IMPORTANT PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING

This position is NOT for everyone.

Sarvoham is looking for a People & Culture Manager who genuinely believes in compassion, animal welfare, animal rights, and responsible people management.

This is not a desk-only HR role. Our People & Culture team must understand the realities of working in an animal shelter and be willing to step onto the ground whenever required pro-actively.

We are looking for someone who:

- Is vegan or open to transitioning to veganism, and genuinely understands the ethical principles behind welfare of the animals.
- Genuinely cares about all animals and all species, not only dogs, and believes animals deserve compassion, dignity, freedom from cruelty, and protection from exploitation.
- Is willing to actively advocate for animal rights and welfare, both within and outside the organization.
- Is willing to be hands-on with shelter operations and participate in or support activities such as animal rescues, animal handling, bathing, feeding, walking, cleaning kennels, maintaining hygiene, enrichment, transportation, and basic shelter upkeep.
- Is willing to work alongside animal caretakers, rescuers, veterinarians, volunteers, and frontline teams, and understands and respects the challenges they face.
- Can respond calmly and responsibly during animal emergencies, rescue situations, difficult cases, injuries, conflicts, and other high-pressure shelter situations.
- Is willing to understand the complete animal-care cycle, from rescue and admission to treatment, rehabilitation, enrichment, adoption, foster care, and end-of-life care where necessary.
- Believes employees working in animal welfare deserve empathy, dignity, fairness, psychological safety, accountability, and strong leadership, while being capable of holding people accountable without losing compassion and humanity.
- Is willing to lead by example rather than expect others to do work they are unwilling to do themselves.
- Understands that working for an animal welfare organization is fundamentally different from working in a conventional corporate environment.

Please DO NOT apply if: You are not compassionate towards animals, care only about dogs, are unwilling to support ground-level shelter operations, or are uncomfortable with cleaning, handling, feeding, walking, bathing, rescuing, or caring for animals when required.

Please also do not apply if you believe HR/People & Culture should remain completely separate from shelter operations, are unwilling to stand up against animal cruelty and advocate for animal rights, or are looking only for a conventional corporate HR role.

At Sarvoham, People & Culture is not simply about hiring, policies, attendance, payroll, employee relations, and compliance.

It is about building a culture around a shared purpose: creating a kinder world for animals while building an organization where the people serving that mission can thrive.

We would rather hire one deeply aligned person who is willing to learn, get their hands dirty, stand up for animals, and lead with compassion than someone with an impressive HR rsum who does not believe in our mission.

If this resonates with you, please read the complete JD carefully before applying.

If it does not, we respectfully request that you do not apply.

Position: People and Culture Manager

Reports To: Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO)

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka (On-site)

Employment Type: Full-Time

ABOUT SARVOHAM:

Sarvoham is an animal welfare organization dedicated to rescuing, medical treatment, rehabilitation, welfare and protection of injured, abandoned, abused and neglected animals living on the streets of Bangalore, India. Sarvoham was established in April 2017 by co-founders Haris Ali & Madhusmita Sahu with a vision to create an inclusive eco-system that co-exists with animals providing them a respectable life that contributes to the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) frameworks and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the planet.

In the past 9 years, Sarvoham has grown from a small charity effort to a well-established animal welfare organization which has rescued more than 3500 street animals, and homes more than 200 dogs at its shelter. Our work extends beyond just rescue, we strive to build a compassionate society through ethical leadership, animal welfare education, community outreach and engagement in addition to advocacy.

Sarvoham means the harmony between all elements of nature, both human and non-human animals, and the organization is guided by the spirit of harmonious coexistence.

ROLE PURPOSE:





Sarvoham stands at a defining moment in its journey to create a more compassionate world for animals and seeks to expand its impact by building a sustainable ecosystem of partnerships and philanthropy that will enable many more voiceless lives to be saved and transformed.

We are looking for an experienced, compassionate and organized People & Culture Manager who can design, implement and strengthen our exemplary people practices while ensuring that our culture remains aligned with our mission and values. This is a pivotal role responsible for building the organization's all-round people practices that translate into an ecosystem of partnerships, influence, and trust. This role requires an incumbent who can balance empathy with high levels of ownership and accountability through excellence in employee experience and wellbeing that is sustainable in the long-term while also addressing the required evolution.

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

- Building Sarvoham as a purpose driven employer of choice for Talent: Sarvoham has built a reliable and credible rescue and rehabilitation model since 2017. The Foundation is looking for an experienced HR practitioner as the People & Culture Manager who can translate organizational objectives into daily action on the ground, and transforms values into practiced behaviors.
- Build a Talent community with a Stewardship mindset: Working closely with the CEO, Board, leadership team and civil society organizations, the incumbent will cultivate sustainable people practices that establishes meaningful relationships between employees and volunteers with the vision of Sarvoham to inspire collective action and expand the organization's impact across geographies.
- Design the People, Culture and Talent Community: Work closely with the leadership team at Sarvoham to design, implement and lead the talent attraction, engagement and retention strategy at Sarvoham across technical and functional requirements with a sense of purpose and commitment to contribute positively to perpetuity of Sarvoham's veterinary and sanctuary missions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Talent Acquisition:

- Partner with leadership team at Sarvoham to own the manpower budgets.
- Design job descriptions and recruitment campaigns.
- Spearhead building talent pipelines for critical positions that align with the vision, mission and purpose of Sarvoham.
- Screen resumes and conduct competency and skills assessments including advanced interviews.
- Conduct reference and background checks for shortlisted candidates.
- Own the employer branding and candidate engagement throughout the recruitment process.
- Design letters of intent, employment contracts and employee communication during the employee life-cycle within approved guidelines.
- Ensure an exceptional candidate experience throughout the employee life-cycle.

