Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

About the Organization:

The organization is on a journey to reach an India free of poverty and filled with love by ending educational inequity in our country. Fourteen years into our journey we are a movement of 4600+ Alumni working at all levels of the education system, who are reaching 1 in 10 children across the country. These Alumni have graduated from our two-year Fellowship Program where they taught in under-resourced classrooms to put ~38,000 low-income children on a different life path. Today, we have ~940 Fellows and are the largest pipeline of driven, skilled talent into the educational ecosystem in India.

In 2022, we embarked on Phase 4, our fourth strategic phase. We have a bold and ambitious ten-year journey ahead of us that aims to grow 50,000 leaders, who will work collectively, and with love, to transform the lives of 1 in 10 low-income children in our regions, through an education that unleashes the potential of self, others and India. In this decade, five key priorities will lead us to this vision.

Our work will only be completed when we have built a movement of leaders that is large enough to ensure that every child in India attains an excellent education.

We pride ourselves as being a passionate, idealistic, mission-driven team of individuals. Were committed to learning and excellence in our roles, and to being deeply rooted in our core values.

Key Responsibilities

As the Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition:

• Create the Talent Strategy and Operational Plan and identify crucial hiring metrics (turnaround time, applicant experience, diversity and quality of hire in order to drive data driven decisions for the vertical etc).
• Build strong partnerships with internal teams and external stakeholders by: (a) building and maintaining relationships with Fellows, Staff, Fellow Alumni, interns, volunteers, universities, (b) working alongside the Communications vertical on regional branding strategies and (c) working with the Technology Director to build the necessary platforms and tools required to support the application process.
• Build a strong talent pipeline (with direct ownership over senior roles).
• Project manage the entire talent acquisition process by: (a) driving efficiency improvements in existing systems and processes, (b) managing the talent calendar and budget, (c) designing effective job profiles, (d) identifying and executing appropriate talent strategies and (e) executing a thoughtful Matriculation and onboarding plan
• Design and implement an engagement program that successfully recruits a number of organisations Staff Alumni back to the organization.
• Oversee the design and implementation of a world-class intern program that will attract more leaders to the educational sector and create a prospect pool for staff and Fellow roles.

As a People Manager

• Building a robust pipeline of talent for their team.
• Manage and coach the team members to ambitious outcomes.
• Driving engagement, growth, and retention of team members.
• Engineering and overseeing a monitoring and evaluation system, coupled with strategic direction, to guide our abilities to continuously improve.

As a Senior Manager

• Contributing to the team goals and priorities beyond individual goals and priorities.
• Driving internal alignment and support for organisations core Programs.
• Serving as an ambassador of the brand and an advocate for our work and for educational equity in our country through both internal and external communication after committing time in our classrooms to understand our work more deeply.
• Supporting with key organizational areas such as Recruitment, Selection, Fundraising, Volunteering, Movement Building.

Minimum Qualifications, Experiences and Expectations

• 5-8 years of professional experience.
• Experience of having built and managed high functioning team(s) to outcomes.
• Experience in driving operations in high pressure, goal driven environments.
• Experience of having collaborated effectively with a broad range of individuals and groups particularly through partnerships.
• Experiences of having taken initiative in the past.
• Previous experience in teaching/education would be an added advantage (not mandatory).