Head of Human Resources

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Role Summary

Lead the HR function end-to-end with strong focus on attendance, payroll oversight, hiring, appraisals, compliance, employee relations, and HR-related vendor & insurance management. Build predictable, process-driven HR operations for both field and office teams. 

Key Responsibilities

HR Operations

• Own attendance, leave, and HRMS hygiene. 
• Validate monthly payroll inputs and coordinate with Finance. 
• Maintain employee records, documentation, and onboarding/offboarding processes. 

Recruitment & Onboarding

• Handle hiring for operations and corporate roles alike. 
• Manage sourcing, interviews, offers, joining formalities, and induction.
• Lead the Recruitment team to work on fulfilment mandates. 

Performance Management

• Run appraisal cycles, goal-setting support, and documentation accuracy. 

Compliance & Policy Governance

• Maintain HR policies and labour law compliance (PF/ESI, Shops Act, PoSH, etc.). 
• Ensure statutory registers, audits, and timely filings. 

Employee Relations

• Handle grievances, disciplinary actions, and communication across verticals. 
• Drive basic engagement initiatives.  

Vendor & Insurance Coordination

• Manage HR vendors: background checks, HRMS, consultants, etc. 
• Oversee employee insurance: additions, deletions, and claims coordination. 

Profile Requirements

• 5–10 years of HR experience, ideally in operations-heavy organisations. 
• Strong in HR operations, compliance, hiring, and employee relations. 
• Ability to build processes in a fast-moving setup. 
• Excellent communication, ownership, and people management skills.