Onboarding & Offboarding:

- Manage, employee onboarding, documentation and orientation.
- Own the 30-60-90-day assessments for new joiners.
- Coordinate probation & extension reviews.
- Manage resignations, exit interviews, handover process and full & final settlements.
- Manage HRIS updates and reconciliations.

Performance Management:

- Implement and monitor the Performance review policy with technology integrations.
- Own and track the quarterly and annual performance evaluation cycles.
- Ensure all positions have approved goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) aligned with organizational objectives.
- Recommend employee promotions, compensation revisions, confirmations and performance improvement plans (PIP) cases.

HR Operations:

- Own the accuracy and maintenance of employee documents and records on the HRIS platform.
- Own and monitor the Time, Attendance & Leave policy and systems to establish trends and payroll accuracy.
- Ensure accuracy of payroll inputs.
- Manage employee benefit programs.
- Maintain organizational policies, employee handbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Design, generate and maintain reports and dashboards for people insights and audits.

Employee Relations:

- Promote workplace culture aligned with the vision, mission and values of the organization.
- Own and manage the Employee Grievance Redressal management aligned with applicable regulations.
- Uphold the organizational code of conduct and conduct disciplinary investigations against violations.
- Resolve workplace conflicts upholding the values of the organization.
- Ensure equality, fairness and confidentiality is not at risk.
- Own and manage employee engagement, wellness, branding initiatives.

Compliance:

- Ensure all policies and practices are compliant to the applicable labour laws.




- Own and maintain all required statutory records.
- Coordinate with auditors and authorities as required.

Training & Development:

- Identify organizational training needs to build organizational effectiveness.
- Implement leadership development programs that nurtures alignment with organizational imperatives.
- Coordinate employee training programs in addition to managerial coaching and mentoring programs that drives desirable culture and outcomes.
- Measure and report training efficacies using techniques blended with performance, peer reviews and established models such as KirkPatrick, Phillips or Kaufmans models.

Organizational Development:

- Improve employee engagement and satisfaction scores by applying Net Promoter Score (NPS) as a key metric for success.
- Drive Sarvohams brand as an employer of choice applying employee choice certifications such as Great Place to Work’
- Develop the career progression and succession planning framework for key positions.
- Identify vulnerabilities and implement organizational culture strengthening programs.

HR Administration & Stewardship:

- Maintain employee documents and records on the HRIS.
- Prepare and issue letters / documents during the employee life-cycle.
- Support audits and compliance reviews.

Total Rewards:

- Manage the compensation structures and benchmarks for all positions aligned with statutory requirements.
- Implement performance-based incentive and retention programs.
- Manage employee insurance, wellness and other benefit programs mandated by law and as per organizational policies.
- Implement and own employee reward and recognition programs.

SUCCESS MEASURES (YEAR 1) Community Engagement & Social Impact:

Build partnerships with agencies and groups for building a network of veterinarians’ , NGOs, and volunteers that empower communities to become active participants in animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and community resilience.

Governance with compassion:

Build structures and governance at Sarvoham that establishes a workforce culture that is aligned with the values at Sarvoham with high levels of collaboration, integrity, trust and solution-oriented thought while establishing Sarvoham as an ‘employer with compassion’ for animal and employees alike.

Sustainable Employee Experience (EX) that is resilient:

Build credibility for Sarvoham as an employer of choice with a vision that resonates and attracts employee acquisition, sustainable retention and development to become active participants in animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and community resilience.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

The ideal candidate is a purpose-driven individual who genuinely cares about animal welfare and social impact. Combines strategic thinking with a blend of compassion, influence, and execution engaging employees and communities, while inspiring internal teams around a shared purpose that is aligned with the organizational objectives.

- Work Experience: 6-10 years of progressive experience across the spectrum of HR with a solid blend of Business partnering.
- Proven Track Record: Degree and certifications in HR with experience in the non-profit sector (preferred).
- Operational Skills: Proven ability to manage a complex workforce with a shared objective to build high brand equity as an ‘employer of choice’.
- Personality blends: Compassion that promotes discipline;

Rewards high solution driven performance; Implements practices that are sustainable; Promotes systems that adopt a structure; Behaviors that align with organizational values; Has a blended mindset of a mentor, coach and efficient executor; High emotional intelligence that balances integrity and confidentiality; Builds trust that is powered by respect and all-round excellence.

PREFERRED BACKGROUNDS

- Proven experience in brand building capabilities.
- Ability to don multiple hats and lead by example within the domain of people & culture.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or Psychology or MBA in HR (preferred).
- Has implemented / worked on HRMS platforms, Zoho People (preferred).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google workspace.
- Ability to make quick decisions in a fast-paced environment where every minute matters for a life.
- Comfortable operating in a 6 day work week and exigencies that can save lives.
- Practices and promotes a personal life-style that is animal friendly and supports Sarvoham’s mission of compassion towards all animals.

WHY JOIN SARVOHAM: We are on a mission to establish equity and inclusion for animals in the society, so that they can lead a fulfilling and respectable life. We are looking for individuals who resonate with this mission and believe that their experience and skills can genuinely lead as examples to help in building such a society that will sustain for generations to come.

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