Job Opportunity for Manager/Assistant Manager – Talent Acquisition at Kraftshala

About the company:

Kraftshala makes India’s most loved marketing & sales training programs with an Advocacy Score of 95%. We believe that education becomes a lot more fruitful, and a lot more fun, when you get kickass practitioners, the real experts, to train emerging talent. Our programs are built on frameworks and examples from the best in the industry and they are consistently updated with the latest, cutting-edge tools & learnings from the field. 

This is why S&M professionals from world’s top consumer companies (like Unilever, P&G, Nestlé, ITC, Facebook, Amazon, Yum! Brands, etc) as well as students currently studying in the best business schools of the country (all major IIMs, ISB, FMS, XLRI, SP Jain, IIFT, etc.) find value in our programs (remember 95%?). The goal now is to take our training programs to India’s masses- the talented people across the length and breadth of our country who have been denied a shot at professional success due to the limitations of the existing system. 

We are a team that is gunning to bring transformative changes to India’s higher education ecosystem. Welcome to the ride! 🙂

Funding:

Kraftshala is backed by number of eminent investors, including 

• Phanindra Sama, co-founder at Redbus and an early investor in unicorns like Unacademy and Innovacer
• Amit Kumar Agarwal, Saurabh Garg and Akhil Gupta, co-founders at Nobroker.com (India’s first realty startup unicorn)
• Sujayathi Ali, Co-founder at ShopUp and Voonik
• Doreswamy Nandkishore (Former Fortune 100 CEO, Head of Asia, Oceania, Africa for Nestlé S.A. and Professor, ISB) 
• Pallav Jain and Sarfaraz Khimani (co-CEOs of Performics, India’s largest SEO/ performance marketing agencies) 

What do we value (the Kraftshala Kode):

Like all good companies, we value integrity, excellence, respect, inclusion, and collaboration. Our team’s distinctiveness comes from the following:

• We seek a user centric mindset so that we can Scale with Soul. People who start with the user and work backward, and take every opportunity to add value, even if they have to go well beyond, fit right in. 
• We believe speed matters enormously in business. We value people who have a bias for action and are willing to take calculated risks in the face of uncertainty. 
• We are a team of learners who like to observe, read, reflect and seek feedback to be better today than we were yesterday. 
• We value problem solving skills. We look at problems objectively, solve for root causes, make decisions for long term good instead of short term gain, and don’t let processes get in the way of value addition.
• We admire people with ambition & courage to take on large goals. We are seeking to build a team of self-starters who demonstrate high ownership. 
• We aim for consistency and reliability and expect the same from others. Predictability just makes everyone’s life a lot smoother. 
• We like people who are real, open and direct in communication, while still being empathetic. 
• We are practical optimists. Our team strongly believes in a better future and takes joy and pride in the fact that we are playing our part to make that future a reality.

What is the recruitment process:

As a small team (~50 folks), it’s imperative that we get to know each other before taking the leap. We want to ensure you succeed in your role within our team. Each conversation with us will last about 40-75 minutes, except the first call which is a short one to understand expectations. Typically the whole process takes between 10 – 20 business days depending on your and our schedules. The process will occur over telephonic/zoom calls, so you don’t need to worry about travel.

Once we receive your application, these steps will follow: 

• Skill Assessment Task: This will be a task that assesses you on some of the core skills you’ll need to succeed in this role. 
• Technical conversation: This will be a telephonic call with a senior member of the team wherein you can expect to be evaluated on your functional skills and other competencies needed for the job, mentioned below. 
• Culture fit conversation: A telephonic conversation with our Founder/CEO to ensure that there is a fit with the Kraftshala Kode. 
• Extending an offer: If all goes well, we will extend an offer mentioning the relevant details. 

Manager/Assistant Manager, Talent Acquisition –  Role Description

What you will be doing:

We are looking for someone to join the Human Resources team to oversee the end-to-end cycle of recruitment. This would include planning and developing long-term strategies for recruitment and strong talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs. 

Responsibilities:

Hiring and Recruitment:

• Working and coordinating with Hiring Managers to understand hiring needs, build and drive hiring strategies.
• Focus on and drive high-quality creation of job descriptions, sourcing, screening, evaluation and interview procedures throughout the entire hiring process.
• Experimenting with new ways to optimize our hiring process and internal workflows and solve problems at the root cause.
• Planning and working with the hiring panel with strategic timelines to deliver quality closures.
• Problem-Solving for long term gains with respect to end-to-end recruitment cycle 

Candidate Experience: 

• Take ownership of candidate experience drivers and add value towards building employer brand
• Create efficient candidate/user experience by setting expectations, timely communications and providing actionable feedback

Data and Reporting:

• Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the end-to-end hiring process
• Advise and lead the hiring team with recruitment practices and trends with data-backed updates
• Track key metrics, visualize data, analyze and present insights

Must Haves:

• 2-4 years of experience in a recruitment or talent acquisition role, ideally at a fast growing company
• Prior exposure to tools like LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS tools, Collaboration or automation apps, etc
• Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
• Problem-solving skills
• Proven track record of consistency in achieving targets
• Clear, concise and effective written and oral communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders
• Empathy and a high Emotional Quotient to actively engage with external as well as internal stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and drive results to independently 
• A user-focused mindset 
• Knack for getting things done and good attention to detail

Location: 

We are a remote work organization.