Associate HR Operations

Our purpose-You will be part of the largest skills development fund in Pakistan. Punjab Skills Development Funds’ purpose is to shape the future and well-being of the poor and vulnerable youth by giving them access to skills training of the highest standard so they can find sustainable employment and income-generating opportunities in Pakistan and beyond.

The impact we have created-PSDF started its operations in the 4 poorest districts of Punjab through its DFID UK Aid, funded programme. Since 2016, The geographical remit has expanded to the entire 36 districts of Punjab. PSDF has funded the skills training of almost 300,000+ underprivileged youth across Punjab, which includes 180,000+ male and 110,000+ female graduates. These graduates have been trained in approximately 250 demand-driven and market relevant trades across 10 sectors.
PSDF works closely and collaboratively with some of the largest international donors and organizations such as the World Economic Forum, UNICEF, DFID-UK Aid, ILO, and World Bank. Through its partnership with the World Economic Forum, PSDF has set up Parwaaz, National Accelerator on Closing the Skills Gap in Pakistan. Parwaaz (https://parwaaz.com/) is the most powerful skilling platform of Pakistan, with strong ties with the most influential business leaders across 6 large and high-growth sectors. PSDF also signed a partnership agreement with UNICEF as its Implementing Partner for executing a largescale research project on Out-Of-School Adolescents.

At PSDF, our team strongly believes in PSDF’s mission and purpose. We work in a fast paced and challenging environment, striving to provide innovative solutions to enhance youth employment and entrepreneurship. We need someone who believes in our purpose and can deliver at our pace with exceptional quality of work.

Provide support to the Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding Compensation & Benefits and HR Operations to enable functional Specialists to achieve HR strategic goals/ objectives.

The main responsibilities for this role include:

• Assist in talent acquisition and recruitment processes
• Conduct employee onboarding and help organize training & development initiatives
• Provide support to employees in various HR-related topics such as leaves and compensation and resolve any issues that may arise
• Promote HR programs to create an efficient and conflict-free workplace
• Undertake tasks around performance management
• Gather and analyze data with useful HR metrics, like time to hire and employee turnover rates
• Facilitate in organizing bi-annual and annual employee performance reviews
• Maintain employee files and records in electronic and paper form
• Enhance job satisfaction by resolving issues promptly, entertaining employee requests & queries on time
• Act as a liaison between employer and employee, overseeing employee relations. This involves receiving and effectively handling employee complaints, escalating these complaints to the level of disciplinary action when necessary, updating employees with any changes in company policy, advising employees on the processes related to company policies, responds to employee violations of policy and generally helps to resolve conflict in the workplace.
• Manage employee exit management and comply with exit management process and guidelines.
• Ensure that all HR related data is maintained, updated and reported as per defined timelines in assigned
domain.
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor for the assigned domain

To perform effectively as Associate HR Operations, the functional requirements are:

• Demonstrated experience in areas of Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding, Compensation & Benefits and HR Operations.
• Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Power Point).
• Outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Initiative, ownership, creativity, and passion.
• Strong profile searching, networking and assessment skills.
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to understand tax & other regulatory laws
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong reporting and analytical skills
• Strong result orientation
• 100% compliance for all processes.
• Error free benefit processing

To apply, you must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree from a HEC recognized/accredited university. Master’s degree will be preferred.

• At least 2-3 years of relevant experience in reputed organizations.

PSDF has a lot more to offer than a market competitive salary and perks. As a PSDF employee you will get:

• Professional development and career growth opportunities with the largest skills development fund in Pakistan.
• Experience a professional environment that believes in innovative solutions to addressing youth employment and entrepreneurship.
• Opportunity to develop and execute innovative approaches to skills development for Pakistan’s youth.
• Hands-on experience in designing, managing, and publishing results of highly diverse research projects in the field of youth employment, out of school children and skills for the digital economy.
• Opportunities to interact, learn and develop expertise by actively working on large-scale donor-funded projects. PSDF works closely and collaboratively with large international donors and organizations such as World Economic Forum, UNICEF, DFID-UK Aid, ILO, and World Bank
• Opportunity to work as one team with the most talented, dynamic, and seasoned professionals in the Development Sector.
• Experience a progressive, transparent, and fair organizational culture.

Note: Please note that providing wrong/ forged information is a serious offense and the applicant can be disqualified from PSDF Screening process permanently.