Room
to Read India was established in 2003 and presently have programs in 12
states- Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh,
Jharkhand and Bihar. Our Literacy Program has been implemented in 15,642
government schools, training 25,741 teachers trained in library
management and reading activities. Over the same period our Girls’
Education & Gender Equality Program has benefitted over 62,457
girls.
Room
to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of
children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender
equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change
Starts with Educated Children®, our innovative model focuses on deep,
systemic transformation within schools during two time periods that are
most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy
acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. We work in
collaboration with local communities, partner organizations, and
governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among
primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school
with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing
on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring
these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be
replicated, localized and sustained by governments. With its, global
headquarters in San Francisco, Room to Read has benefited 18 million
children across over 30,000 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia,
Grenada, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal,
Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia. Room to
Read has received several awards and recognition over the years
including recognition as one of the top ten NGOs to work for during the
past five years by the Great Places to Work Institute.
Position Overview:
Primary
responsibilities are tactical in nature implementing administration of
payroll, statutory compliance, retention, termination, personnel
records, legal compliance, compensation, benefits, and policy
development. Responsibilities also includes recruitments and other
People operations’ Generalistrole.ThispositionreportstotheManager,People
Operationsundergeneralsupervision and will also have to supervise an
Associate, People Operations position.Thefollowing duties are exemplary
of the type of tasks that may be assigned at the discretion of the
Deputy Country Director and Manager,People Operations.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
Compensation, Benefits and Statutory Compliances:
The Officer, People Operations would be responsible for independently managing the payroll and compliance for India staff.
Ensure that employees are aware of all benefits and utilizing it as per policy and guidelines.
Lead and manage all compliances related to PF, Gratuity, Insurance, POSH, CPP etc. for all India staff.
Renewal all the policies related to insurance and gratuity within the deadline
Review
and recommend changes to our wage and salary structure, pay policies,
employee benefit programs; Security, safety and health program
consistent with RtRguidance.
Make
recommended changes to our compensation and benefit policy and
practices to ensure that staffs are rewarded in line with both general
market practice and individual performancelevel.
Submit annual returns within the timelines and also ensure to document it.
Performance Management:
Implement
an effective employee performance management system and train staff.
Provide advice and support for performance management issues and assist
them in implementing performanceappraisals.
Facilitate all relevant trainings related Annual Performance Review (APR) and ensure its completion through Workday
Capacity
building of HR team and other staff on APR process and disbursement
annual performance bonus and increment letters to all applicable staff.
Complete the process of probation review process on Workday for all new joinees.
People Operations Information System (Workday):
Perform monthly audit of workday and share an updated to regional office and supervisor.
Ensure all new joinees’ profiles are created and uploaded their documents on Workday
Offer support to team and other staff related to Workday as and when required
Contract renewals and Termination:
Track all contracts and ensure the contract are renewed and shared with the staff
Keep a track of all the custom projects and ensure the letters are shared with applicable staff within the timelines.
Annual Planning and Budgeting (AP&B):
Extend
all support to Manager, people operations during AP&B related to
planning, creating back-end sheet and keep a track of all new, open and
existing positions.
Coordinating
with state heads and operations team to discuss on staffing need and
budget requirement in guidance with supervisor.
Ensure that all new JDs are updated along with their staffing models
Create organogram and keep it updated
On-boarding and off-boarding:
All employees should be on-boarded and must attend all program and policy related induction.
Extend support to new staff in their joining formalities
Ensure that all resigned staff should complete the exit formalities, create proper documentation.
Keep a track on attritions and present the data on quarterly basis
Facilitate
the effective and efficient implementation of RtR-wide HR initiatives
e.g., capacity assessment, succession planning, on-boarding and
off-boarding.
Policies and Employee Handbook (EHB):
Review and develop personnel policies and revise as necessary based on CO needs and the standard GO/RO HRpolicies,
Ensure all SoPs are updated on a regular basis
Review and update EHB for all staff on yearly basis
Other support to People Operations:
This position would be responsible for independently managing the HR needs of minimum three states staff.
Design,
operate, coordinate and monitor operational systems for managing
necessary human resource functions to implement the approvedpolicies.
Operate within the HR Budget and monitorspending on monthly basis.
Recommend
employee relations practices necessary to establish positive employee-
employee relationships and employee-employerrelationships.
Ensure
that the organization’s and the employee’s interests are protected, and
the policies/ practices of the organization are legallycompliant.
Manage the audits related to people operations
Investigate complaints and recommend appropriateaction.
Review employee appeals through compliantprocedure.
Provide stewardship of the organization culture and facilitate itsinstitutionalization.
Extend any other support people operations team may need.
Qualifications:
Must have/Essential Qualifications:
Demonstrated ability to design and implement Human Resources programs and initiatives, preferably in developmentsector.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degree with minimum of six (06) years of professional experience in HRposition.
General knowledge of the principles and practices of personneladministration.
Generalist
HR background preferably developed through various specialist
assignments. The most important of which would be; employee training and
development, organization development, HR administration, compensation,
recruiting andcompliance.
Demonstrated strategic approach to HR with the ability and willingness to also execute the tactical elements of thejob.
Ability to work within narrowly defined objectives under generalsupervision
Ability to effectively address well defined problems of moderate complexity and complete moderately complexassignments
Generally, assists with Country Office wide projects as assigned by the Manager, People Operations
Generates tactical solutions that address the needs of various departments in the Country Office.
Excellent
communication skills in English (oral and written) and capability to
relate and interact with multicultural teams and represent the
organization in professionalforums.
Compensation:
Room
to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits
include thirteenth month bonus, health insurance and a retirement plan.
The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part
of an innovative, meaningful, and rapidly growing organization that is
changing transforming the lives of millions of children in developing
countries on literacy and gender equality in education
Application Procedure:
Please submit your resume and cover letter by email (no calls, faxes, or drop-ins, please) to in.hiring@roomtoread.org with “Officer, People Operations” as the case might be in the subject line.
Due to
the high volume of applicant response, not all applicants may receive a
response from Room to Read. Regret the inconvenience. Room to Read is an
equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing the
skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. We always
encourage women to apply.