Junior HR Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Oversee the complete recruitment process, which encompasses understanding job requirements, creating job descriptions, posting vacancies, sourcing candidates, evaluating profiles, scheduling interviews, gathering feedback, and facilitating successful closures.

• Identify candidates through job boards, LinkedIn, referrals, internal databases, social media platforms, and other relevant recruitment channels.

• Conduct initial screening calls with candidates to evaluate their experience, communication abilities, suitability for the role, notice periods, availability, and salary expectations.

• Collaborate with hiring managers and stakeholders to arrange interviews, share candidate profiles, follow up on feedback, and ensure a seamless candidate experience.

• Maintain candidate pipelines, recruitment trackers, applicant records, interview status updates, and hiring reports using Zoho Recruit or other relevant tools.

• Develop and sustain an organized talent database for current and future hiring needs.

• Assist in employee onboarding, which includes coordinating offer letters, collecting documents, managing joining formalities, conducting inductions, and overseeing employee orientation.

• Serve as the initial point of contact for employee inquiries and provide timely assistance with professionalism and confidentiality.

• Manage employee files, attendance and leave records, HR documentation, and other confidential information.

• Support payroll inputs, employee documentation, benefits coordination, and communication with the finance or operations team.

• Aid in the implementation and upkeep of HR policies, procedures, and standard operating processes.

• Assist with performance review coordination, feedback collection, training needs, employee engagement, and professional development initiatives.

• Stay updated on relevant employment practices, HR processes, and applicable labour law requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.

• 1–3 years of experience in HR, recruitment, talent acquisition, staffing, or a similar role.

• Proven experience in end-to-end recruitment, including candidate sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and follow-ups.

• Experience in a startup, agency, recruitment firm, or fast-paced work environment is preferred.

• Strong knowledge of sourcing platforms such as LinkedIn, Naukri, Indeed, job portals, referrals, and social media recruitment.

• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems, HRMS, CRM, or recruitment software.

• Basic understanding of employee documentation, attendance, payroll inputs, HR compliance, and Indian employment practices.

• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.

• Strong organizational, follow-up, coordination, and time-management abilities.

• Capability to work independently, maintain productivity while working remotely, and manage multiple requirements concurrently.

• High level of integrity, discretion, attention to detail, and professionalism when handling confidential information.

🏝️ Benefits

• Work from home / remote work arrangement.