Senior Executive- HR

About Protsahan

Protsahan India Foundation works with 96,000+ girls annually across Delhi’s slum communities, building pathways out of poverty through education, mental health support, and livelihoods training. As the organisation scales into a pan-India field-building model in 2026, the Executive Director’s office requires dedicated, high-calibre support to manage a wide and demanding portfolio of administrative, regulatory, and coordination responsibilities.

Role Summary

This role owns the full employee lifecycle: getting the right people in the door, keeping every statutory filing and HR record audit-ready, and building the culture and performance systems that let a fast-scaling, mission-driven team do its best work. You take ownership of end-to-end recruitment and create a talent pipeline.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Onboarding

• Open roles are filled with quality hires on time, and every new joinee is productive and settled within their first month.
• Own end-to-end recruitment across levels: draft job descriptions, post on job portals , organization website and NGO-specific platforms and build referral and campus pipelines for entry level and field roles
• Screen resumes, conduct first-round HR interviews, and coordinate panel/technical rounds with hiring managers; maintain a live applicant tracker so no candidate falls through the cracks
• Coordinate to deliver structured onboarding and induction programs, including for field-based and program staff and maintain a live hiring tracker and coordinate with department heads on hiring plans

HR Operations, Records and Statutory Compliance

• Every employee file, statutory filing, and compliance requirement is complete, current, and ready for audit at any given point
• Maintain accurate, organised employee records, letters both physical and digital
• Track and close statutory filings and compliance requirements (PF, ESI, gratuity, POSH, Shops & Establishment Act, and other labour law requirements)
• Support internal and donor/statutory audits with documentation
• Own the HRMS data accuracy, attendance, leave records etc.

Employee Relations & Engagement

• Act as the first point of contact for employee queries, concerns, and grievances
• Support in implementation of staff engagement initiatives, recognition programs and internal surveys etc.

Performance Management Coordination 

• Every employee has clear goals, honest feedback, and a documented performance record not a once-a-year formality.
• Support managers on performance documentation and feedback delivery
• Track and support probations and Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) where needed

Payroll Coordination

• HR policies are currently and consistently applied, and payroll runs accurately and on time, every time.
• Coordinate with Finance for accurate, timely payroll processing
• Ensure policy application is consistent across all teams

Candidate Requirements

Non-negotiables

• Impeccable attention to detail
• Process discipline to follow documented procedures and flag deviations
• Absolute discretion with confidential employee and organisational information
• Ability to close the loop on tasks independently, without repeated follow up

Essential

• Graduate degree in any discipline; MBA/PGDM in HR – Senior Executive: 5 to 7 years of work experience as HR generalist
• Working knowledge of Indian labour law and statutory compliance (PF, ESI, POSH, Shops & Establishment Act)
• Hands on experience with HRMS/payroll platforms (e.g., Keka, Zoho People) and Google Workspace
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Hindi
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast paced, high accountability environment and collaborative mindset.

Preferred

• Prior experience in a non-profit, foundation, or mission-driven organisation
• Experience mentoring or supervising HR team
• Ownership of the end-to-end HR recruitment function

Key Working Relationships

• Direct reporting – HR escalations
• Finance – Payroll coordination, compliance documentation and audit support.
• Program Team – Field staff onboarding, engagement and HR support for program based hires etc.

To Apply

Send your CV and a short note on why this role interests you to hr@protsahan.co.in with the subject line “Application: Senior Executive HR”. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

We need people who believe that good HR systems are an act of care too  because the team that shows up for the girls every day deserves to be shown up for as well.