Careers

DO THE WORK ALONE WITH A STRONG PURPOSE THAT MATTERS

Every single Akshayapatra employee moves our organisation forward. Piece by piece, and person by person. Together we create sustainable, bringing kids closer to school that impact lives around the globe. Join our winning team and help build a better world. We firmly believe in creating a unique culture and environment, where people can develop as high achievers without any obstacles. We have a ‘people first’ policy, where we recruit the best of the talent, train them and give them ample opportunities, where they can grow. The highlight of a career in Akshayapatra is the unprecedented learning opportunities that comes with it. We empower our people to continue learning and improve their knowledge,

Our Strong Culture

There’s more to work at Akshayapatra than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our core values of Integrity, Compassion, Devotion, Synergy, Quality, and Trustworthiness come to life in the way we work.

Diversity and Inclusion

At Akshayapatra, we believe Diversity and Inclusion are fundamental to innovation. We are team that shares our unique talents to help those whom we work, live and serve.The diverse thinking and decision making of our people strengths us. We respect and value people with different opinions, experience and backgrounds and believe that by working together, we can produce better impact that any of us can achieve alone

Be a part of Akshaya Patra

Every day, we dedicate ourselves to ending poverty through our Mid-Day Meal Programme, our attempt is to feed the millions of children in India who lack the means. From our integrated, community-focused approach to data driven programming, we’re leading the way when it comes to solving some of
the world’s toughest challenges.

Join Us!

Who we are looking for
To make social change more inclusive through wider participation from community members.
To curate a tribe of youth leaders who are empathetic, creative & committed to bring social change.
To provide an effective platform to youth leaders to engineer social change by leveraging their unique skills.

Corporate Partnerships (Acquistions)
  • Location: Bangalore, Gurgaon, Ahmedabad
  • Experience: 3+ Years
  • Job Description:
    • Create & Maintain Database of potential donors
    • Raise CSR funding from large corporate & SME, International foundations and multilateral aid agencies
    • Represent organization at forums, events
    • Plan & Execute Employee Giving Programs, Cause Related Marketing Campaigns
  • Must Have:
    • 2+ years of experience in B2B sales with at least 1 year of CSR (including cold-calling, seeking appointments and doing meetings, proposal writing, finalizing contracts)
    • Fluent verbal and written communications in English with excellent Power Point & Excel Skills
      Great people skills – to create new and maintain existing relationships

  • Please share your resume to jobs@akshayapatra.org

Direct Marketing
  • Location: Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, NCR, Bangalore, Pune, Gurgaon
  • Experience: 2-6 years
  • Job Description:
    • F2F – (Street Funding) Raising donation through the direct marketing, like street funding, High Foot fall locations like Malls, weekly Haats.
    • Corporate Funding : Donation from Medium & Small industries (MSEM)
    • Corporate activities : Donation through Corporate activities like, Payroll giving activities
    • Segmented Donation : Profession segmentation, Like Doctors, Lawyers, Automobiles etc;
    • Community building activities : Like Residential community, Common professional Community etc
    • You should be able to generate ideas for sales promotions & events that are in line with the organizations objectives.
  • Must Have:
    • Any Graduate/Post-Graduate with 2-6 years of relevant experience
    • Experience in fund raising and donor relationship a plus Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
    • Knowledge of local language is a must
    • Ability to work within deadlines and meet fundraising targets

    Must have a passion to work in the development sector with a flair for extensive networking

  • Interested candidates, who meet the positions requirements, are requested to send in their applications along with CV at raghul.vazhappankandi@akshayapatra.org

Manager or Sr. Manager – Govt Relations
  • Location: Mumbai
  • Experience: 5 to 10 Years
  • Job Description:
    • Responsible for all govt communication in the form of proposals or letters etc. Should be able to understand the Govt policies and work with the Govt to ensure proper support Akshaya Patra’s partnership with the Govt.
    • Relationship building: Developing contacts with Govt officials- Bureaucrats, Govt officers and Politicians. Fix regular meetings for the Regional President/ PR head with the Bureaucrats, Politician.
    • Reply to Govt letters/notices and regular engagement with Govt: To reply to govt queries and ensure better communication with the Govt machinery. Ensure that govt machinery at all levels are aware of the services of Akshaya Patra Foundation. Ensure regular visits of the officials and politicians to the kitchens and schools.
    • The person will be engaging with Councillors (Corporators), MLAs, Ex MLAs, MP, Ex MPs, Cabinet Ministers, IAS officers and Govt officials who are part of the Govt machinery and who are key stakeholders of Akshaya Patra’s services.
    • It is important that all these stake holders are regularly shared the Annual report, Rashmi Bansal’s book and other collaterals of TAPF so that they carry good opinion of the services of Akshaya Patra.
  • Must Have:
    • The person should know to Read, Write and Speak Marathi.
    • Govt related event management
    • Leveraging the goodwill to improve the services of Akshaya Patra to beneficiaries
    • Good at understanding the working of PPP model in which Akshaya Patra Foundation works with Govt and its beneficiaries.
    • Good understanding of govt policies and practical realities of Akshaya Patra’s operations to act as a bridge between Govt and Akshaya Patra Foundation

