Lead Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

Role & responsibilities

Strategy and Leadership

• Assist the Head HR in aligning recruitment activities across all three institutions with annual staffing plans and meeting the institutions hiring goals.
• Contribute to workforce planning by identifying future talent needs and maintaining relevant hiring data.
• Ensure recruitment processes align with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and diversity objectives.
• Participate in periodic recruitment policy reviews and recommends enhancements to workflows and procedures.
• Contribute to the implementation and refinement of recruitment tools, platforms, and systems.

Operations and Execution

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle, including job postings, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and assessments.
• Partner with Department Heads to define role requirements and ensure alignment with institutional needs.
• Maintain accurate records in recruitment systems for effective tracking and reporting.
• Coordinate interview logistics, gathers feedback, and supports final selection processes.
• Ensure timely updates to candidates and stakeholders throughout the hiring process.
• Adhere to recruitment SOPs, institutional policies, and compliance requirements.
• Handle all candidate communication with professionalism and safeguards confidentiality.
• Prepare and manage documentation for audits, legal compliance, and internal reporting.

People and Engagement

• Serve as a key point of contact for candidates, ensuring a professional and engaging recruitment and onboarding experience.
• Liaise with hiring managers and department/institution heads to provide regular updates on hiring progress and candidate pipelines.
• Support internal and external employer branding through communication and visibility across job portals, career pages, and social media.
• Represent the institution at job fairs, campus hiring events, and recruitment outreach programs as required.
• Collaborate with Institute leadership, HR colleagues to ensure a consistent onboarding experience and a smooth transition into the organization.

Preferred candidate profile

• 4-8 Years of recruitment experience, preferably within the education sector and multi-campus organizations.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management, especially with senior leadership and department heads.
• Exposure to onboarding program design and execution, preferably in the education or service sector.
• Experience in employer branding, campus hiring, and engagement initiatives is an advantage. Functional Skills
• Proficiency in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR Information Systems (HRIS).
• Experienced in use of job portals (Naukri, LinkedIn, Indeed) and social media platforms for sourcing.