Laharee . — Operations Associate

With a Master of Social Work from Christ University, Bangalore, and 5+ years of experience as a diversity professional, I have developed strong skills in allyship, communication, documentation, and reporting. I'm very passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where every individual can thrive. In my current role, as Manager - Inclusive Hiring, I work with a diverse team of wonderful individuals in creating dignified livelihood opportunities for People with Disabilities across multiple functions. We work to support our clients with end-to-end services (Job Mapping > Evaluation & Modification of Infrastructure > Interviews & Selection > Post Placement Engagement). As an Assistant Manager - People & Culture at SMOOR Chocolates, I successfully managed the talent acquisition program for hiring talented Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across various roles, as well as management of the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme. At WinVinaya Foundation, I worked in companies to place trained candidates with disabilities in IT, ITES, BFSI roles; conducted disability sensitization workshops for the inclusive companies, coordinated corporate volunteering, handled pre- and post-placement support for both the companies and the candidates. I am passionate about creating inclusive workplaces where every individual can thrive, and I am always eager to learn new ways of enhancing my professional and personal growth, as well as contributing to the social good. Let's connect and make a positive impact together!

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist with a strong focus on Human Resources.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 5 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Diversity Recruitment
Talent Management
Recruiting
Project Coordination
Diversity & Inclusion

Career Highlights

Over 5 years of experience in diversity recruitment.
Expert in creating inclusive workplaces for Persons with Disabilities.
Strong background in talent acquisition and project coordination.

Work Experience

Atypical Advantage

Manager - Inclusive Hiring (2 yrs 5 mos)

SMOOR Chocolates

Assistant Manager - People & Culture (1 yr 4 mos)

Talent Acquisition Officer (5 mos)

WinVinaya Foundation

Placement Coordinator (1 yr 3 mos)

Make-A-Wish India

Intern (1 mo)

Community Social Work Intern DWCD | Government of Lakshadweep

Intern (1 mo)

Manasa Nursing Home

Psychiatric Social Work Intern (1 mo)

Assam Cancer Care Foundation

Social Work Intern (1 mo)

Times Foundation

Social Work Intern (1 mo)

Education

Master of Social Work - MSW at Christ University, Bangalore

Bachelor of Arts - BA at Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

Laharee .

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India5 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Over 5 years of experience in diversity recruitment.
Expert in creating inclusive workplaces for Persons with Disabilities.
Strong background in talent acquisition and project coordination.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Diversity and Inclusion specialist with a strong focus on Human Resources.

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Skills

Core Skills

Diversity RecruitmentTalent ManagementRecruitingProject CoordinationDiversity & Inclusion

Other Skills

Job MappingCommunicationReport WritingMicrosoft OfficeInclusive LeadershipHR OperationsMicrosoft OneDriveTrainingMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordCanvaPresentation SkillsHuman Resources (HR)Community Building

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Experience

Atypical advantage

Manager - Inclusive Hiring

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Smoor chocolates

2 roles

Assistant Manager - People & Culture

Promoted

May 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

Special Projects: Apprenticeships and D&I Agenda
Managing the talent acquisition program focused on sourcing and hiring talented Persons with Disabilities across a variety of designated roles
End-to-end coordination and management of the the National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme across roles and all locations of the company

Diversity RecruitmentProject CoordinationTalent ManagementJob MappingCommunicationReport Writing

Talent Acquisition Officer

Nov 2021 – Apr 2022 · 5 mos

Recruitments:
Managing mainstream and D&I recruitments
Keeping track of vacancies/ open positions
Sourcing profiles, conducting screening, arranging interviews
Drafting and releasing Offer Letters
On-boarding:
Managing Employee Database and ensuring document collection
Coordinating on-boarding / off-boarding of employees

Report WritingTalent ManagementJob MappingDiversity RecruitmentMicrosoft OfficeRecruiting+2

Winvinaya foundation

Placement Coordinator

Jul 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pre-Placement Support:
o Interfaced with corporates to understand their needs and perform successful recruiting of candidates.
o Connect with PWD candidates trained by WinVinaya to understand their skill sets and map them to the right vacancies and opportunities.
o Conduct disability sensitization workshops for the inclusive companies
o Arrange for mock interviews by the corporate volunteers to prepare the candidates for their real interviews.
o Assist companies and the candidates during their interview process.
Post-Placement Support:
o Connect with the companies who recruited WinVinaya’s candidates to understand the progress.
o Counsel the companies/candidates in case of need
Soft Skills Training:
o Helped in the creation of content for the Soft Skills Training Curriculum and conducted various soft skills training for persons with disability (Persons with hearing and speech impairment, Persons with locomotor disability, Persons with visual impairment)
o Mentored a person with cerebral palsy for about 6 months on different tasks.
Corporate Volunteer Engagement:
o Assisted various corporates in coordinating their volunteer experience with the organization
o Conducted Volunteer Orientation/ Disability Orientation and Activity specific Orientation with Volunteers

Microsoft OneDriveJob MappingTrainingMicrosoft OfficeProject CoordinationDiversity & Inclusion

Make-a-wish india

Intern

Jan 2020 – Feb 2020 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Gained an understanding of processes at work, digitizing the data for the previously identified but yet to be granted wishes.
Participated in activities to understand the complete life cycle from identifying children’s wishes to granting wishes of children with various life-threatening illnesses
Acquired practical exposure to the process of identifying wishes

Community social work intern dwcd | government of lakshadweep

Intern

Apr 2019 – May 2019 · 1 mo · Kavaratti, Lakshadweep, India

Worked with Swasth Bharat Prerak designated at the unit
Assisted in conducting surveys on income generation opportunities for women
Actively participated in existing project surveys at Anganwadis
Prepared project outlines and proposals

Manasa nursing home

Psychiatric Social Work Intern

Feb 2019 – Mar 2019 · 1 mo · Shivamogga, Karnataka, India

Worked as observership under the psychiatric social worker and clinical psychologist
Interned as observership under the child specialist at the Child Rehabilitation Center with a special focus on Autism and ADHD

Assam cancer care foundation

Social Work Intern

Jan 2019 – Feb 2019 · 1 mo · Guwahati, Assam, India

Liaised with the Palliative Care team to understand programs of Palliative and Hospice care
Actively engaged with the project management team in completing backend tasks for organizing Walkathon 2019 on the World Cancer Day 2019

Times foundation

Social Work Intern

Aug 2018 – Sep 2018 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Assisted Times Foundation and Swakruta Charitable Trust in organizing the event ‘Women Entrepreneurs Beyond Boundaries’
Helped with the documentation of the event