WitWise Education

At WitWise, we see beyond prestige, guiding students to universities that align with their unique strengths and long-term goals. Our mission is to create an individualised pathway where academic rigour meets personal growth, ensuring students thrive in an environment that cultivates resilience, adaptability, and life skills. Through meticulous attention to every application detail and collaboration with seasoned experts, we empower students not just to attend top universities but to find their true fit for lasting success.

About the Role

As the Manager Human Resources, you will lead WitWise’s people function and be responsible for building a strong talent pipeline, developing employees, strengthening organisational culture, and establishing effective HR processes. You will act as a strategic partner to leadership while ensuring a positive and consistent employee experience across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment & Talent Acquisition

- Own end-to-end recruitment across academic, counseling, admissions, sales, operations, and corporate functions.
- Build talent pipelines through LinkedIn, recruitment platforms, referrals, and education networks.
- Develop JDs, screening processes, interview frameworks, and hiring scorecards.
- Manage interviews, assessments, reference checks, offers, and negotiations.
- Track recruitment metrics and build a strong candidate database.

Employee Onboarding & Induction
- Own the end-to-end employee onboarding experience.
- Conduct HR orientation covering WitWise’s culture, values, policies, and expectations.
- Coordinate documentation, contracts, background verification, and payroll setup.
- Develop 30/60/90-day onboarding plans and conduct new-joiner check-ins.
- Ensure employees understand WitWise’s student-first philosophy and service standards.

Learning, Training & Development




- Identify training and development needs across teams.
- Develop and manage training calendars and role-specific onboarding programs.
- Coordinate training across communication, leadership, counseling, sales, parent management, and professional skills.
- Identify skill gaps and create employee development plans.
- Develop leadership and career-growth initiatives.

Performance Management
- Design and manage annual and quarterly performance management processes.
- Establish KPIs, KRAs, and performance expectations with functional heads.
- Support managers with feedback, performance concerns, and PIPs.
- Identify and develop high-performing employees.
- Establish recognition and rewards programs.

Employee Engagement, Culture & Retention
- Build a positive, collaborative, and high-performance culture.
- Drive employee engagement, recognition, team-building, and wellbeing initiatives.
- Conduct pulse surveys, stay interviews, and exit interviews.
- Identify employee concerns and develop retention initiatives.
- Act as a trusted HR partner for employees and managers.
- Promote WitWise’s values across the organization.

HR Operations, Policies & Compliance
- Develop and continuously improve HR policies, processes, and employee documentation.
- Oversee attendance, leave, payroll coordination, and employee lifecycle processes.
- Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and regulations.
- Manage contracts, confirmations, promotions, transfers, resignations, and full-and-final settlements.
- Establish processes for grievances, disciplinary matters,



workplace conduct, confidentiality, and employee welfare.
- Maintain accurate HR records and dashboards.

HR Strategy & Business Partnership
- Partner with founders and leadership on people strategy and workforce planning.
- Forecast hiring and talent requirements based on business growth.
- Advise leadership on organizational structure and people-related matters.
- Track key HR metrics including hiring, attrition, engagement, and performance.
- Support organizational change and restructuring initiatives.
- Develop succession planning, internal talent pipelines, career progression, and compensation frameworks.

Requirements Education & Experience

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Education, or a related field; Master’s preferred.
- 5–8 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in education, EdTech, consulting, or a high-growth organization.
- Strong experience in end-to-end recruitment, employee development, performance management, and employee engagement.
- Experience hiring and managing talent across both student-facing and corporate functions.
- Prior experience working with founders or senior leadership is preferred.
- Experience building HR processes and systems in a growing organization is a strong advantage.

Skills & Competencies

- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution abilities.
- High degree of empathy, integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
- Robust organizational and multitasking abilities.
- Ability to balance strategic HR thinking with hands-on execution.
- Strong understanding of employee lifecycle management and HR best practices.
- Genuine interest in education, people development, and building high-performing teams.

📌 Human Resources Manager (Gurugram)
🏢 WitWise Education
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