We are looking for a proactive and customer-focused Operations Associate to manage student onboarding, engagement, and support. This role is critical in ensuring a seamless post-admission experience, handling multi-channel student interactions, and actively driving referral participation and conversions.
The ideal candidate should be highly responsive, capable of building strong student relationships, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities
1. Student Onboarding
● Manage end-to-end onboarding of new students
● Ensure a smooth and positive onboarding experience
● Guide students through processes, tools, and expectations
2. Student Engagement & Community
● Participate in student engagement initiatives
● Foster meaningful interaction within the student community
● Improve participation and overall satisfaction levels
3. Customer Support
● Handle student queries via calls, WhatsApp, and email
● Provide timely, accurate, and empathetic resolutions
● Maintain high responsiveness and service quality
4. Referral Generation & Conversion
● Pitch referral programs effectively to students
● Drive referral participation and conversions
● Track and optimize referral performance
5. Retention & Relationship Management
● Build and maintain strong student relationships
● Identify at-risk students and take proactive action
● Improve student retention and overall experience
Apna Transforming Careers Through Technology
Since 2019, apna has connected over 60 million jobseekers with more than 250,000 enterprises and small businesses across India. Founded by Nirmit Parikh, a Stanford graduate and serial entrepreneur who recognized the challenges in entry-level hiring, apna has rapidly grown to become India's fastest unicorn in 2021—achieving this milestone in just 21 months.
Backed by marquee global investors - Insight Partners, Tiger Global, Lightspeed India, Sequoia Capital, and GSV, we're revolutionizing livelihood creation across India.
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3. Personalized Career Journeys Dedicated career facilitators, AI-powered job preparation tools, and guaranteed interviews
Requirements
● 1+ years of experience in student engagement / customer support / operations
● Strong communication and relationship management skills
● Ability to handle multi-channel communication (calls, WhatsApp, email)
● High ownership, responsiveness, and problem-solving ability
● Strong capability to pitch referral programs and drive conversion
Preferred Candidate Profile
● Proficiency in English, Hindi, and Kannada/Tamil (mandatory)
● Additional South Indian languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam) are a strong advantage
● Energetic, proactive, and customer-first approach
● Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
● Preference for a female candidate, considering team dynamics and student interaction requirements
Founded in 2019, Apna Group is redefining the future of work for India and beyond - empowering millions of professionals and enterprises through AI-led innovation.
Through Apna.co, India’s largest early-career job marketplace, we’ve connected 6 Cr+ job seekers with 7 Lakh+ employers across 900+ cities, enabling faster, smarter, and more meaningful hiring at scale.
Trusted by India’s leading enterprises such as Teleperformance, Zomato, HDB Financial Services, Bluestar, TVS, Kotak, Axis Bank, Flipkart, and Lifestyle, Apna powers workforce transformation across Retail, BFSI, Staffing, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and IT sectors.
Building on this foundation, Apna has expanded into enterprise AI innovation with Blue Machines, our Voice AI platform that enables organizations to deploy production-grade voice agents with sub-300 ms latency and <1-week deployment cycles. In its first 45 days, Blue Machines secured $6 M+ in enterprise contracts across lending, insurance, recruitment, and healthcare - making it one of India’s fastest-adopted deep-tech platforms.
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Recognized among India’s Most Preferred Workplaces 2025–26, and as a Most Preferred Workplace for Women, Apna Group continues to build technology that empowers people, strengthens enterprises, and drives inclusive growth.
Backed by world-class investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, Insight Partners, GSV Ventures, and Owl Ventures, Apna collaborates with leading government and public institutions such as the NSDC, Ministry of Defence, UNICEF YuWaah, and AICTE to drive nationwide skilling and employability programs - powering AICTE’s career portal for over 3 million students across 22,000 colleges.
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