People and Culture Manager

Remuneration: INR 9,00,000 - 15,00,000 CTC per annum.

Location: Remote (India). Preferably in Delhi, or in North India.

Terms of employment: 1 year, renewable based on deliverables and performance

Apply by: 15th September 2026 - applications assessed on a rolling basis - apply early if possible.

Languages: Fluency in English and Hindi is required

About Ansh

Around 500,000 newborns die in India every year. Most are low birthweight or premature babies. Kangaroo Mother Care — skin-to-skin contact, close monitoring, exclusive breastfeeding — reduces neonatal mortality by 33–50% and carries the WHO’s strongest possible recommendation. The evidence is settled. The problem is getting it to actually happen inside government systems and communities, at scale, consistently.

Ansh is dedicated to saving newborn lives by building healthcare capacity to implement Kangaroo Care in government systems in India. Our mission is to create a scalable and cost-effective model that implements and promotes Kangaroo Mother Care and other impact focused newborn care best practices.

Founded in 2023, we now have more than 170 on-ground full-time staff, 3 implementation partners, and 10 core team members delivering our programs in 15 District Hospitals. We estimate a neonatal mortality reduction of 33-50% as a result of Ansh programs, and GiveWell estimates our work saves one life per $2500. Now we’re expanding to new states, starting with Madhya Pradesh.

The role

Ansh has grown quickly, and our people systems need to catch up. We hire nurses, coordinators, and managers across several districts, we work through implementation partners who employ most of our field staff, and we are about to do all of this in a second state. Right now hiring, onboarding, and HR are spread across several people who are also doing other jobs. This role brings it together.

You will own how people join Ansh, how they are supported once they are here, and how they leave. You will manage hiring processes end to end, drawing on the department you are hiring for to get the technical substance right. You will make sure new joiners are set up properly instead of being left to figure it out, and keep our HR records and statutory compliance in order.

Beyond the mechanics, you will build the systems that let people do their best work. That means clear expectations, useful feedback, and a culture that holds high performance, empathy, and transparency together rather than trading one off against the others.

This is a hands-on role in a small team. You will design the systems and then run them yourself. It suits someone who genuinely likes people and is also willing to keep a spreadsheet current.

Key responsibilities

Hiring and Recruitment

Manage recruitment processes end to end, from JD to offer, working with the department you are hiring for to get the role requirements and technical bar right.
Write and post job descriptions, and source candidates through job boards, networks, and referrals.
Screen applications against agreed criteria and keep the applicant tracker current.
Design test tasks that genuinely test aptitude for the role, along with the scoring rubrics used to assess them.
Coordinate test tasks, interviews, and scheduling, and keep candidates informed at every stage.
Conduct reference checks and prepare offer letters.
Track hiring metrics such as time to hire and source of successful candidates, and use them to improve the process.

Onboarding

Own the onboarding experience from offer acceptance to the end of probation.
Prepare employment contracts and collect joining documentation.
Run induction sessions covering Ansh's work, values, policies, and systems.
Make sure new joiners have their equipment, accounts, and access ready on day one.
Run structured check-ins at 30, 60, and 90 days, and flag concerns to managers early.

Offboarding

Manage exits with care, including handover checklists, asset recovery, and full and final settlement.
Conduct exit interviews and share honest themes with leadership.
Keep good relationships with people who leave well.

HR Operations and Compliance

Maintain accurate employee records, contracts, and personnel files.
Manage leave, attendance, and payroll inputs in coordination with the finance team.
Ensure compliance with Indian labour law, including the Code on Wages, the Industrial Relations Code, and the OSH Code, alongside PF, ESI, and gratuity obligations.
Maintain and update HR policies, and coordinate POSH and other trainings.
Keep employment contract templates current and legally sound.

Performance and Development

Run the performance review cycle, including goal setting, mid-year check-ins, and annual reviews.
Support managers to give clear, specific feedback and to handle difficult conversations.
Identify training needs across the team and coordinate learning opportunities.
Support salary benchmarking and the annual compensation review.

Culture and Engagement

Run regular pulse surveys, analyse what comes back, and turn findings into actions leadership will follow through on.
Build recognition practices that reach field staff, not just the core team.
Organise team retreats, offsites, and moments that bring a distributed team together.
Be a trusted first point of contact for staff concerns and handle them with discretion.

Working with Implementation Partners

Support our implementation partners on hiring, onboarding, and people practices for field staff.
Help set shared standards for how field teams are recruited, trained, and supported.
Support people transitions when programmes move between partners.

Candidate profile

We are looking for someone who is genuinely interested in people and equally comfortable with the process. You will need to hold confidence, tell leadership things they may not want to hear, and keep the administrative backbone of the function running.

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Social Work, Business Administration, or a related field
3 to 6 years of experience in HR, people operations, or recruitment
Working knowledge of Indian employment law and statutory compliance
Experience running full-cycle recruitment
Strong command of Hindi and English

Key Skills and Competencies

Organisation: You run several processes at once, each with its own deadlines and moving parts, and you keep track of all of them without things slipping.
People Judgement: You read situations and people well, and you can tell the difference between a personality clash and a real problem.
Discretion: You handle sensitive information about salaries, performance, and personal circumstances without leaking or gossiping.
Process Discipline: You build systems that outlast you, and you keep records properly.
Directness with Care: You can give hard feedback and receive it, including upward.
Adaptability: You are comfortable in a growing organisation where policies are still being written, sometimes by you.

We care more about how fast you can grow into this role than about where you start today. If you meet most of these and the mission speaks to you, please apply.

Reasons to apply

You will join a high impact organisation which is scaling rapidly.
You’ll have real ownership over things that matter.
A high-leverage, high-autonomy position in a young, ambitious, evidence-driven organisation with room for outsized personal impact as we scale.
You'll learn a lot about what it takes to run a health program inside the Indian public system.
The core team is small, takes the mission seriously, and is honest about what's going well and what isn't.
Your work will save lives. This is a rare role where the line between what you do and children surviving is short and direct.
Competitive nonprofit compensation, health insurance, and flexibility in how you work.

Hiring Process

If this sounds exciting, please complete this application form by 15th September to confirm your interest in the role. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and progressing candidates to the next stage.

Ansh is committed to equal opportunity. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and strongly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented in this sector. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, disability, caste, religion or belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race.