SKS: Choose Your Community: Prospective Employees

The microfinance industry in itself has the potential to generate thousands of job opportunities and with the increase in scale, these are bound to increase. The sector provides interesting and challenging opportunities leading to a sense of fulfillment and job satisfaction. To achieve scale and spread in operations, Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) require management expertise and qualified human resources to fuel such growth. The outreach of the Microfinance Industry in India is high and the industry is among the most efficient in the world.

SKS, launched in 1998 is one of the fastest growing Microfinance Institutions in the world having provided approximately INR 100 billion (Sept’09) and has loans outstanding to the tune of INR 32,080 million (USD 697 Millions) to 5,301,181 women in India (Sept’09).

At SKS we seek people who love to think creatively and are enthusiastic to deliver. Our employees are drawn from top management schools, corporates and best-practice microfinance and enterprise development institutions, and enjoy high responsibility comparatively early in their careers. We are committed to offering a challenging and satisfying work environment with excellent opportunities for career advancement. SKS is an equal opportunity employer with a culture of meritocracy where every individual is valued and respected for who he or she is and what they add to our diversity. It is our promise to help our employees to learn and grow, broaden their horizons and make their mark at work.

SKS provides competitive compensation to its employees and apart from this employees are provided with benefits like Life Insurance cover, Hospitalisation cover and Group personal accident cover.

We have a very healthy organisation culture- an environment where one is encouraged to question, learn and to grow. A lot of importance is given to the inculcation of the SKS value system in the conduct of our daily work.

At SKS learning is a continuous process and we lay emphasis on the acquiring of new skills. We have a dedicated team which looks into technical training as well as training in soft skills.

Please send your profiles to jobs@sksindia.com. We shall inform the candidates whenever the vacancies arise.

Nirmala.K, Manager-Process Training

“Working for SKS is a once in a life time opportunity because it has been an enriching and exhilarating experience for me. I have been an integral part of this organization ever since its birth to its coming of age. It has not only given me respect and social recognition, but it has opened up new vistas of opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people like me across India. For me, SKS is a way of life.”

Ramu GSV, Asst Vice President-Housing Loans

“Opportunity to serve the poor comes rarely in life unless you choose to dedicate yourself to service full time. Here’s an opportunity of serving the rural poor, yet work in a corporate while satisfying personal and family commitments. This is a unique opportunity of enjoying both sides of the coin-job and service. This is a job that guarantees you a good night’s sleep.”

Sivani Shankar, Asst.Manager, Chairperson’s Office

“Working with SKS is a unique experience wherein you get 360 degrees exposure to nurture skills at corporate as well as field level. The field assistants who are on the forefront are a true inspiration. They work tirelessly in extreme climatic conditions to serve more and more needy women. I think SKS is the right place for professionals who want multi-dimensional career growth.”

Pravina P Khanolkar, Area Manager, Dharwad

“The thing you will enjoy a lot while working with SKS is the sense of pleasure that you get by working for poor women and their families. You will get a unique experience to deal with people by working at the corporate level as well as the field level. I think SKS is the best place for professionals who want to acquire managerial skills with an amalgamation of corporate and field experience.”

Dhanashree, Asst Manager-HR

“SKS provides you the best platform to grow professionally as well as personally. SKS gives you the freedom to be innovative, provides you with a wide exposure in your functional stream and offers an extremely employee-friendly culture.”

Vijay Kumar, Business Development

“After doing my rural management at IRMA I wanted to work for an organization which creates value for the rural poor. SKS came as a natural choice to me. I have completed four years of working at SKS and enjoyed every moment of it. SKS gives ample opportunity to learn from mistakes and develop into a fully grown professional. I have had multi-faceted exposure at SKS ranging from operations to new product development to strategy and it enriches my experience.”

Basabdatta Roy , Lead Manager, Retail Insurance, EAST

“SKS Microfinance has proved to be the turning point of my life and my career. I truly believe that I am one of the most fortunate people to get the opportunity to take up the challenging role and assignments at SKS, which has helped me enhance my corporate as well as field skills. I feel proud and confident that today I am a much-seasoned professional.”

Santosh Kumar Sahoo, Branch Manager, Rourkela-A, Raipur, Orissa

“It is a great pleasure to work with SKS. I have gained competency, confidence & self management I have received tremendous cooperation, co-ordination, support & guidance from my subordinates and higher-ups. I am one of the most fortunate people to be a part of the organization. This is a good place to build up the career for the young and energetic.”

Sk Joynal Abedin, Unit Manager, (Barrackpore)

“SKS has been one of the most inspirational events in my life. I joined this company as a Branch Manager and since then it has been a great learning and awe inspiring experience as I saw this company go from village to village (including my own) truly empowering the members and lending the kind of support we have been yearning for many years. This realisation of a long lost hope has only pushed me to be a part of the writing of a great story called SKS Bengal. I am now a name to reckon with in my village”