Lighthouse Learning - Deputy Manager/Manager - HR Rewards - IIM/XLRI/TISS/MDI (3-5 yrs)

ABOUT LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING:

India's leading Early Childhood & K-12 Education company - Lighthouse Learning (formerly known as EuroKids International), is committed to delivering the Joy of Learning to students in the early childhood education and K12 segments. With its portfolio of brands - EuroKids Preschool, Kangaroo Kids Preschool, EuroSchool, Billabong High International, Centre Point Group of Schools (Nagpur) and a strategic partnership with Heritage Xperiential Schools, Lighthouse Learning is committed to delivering a holistic, nurturing and secure learning environment for children. With a 'Child First' ideology at its core, the group is committed to delivering a robust foundation for future generations with innovation in pedagogy, use of appropriate technology and focus on child safety. With a network of over 1,700 pre-schools and 54 Schools, Lighthouse Learning empowers 1300+ women entrepreneurs across the nation and employs a workforce of over 10,000.

Purpose: The purpose of the role is to drive strategic HR initiatives, ensuring effective performance management, workforce planning, and data-driven decision-making to enhance organizational effectiveness within the school ecosystem

Key Responsibilities:

Performance Management:

- Design, implement, and manage the performance management process to drive a high-performance culture for our school ecosystem.

- Ensure periodic performance reviews, feedback mechanisms, and employee development plans.

- Collaborate with stakeholders to align performance standards and expectations with our larger organization objective.

Manpower Planning:

- Lead the annual manpower planning exercise to ensure workforce needs align with business growth across our schools.

- Analyze current and future staffing needs, considering business expansion, attrition rates, and skill gaps.

- Collaborate with department heads to forecast talent needs.

- Periodically reconcile the budgeted versus the actual headcount

Policy, Rewards & Analytics:

- Build, review, and update HR policies to reflect organizational values and new-age practices.

- Drive initiatives to assess market benchmarking for our schools on compensation and other benefits.

- Utilize HR data and analytics to provide insights into workforce trends, performance metrics and compensation parity.

- Identify key HR metrics and support data-driven decision-making to enhance organizational performance.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- MBA in Human Resources from a Tier 1 B-School

- 3 to 5 years of experience in HR, specifically in Performance Management, Manpower Planning, and HR Policy development.

- Experience with HR Analytics and leveraging data for strategic decisions.

- Exposure to Organization Effectiveness projects is a plus.