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People Operations & Systems Lead

NavGurukul
Full-time
Remote
People Operations

Title: People Operations & Systems Lead

Location: Remote, with up to 30% travel to the Igatpuri headquarters or residential campuses whenever required.

About NavGurukul:

NavGurukul is a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to create access to aspirational careers for students from marginalised communities. We are looking for someone who can anchor the organization's Head, Heart and Hand together through our People and Culture function. 

What you’ll do in this role: 

  1. Run smooth people operations: Lead end-to-end HR operations including travel, HRMS, asset management, compliance, and reporting to keep the organisation running seamlessly.

  2. Build simple and fair systems: Design strong operational processes and policies that are easy to understand, practical to execute, and fair to everyone. Apply systems thinking to connect processes, identify gaps, and ensure everything works together efficiently.

  3. Bring data and patterns to life: Manage HRMS and dashboards to surface insights, spot trends, and support smarter people decisions.

  4. Simplify, streamline, and get things done: Spot inefficiencies, question complex ways of working, and implement practical improvements across HR and people systems.

  5. Enable thoughtful, empathetic decisions: Support the PnC team and leadership with balanced decisions that consider both individual well-being and organisational priorities.

We are Looking for someone who: 

  1.  Focuses on “how” to make things work while keeping the larger purpose in mind

  2. Can simplify complex processes and make them easy, fair, and practical for everyone

  3. Thinks with data but acts with empathy, spotting patterns and translating them into action

  4. Gets things done with street-smarts, follow-through, and ownership—nothing falls through the cracks and even if it falls- knows it's okay to fall and pick it up:) 

  5. Loves to question the usual, streamline systems, and innovate better ways of working

  6. Can balance operational efficiency with fairness and sensitivity in people-facing processes

 How to know if this is for you?

  1. If you hate complicated paperwork and long tedious bureaucratic processes and wish you could simplify it all, this is for you

  1. If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy finding creative, simple solutions to complex problems, and can pivot when needed, this is for you

  2. If you thrive in structures, predictability and clear hierarchies, this isn’t for you

  3. If you are excited to learn something new, completely out of your comfort zone time-to-time, this is for you

  4. If you intentionally want to work in the nonprofit sector and align with the NavGurukul’s mission

Qualifications we’re looking for:

  1. 3-5 years of experience, preferably in the social sector or at a start-up, managing organisation development and/or HR. Different people have different journeys and experience preference is a loosely held opinion.  Don’t let upper or lower limit be a barrier if everything else matches up

  2. Experience in HRMS, compliance, or travel/logistics operations is a plus. 

Compensation and Commitment:

This is a full-time position that allows for remote work. NavGurukul’s salaries are at par with most non-profits in the country, and we’re excited to explore the most suitable compensation based on your skills and experience, while also ensuring fairness and parity within the organization.
We are humbled by the interest of professionals who bring their expertise to NavGurukul’s mission. As a non-profit organization, our salary structures are typically lower than those in corporate roles, which may result in a pay adjustment of approximately 60–80% from current compensation.

At NavGurukul, we only do work that we genuinely believe to be impactful and derive much personal meaning and joy from it. We are an inclusive and diverse organisation and encourage qualified individuals, irrespective of their religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, age, or any other dimension of identity, to apply.

Apply: Apply through the application form given below.

 

 
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