ABOUT OUR CLIENT
Our client has operated since 1988 and has expanded into international workforce recruitment. They collaboratively work
registered with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, placing Indian workers with employers in Europe, with
Greece as our main market.
Role & Responsibility:
As Manager - HR & Culture with strong emphasis on recruitment and culture-building.
The manager is responsible for:
- Driving end-to-end talent acquisition (sourcing, interviews, onboarding).
- Managing HR operations (employee lifecycle, payroll inputs, compliance, documentation).
- Overseeing performance management (KRAs, appraisals, probation reviews).
- Handling compensation & benefits (salary benchmarking, appraisal cycles).
- Shaping organizational culture (employee engagement, grievance handling, recognition programs).
Duties:
To build HR systems, strengthen workplace culture, and ensure smooth HR operations in a growing, founder-led organization. It combines strategic HR responsibilities (culture, performance, compensation) with hands-on recruitment ownership.
- Recruitment & Talent Acquisition: End-to-end hiring (sourcing, screening, interviews, offers, onboarding), market mapping, and agency management.
- HR Operations: Employee lifecycle management (onboarding, documentation, payroll inputs, compliance, exits) and maintaining accurate records.
- Performance Management: Define KRAs/KPIs, manage appraisal cycles, probation reviews, and performance improvement plans.
- Compensation & Benefits: Salary benchmarking, appraisal cycles, and transparent compensation decisions.
- Culture & Engagement: Foster ethics, accountability, and respect; handle grievances; design recognition and feedback mechanisms.
Education:
Graduate, MBA / PGDM in HR is an advantage, not a requirement.
LLB / BA LLB: a plus, because VGIL works with employment contracts, overseas recruitment regulations, work-permit processes and lawyers.
Key Requirements:
- 5 to 8+ years of progressive HR Generalist / HRBP / People Operations experience with substantial hands-on recruitment.
- Strong 4 - 5 year builders and 810 year candidates who remain fully hands-on will be considered.
- Has personally sourced and closed mid-level and senior hires through LinkedIn, job portals, referrals and direct outreach – not only through agencies – and can show how they improved quality or time-to-hire.
- Hands-on with attendance and leave, onboarding, documentation, performance reviews, appraisals and employee relations.
- At least one HR system personally built from scratch: a policy set, hiring engine, PMS, appraisal process or HR calendar.
- Experience in a founder-led, SME or growth-stage business where they built or improved HR personally. Strong preference for a micro or small enterprise where they helped build the team as headcount grew.
- Non-negotiable: Genuinely wants a 5–20 person build-stage environment and will personally execute recruitment, HR operations, performance systems and employee matters without a support team.
- Strong written and spoken English; strong Hindi preferred
COMPENSATION
- Total CTC: ₹10–14 LPA, made up of fixed pay and a performance-linked component of approximately ₹1–1.5
LPA. - Performance-linked component: tied to a small number of measurable outcomes agreed in the first 30 days –
priority roles hired on time, 90-day joining and retention of new hires, PMS implemented and reviews running, core
HR processes completed, and a growing share of hires through direct sourcing and referrals.
Location: New Delhi
Experience: 5 - 8+ yrs of hands-on HR with strong recruitment ownership
CTC: ₹10–14 LPA total CTC (fixed + performance linked)
Reporting: Managing Director