  • Please share your resume to jobs@akshayapatra.org

Finance
  • Location: Jagatpura, Jaipur
  • Experience: 3+Yrs
  • Job Description:
    • Monitoring of day to day accounting, Posting of JV to GL
    • Verification of documents and supportive before processing of trans
    • Donation and subsidy accounting
    • Closure of month end and preparation of MIS
    • Timely payment of all the statutory dues and filling of returns
    • Compliance of Donor and Govt MoU
    • Verification of CS, processing of payments, compliance of SLA
    • Branch visits, and coordination with respective departments
  • Must Have:
    • Minimum two years of work experience required
    • Candidate having good knowledge of subject matters specially of NPO’s
    • Candidate should have good knowledge of MS excel
    • Candidate should open to travel (within India)
Process Excellence
  • Location: Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore
  • Experience: 3+Yrs
  • Job Description:
    • Implement various manufacturing and enterprise level process excellence programs like TPM, LSS, Kaizens, variability reduction projects, improvement programs, 5S, process mapping, trainings and process excellence projects – PAN India TAPF
    • Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

    Others –

    • Ability to perform assigned responsibilities, duties, and tasks according to established practices, procedures, techniques and standards with minimal supervision within the assigned time frame.
    • Practical Implementation Knowledge in process excellence methodologies such 5S Implementation, LSS , TPM, ISO, process mapping, metrics, Maturity Model etc. Experience in food / fmcg manufacturing industry preferred.

    Qualifications –

    • Science/Engineering Bachelor’s degree from an accredited University + MBA operations (full time)
    • Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written (Kannada- Basics, Hindi & English) Speaking, problem solving and analytical skills
    • Completed Training in 5S, Lean, TPM, ISO & Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training from a reputed organization.
    • Good expertise in Microsoft excel, PPT, word, Excellent Communication skills
    • Strong ability to learn and apply new concepts
    • Willing to travel across India for process excellence activity.
    • Ability to work shifts as required
  • Must Have:
     
Purchase - Executive / Sr Executive
  • Location: Kandi, Hyderabad
  • Experience: 3+Yrs
  • Job Description:

    Responsible for sourcing , negotiation with vendor and preparation of CS and its approvals
    • Followup of GRN for the purchases and documents filing .
    • Preparation of purchase orders and issuing delivery schedules to the suppliers.
    • Follow up with the vendors to receive the right quality material in time.
    • To follow up till the material delivery and final settlement of payment to vendor
    • requesting for payment and tracking of payments
    • Performing cost saving actions by conducting proper negotiations, Value additions.
    • Preparing and projecting monthly procured data’s to management information.
    • Ready to travel and reallocate anywhere in India as per the requirement
    • Conducting Order review and Planning as per the requirement
    • coordination with internal and external stake holders for smooth transactions.
    • Floating RFQ as per the indent/requirement and processing for Comparative statement.

    Others –

    To work ERP tool, Good at excel
    Good skills in sourcing, vendor development & negotiation. Supporting the internal and external customers

  • Must Have:
     
JD - Operations

Position: Operations Head ( Food Plant Operations ) Location: Mumbai Qualification and Years of Experience: Graduate or Post Graduate in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering / Food Science / Food Technology. A Minimum of 15+ Yrs experience in Plant Operations in a Food Manufacturing or Food Processing or Food Production industry including experience in Operations, Safety & Quality Assurance.

Job Responsibility: -

  • Monitoring the Product quality & conducting process control analysis for finished goods for the production operations. Foreseeing performance bottlenecks and initiating corrective measures to avoid re-occurrence.
  • Managing the manufacturing operations by monitoring and implementation of the annual business planning, target setting and budgeting processes through leading a team of Executives, Supervisors, Operators and technicians.
  • Identifying capacity limitations & bottlenecks and process problems, reasons for production shortfall for taking corrective action.
  • Undertaking troubleshooting & de-bottlenecking of process/equipment to enhance productivity. Maintaining quality standards for incoming materials, ensuring stringent adherence to quality standards, norms & practices, identifying gaps & taking corrective action Monitoring of food & Non-food procurement.

PRODUCTION, PLANNING AND CONTROL:

  • Handling production operations to ensure timely completion of production targets within pre-designated quantity, quality, safety, time and cost parameters Preparing SOP and implementing effective techniques to bring efficiency improve quality standards & achieve maximum cost savings.
  • Effective resource planning for optimizing man & machine utilization, reducing wastes for enhancing productivity and profitability.
  • Overseeing production related tasks including planning, control and trouble shooting.
  • Setting up production targets and achieve the same within time and cost Parameters.

DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS:

  • Spearheading logistics operations encompassing coordination between production & distribution dept., collecting orders & distribution of food, customer complaint redressal & vehicle management.
  • Demonstrative excellence in transportation of food through vehicles thereby, able in maintaining the cook to consumption ratio under control to sustain quality of food.
  • Organizing regular periodic meetings & trainings for departmental in charge & Staff members for discussing current work issues and devising solutions for enhanced operations.
  • Managing a team of Supervisors/Executives and other work force, ensuring their skills enhancement through continuous training and seminars to achieve their targets as per ISO /
  • HACCP requirement. Liaison with various Government/non
  • Government/vendors/supplier’s/stake holders.

OPTIMIZATION:

  • Optimizing man & machine utilization to achieve pre-set production targets. Implementing major cost savings strategies, productivity enhancements and improvements. Plant engineering Down Time Reduction Increasing Machine Efficiency.
  • New TPM Initiatives On Job Training on Machine Maintenance Inventory Management Implementing mandatory use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and conducting safety audits and process audits.

Construction Management:

  • Manage multiple Akshaya Patra kitchen construction projects from scratch to handover, as defined by the management
  • Prepare & Execute project delivery schedule as defined by the senior management and present the same in MSP format

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