Arwa Vadnagarwala

As a Senior Associate in Talent Acquisition and HR Operations, I bring a blend of ambition and organizational prowess to my work, always seeking to optimize processes and foster effective collaboration. My curious and insightful nature drives me to continuously explore innovative solutions, ensuring a balanced and pragmatic approach to building strong teams and efficient HR frameworks.

Experience

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Senior Associate-Talent Acquisition & HR Operations

I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee) · Sep 2025 – Jun 2026

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• Partnered with hiring managers to build talent pipelines through LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS databases, employee referrals and strategic campus outreach, to support high-volume hiring for roles in Strategy Consulting.
• Managed end-to-end recruitment to deliver 90+ hires within 3 months, while overseeing sourcing, screening, interview coordination, stakeholder communication, offer negotiation and onboarding.
• Maintained recruitment dashboards and analysed hiring data to improve reporting accuracy and enable data-driven decision making.
• Owned the attendance and monthly payroll reconciliation process for 300+ employees ensuring accurate and timely computation.
• Oversaw the employee offboarding process centrally for all company offices to streamline approvals, expedite documentation, and structure data-tracking to ascertain operational bottlenecks and improve process efficiency.
• Handled query resolution for everyday employee grievances, reducing backlogs by 100% and improving employee experience.
• Collaborated on a West Bengal-wide field HR Project to document and collate employee concerns for policy improvement.

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Consultant: Associate Researcher- Talent Acquisition and Operations

Arthan · May 2025 – Sep 2025

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• Collaborated with hiring managers across three client organisations to define hiring needs, refine job requirements and execute recruitment strategies for certain niche leadership and grassroots roles.
• Conducted market mapping and talent identification using job portals such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri and professional networks to source and screen exceptional candidates in order to maintain a robust talent pipeline for 5+ roles.
• Managed recruitment processes end-to-end from initial sourcing to offer negotiation and onboarding, minimising TAT through data-driven decision making and pro-active candidate and client engagement.
• Maintained accurate data on the ATS, enabling real-time, organisation-wide visibility into candidate pipelines and hiring progress.

Teaching Fellow

Teach for India · Oct 2023 – May 2025

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• Led a multi-level Grade 3 classroom of 31 students, and a first-year intervention Kindergarten classroom of 29 students as a full-time teacher at a private NGO school called Future Hope, that caters to 380+ students from low-income communities.
• Designed and implemented need-based, differentiated lesson plans to enable 86% of Grade 3 students to achieve or surpass grade level standards in literacy and numeracy, as measured through assessments taken triannually.
• Co-planned and conducted weekly extra classes for students of classes 2 and 3, enabling 100% of the participants to achieve 1 year's growth in reading levels over a period of 5 months.
• Co-authored concept notes on the importance of parental involvement and socio-emotional learning in the fellowship context as a research intern with the City Director of Teach For India Kolkata.
• Led a team to research and develop a project plan on Teaching at Right Level for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Education Department as part of the Public Sector Track of the fellowship, which was implemented in 3 government-run schools across Kolkata.
• Analysed and reviewed 65+ fellowship applications as part of the Selection Review Committee, growing by 28% in the overall decision-making accuracy over a span of 5 months.

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Content Developer

Delta Step Learning Pvt Ltd · Sep 2021 – Nov 2021

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• Appraised 300+ teaching videos to determine factual accuracy, relevance and flow of content catered to middle-school students.

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Volunteer

EdJustice People's Campaign · Aug 2020 – Jul 2021

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• Conducted 25+ interviews to recruit mentors for an online mentor-mentee program called EdConnect.