Holy Child School, Panchkula
A Unit of Prime Steps

Holy Child School is looking for an HR & People Development Manager to build and strengthen our people systems across the school.

This role will be responsible for ensuring that we have the right people, in the right roles, with the right skills — and a clear pathway for their growth.

The role goes beyond traditional HR administration. The candidate will work closely with the School Leadership Team to build a strong teaching team, improve teacher performance, develop future leaders, and create a culture of continuous professional development.

Key Responsibilities

1. Workforce Planning & Staffing

- Assess current and future staffing requirements across academic and non-academic functions.
- Develop annual staffing plans based on student strength, sections, subject requirements and school growth.
- Identify staffing gaps and proactively plan for upcoming vacancies.
- Maintain an effective teacher-to-student and staff deployment structure.
- Analyse workload and allocation of responsibilities across departments.

2. Recruitment & Hiring

- Own the end-to-end recruitment process for teachers and key school staff.
- Develop clear job descriptions and competency requirements for each role.
- Source, screen and shortlist candidates.
- Coordinate interviews, demonstrations, assessments and reference checks.
- Build and maintain a pipeline of high-quality teaching talent.
- Develop a structured selection process to assess both subject competence and teaching ability.
- Maintain a database of potential candidates for future requirements.

3. Performance Management

- Establish and manage a structured teacher performance evaluation system.
- Define KPIs and performance indicators for different roles.
- Coordinate periodic performance reviews and feedback conversations.
- Work with academic leadership to identify high performers, underperformers and development needs.
- Develop Performance Improvement Plans where required.
- Ensure performance evaluations are objective, consistent and evidence-based.

4. Teacher Training & Professional Development





- Identify training and development needs based on teacher performance and classroom requirements.
- Create an annual teacher development and training calendar.
- Coordinate internal and external training programmes.
- Work with academic leaders to develop training around pedagogy, classroom management, assessment, technology and student engagement.
- Track the effectiveness of training programmes and their impact on classroom performance.
- Build a culture of continuous learning among teachers.

5. Succession Planning & Leadership Development

- Identify high-potential teachers and staff who can take on greater responsibility.
- Create clear career pathways for teachers and academic staff.
- Develop succession plans for key positions such as Coordinators, Heads of Department and other leadership roles.
- Identify critical positions where the school has a single-point dependency.
- Create development plans to prepare future school leaders.
- Support internal promotion and leadership development wherever appropriate.

6. Employee Engagement & Culture

- Build a positive, qualified and performance-oriented school culture.
- Understand employee concerns and improve communication between staff and school leadership.
- Conduct periodic employee engagement and feedback initiatives.
- Support employee onboarding and integration.
- Help create systems that improve teacher retention and job satisfaction.

7. HR Systems & Data

- Maintain accurate employee records and HR documentation.
- Develop HR dashboards and reports covering staffing, recruitment, retention, performance and training.
- Track key people metrics and provide actionable insights to school leadership.
- Establish standard HR processes and SOPs across the employee lifecycle.

Key Outcomes Expected

The successful candidate will be expected to help the school:





- Have the right staffing levels and skill mix throughout the academic year.
- Reduce dependency on last-minute hiring.
- Build a strong pipeline of qualified teachers.
- Create a transparent and effective performance evaluation system.
- Improve teacher quality through targeted training.
- Identify and develop future academic leaders.
- Improve teacher retention and employee engagement.
- Build a data-driven and professional HR function within the school.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who is:

- Experienced in HR, talent management, learning & development or school HR.
- Strong in recruitment and interviewing.
- Comfortable working with teachers, coordinators and school leadership.
- Analytical and capable of using data to make people-related decisions.
- Strong in communication and interpersonal skills.
- Organised, proactive and capable of managing multiple priorities.
- Interested in building systems rather than simply managing HR administration.
- Passionate about education and developing people.

Preferred Experience

- 3–7 years of relevant HR / Talent / L&D; experience.
- Experience in a school, education organisation or large people-driven organisation is preferred.
- Experience in teacher recruitment and performance management will be an advantage.
- Candidates with experience in learning & development, talent management or organisational development are encouraged to apply.

Reporting

Reports to: School Leadership / Management
Location: Panchkula, Haryana
Organisation: Holy Child School, a Unit of Prime Steps

What Success Looks Like

Within the first year, the HR & People Development Manager should help establish a structured people-management system covering:

Workforce Planning → Hiring → Onboarding → Performance Evaluation → Training → Career Development → Succession Planning

The ultimate objective is to build a high-performing, motivated and continuously developing teaching team that supports better outcomes for our students.

Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹40,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

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