Deputy Director - HR

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic HR Leadership

• Support the Director–HR in planning and executing HR strategy aligned with university growth.
• Lead HR initiatives in Talent Management, Employee Engagement, Capability Building & Change Management.
• Assist in creating HR policies, SOPs, and frameworks for academic and non-academic staff.
• Provide data-driven insights for decision-making and workforce planning.

2. Talent Acquisition & Manpower Planning

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for faculty, academic leaders, administrative, and technical staff.
• Collaborate with Schools/Departments to understand hiring needs and create recruitment plans.
• Develop university recruitment pipelines through job portals, LinkedIn, campus hiring, and industry networks.
• Ensure timely onboarding, induction, and documentation for all new hires.

3. HR Operations & Compliance

• Oversee payroll inputs, attendance records, leave management, and employee documentation.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, university regulations, and statutory requirements (PF, ESIC, Gratuity, etc.).
• Maintain updated HRMS records and oversee digitization of HR processes.
• Monitor contracts, renewals, and compliance for outsourced staff/vendors.

4. Performance Management

• Implement and monitor performance appraisal cycles for faculty and staff.
• Coordinate goal-setting, mid-year reviews, annual appraisals, and performance improvement plans.
• Support leadership in developing reward & recognition frameworks.

5. Employee Relations & Engagement

• Address employee grievances with fairness, confidentiality, and sensitivity.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives, welfare programs, and campus culture activities.
• Conduct periodic HR audits, feedback surveys, and engagement assessments.
• Maintain healthy relationships with staff, faculty, and student service departments.

6. Training & Development

• Identify training needs for academic and non-academic staff.
• Organize FDPs, leadership development programs, compliance trainings, and skill-building workshops.
• Maintain training calendars, attendance, and effectiveness assessments.

7. Policy, Process & Organizational Development

• Design, update, and implement HR policies, SOPs, employee handbooks, and code of conduct.
• Support organizational restructuring, role clarity initiatives, and competency frameworks.
• Lead HR projects like digitization, automation, culture transformation, etc.

8. HR Reporting & Data Management

• Generate MIS reports for management: hiring, attrition, attendance, payroll inputs, etc.
• Ensure accurate, timely reporting for statutory, accreditation, and audit requirements.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Master’s degree in HR / MBA (HR) / PGDM (HR).
• 10+ years of HR experience depending on the level (Assistant/Associate/Deputy Director).
• Experience in higher education/university/large institutions preferred.
• Strong understanding of HR laws, HRMS, recruitment, performance management, and employee relations.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and people-management skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From ₹100,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person