good learner and adaptable 

· Good communication skills – Content and design; written & oral & Analytical skills

· Proficient in Word, Excel, Power-point

· Interpersonal skills. Ability to connect with people, good listener, motivator, advisor, etc. “People Person”

· High energy and enthusiastic personality

· Organized and methodical approach

 Various Programs at Wadhwani Foundation:

1. Wadhwani Advantage: Accelerating the growth of tens of thousands of SMEs by providing personalized, on-demand knowledge and consulting resources through an AI-enabled mobile platform to create millions of new jobs.

2. Wadhwani Entrepreneur: Inspiring, educating, and enabling Startup entrepreneurs

· Wadhwani Venture Fastrack: Maximizes success rates of early-stage startups with enhanced business traction and funding opportunities

· Wadhwani NEN: Empowers students with knowledge and skills through Courses and Startup Labs to create high-potential startups

· Wadhwani Inspire: Establishes a nationwide culture of entrepreneurship

3. Wadhwani Opportunity: Empowering millions of students with 21st century employability skills that drive family supporting wages.

4. Wadhwani AI (a partner program): A first-of-its-kind AI research institute in the world – a non-profit dedicated exclusively to applying AI for social good.

5. Wadhwani Catalyst: Invest in high quality entrepreneurs with scalable business models across emerging markets, with a focus in India. The fund will catalyse businesses across sectors, with the overall objective of accelerating economic development by creating livelihoods/ jobs.

6. Wadhwani Institute of Technology and Policy (WITP): Support government and civil society at large with the dual mission of – (1) Providing information, insights, and recommendations for the application of technology for policy making, policy implementation, and policy outcomes measurement. (2) Creating a Technology-focused Training Academy for upskilling policy makers, bureaucrats and technocrats with relevant technologies and the application of the same to their respective ministries and missions.