These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") govern access to and use of the PurposeHire website, job and course listings, forms, applications, enquiries and related services. PurposeHire is operated under Forward Impact, a brand of Novalink Consultancy (OPC) Private Limited ("PurposeHire", "we", "us" or "our"). By using the platform or submitting information through it, you agree to these Terms and the applicable Privacy Policy.

1. About PurposeHire

PurposeHire is a talent and learning platform serving the social-impact ecosystem and related users. The platform may enable organisations to list jobs, candidates to discover and apply for opportunities, institutions to list courses or programmes, and prospective students to discover programmes and submit enquiries. PurposeHire may also provide recruitment, screening, application-support, enquiry-generation or other services under separate commercial arrangements.

2. Acceptance and Eligibility

By accessing or using PurposeHire, you confirm that you have legal capacity to enter into these Terms. If you use PurposeHire on behalf of an organisation or institution, you represent that you are authorised to act for it and to bind it in relation to the information and services you submit or request.

Job application functionality is intended for adults. If a course-related service is made available to a person under eighteen, the user must comply with applicable requirements concerning children and parental consent.

3. Nature of the Platform

PurposeHire facilitates discovery, communication and, where applicable, recruitment or enquiry workflows. Unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing, PurposeHire is not the employer, educational institution, university, awarding body, admissions authority or agent empowered to make a final hiring or admission decision.

A listing does not constitute a guarantee, endorsement, accreditation, certification or warranty by PurposeHire regarding an organisation, institution, job, course, salary, fee, admission, employment, placement, outcome or future opportunity.

4. User/Applicant’s Responsibilities

• Provide information that is accurate, current and not misleading.
• Use the platform only for lawful purposes connected with genuine recruitment, employment, education, admissions, course discovery or agreed services.
• Do not impersonate another person or organisation, submit fraudulent documents, misrepresent authority or create deceptive listings.
• Do not introduce malware, scrape or harvest data without permission, interfere with security, attempt unauthorised access or use automated systems in a manner prohibited by PurposeHire.
• Do not use information obtained through PurposeHire for spam, unrelated marketing, resale, harassment, discrimination or other unlawful purposes.
• Comply with applicable employment, education, advertising, consumer, intellectual-property, privacy and data-protection laws.

5. Job Listings – Partner Organisation Obligations

An organization (including its representatives) submitting a job listing represents and warrants that it is authorised to recruit for the role and that the listing is genuine. The organisation is responsible for the accuracy and legality of the job title, organisation identity, location, employment type, experience requirements, compensation information, application closing date, job description, candidate requirements and other information it provides.

• The organisation should provide its full legal or appropriately disclosed operating name and an active official website where requested.
• PurposeHire may require an organisation-domain email address and may reject personal email addresses for validation purposes.
• Compensation, where requested, should be stated on the basis specified by the form, including annual CTC where applicable.
• The organisation must not post unlawful, discriminatory, misleading, exploitative, fraudulent, pyramid-style, fee-charging or otherwise inappropriate opportunities.
• The organisation is solely responsible for final interviews, assessments, offers, compensation negotiations, background checks, hiring decisions, employment terms and workplace compliance unless a separate written service agreement assigns a specific task to PurposeHire.
• The organization must promptly inform PurposeHire of any material changes to a job listing, including closure or withdrawal of the vacancy, changes in role, location, eligibility or experience requirements, compensation, employment type, application deadline, or any other information that may affect the accuracy of the listing.

6. Job Validation, Moderation and Publication

PurposeHire may conduct observational, documentary, email or telephone validation before or after publication. Validation is an operational quality-control process and is not a legal, financial or reputational certification of the organisation or vacancy.

PurposeHire may refuse, edit for formatting or clarity, return for correction, suspend, unpublish or remove a job listing where information is incomplete, unverifiable, inaccurate, expired, misleading, inconsistent with platform standards, potentially unlawful or otherwise unsuitable. PurposeHire may request supporting documents or clarification.

7. Candidate Applications

Candidates are responsible for the accuracy of resumes, qualifications, employment history, compensation information, screening responses and other application information. Submitting an application authorises PurposeHire to process and transmit relevant application information to the organisation associated with that vacancy in accordance with the Privacy Policy and the notice presented at submission.

PurposeHire does not guarantee that an application will be reviewed, shortlisted, interviewed or selected, or that a vacancy will remain open. Hiring criteria including interview stages and final decisions belong to the relevant organisation unless expressly stated otherwise.

8. Candidate Information – Employer Use

Organisations receiving candidate information through PurposeHire must use it only for the relevant recruitment and closely related legitimate purposes, protect it against unauthorised access, restrict access to personnel involved in hiring, avoid resale or unrelated disclosure, and comply with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements.

9. Course and Programme Listings – Institution Obligations

An institution or course provider submitting a listing represents that it is authorised to offer, market or administer the programme described. It is responsible for the accuracy and currency of programme title, level, mode, duration, location, fees, eligibility, accreditation/recognition claims, application dates, admission process, intake, scholarships, curriculum, outcomes and other supplied information.

Institutions must promptly inform PurposeHire of material changes, including closure of applications, changes in fees or eligibility, cancellation, suspension or withdrawal of a programme, or changes to accreditation or recognition status.

10. Course Listing Moderation

PurposeHire may verify, format, correct obvious presentation issues, seek evidence, refuse, suspend or remove a programme listing. Publication does not mean PurposeHire has independently audited the academic quality, regulatory recognition, financial standing, placement performance or claims of the institution unless PurposeHire expressly states that a particular verification has been completed.

11. Course Enquiries

When a prospective student submits an enquiry, the student authorises PurposeHire to process the information for the enquiry and, as disclosed at the point of collection, share relevant information with the institution or programme about which the student has enquired. The institution or PurposeHire may then contact the student regarding the programme, eligibility, counselling, application or admission.

An enquiry is not an application, offer of admission, reservation of a seat or guarantee of eligibility unless the relevant institution expressly states it in writing or otherwise.

12. Student Information – Institution Use

Institutions receiving student enquiry information through PurposeHire must use it for the relevant enquiry, counselling, application or admission purpose; implement reasonable safeguards; restrict access to authorised personnel; avoid selling, reselling or disclosing the data for unrelated purposes; and retain or delete it in accordance with applicable law and the stated purpose.

13. Fees and Paid Services

Some PurposeHire services may be free and others may be chargeable. Any fees, taxes, qualified-enquiry packages, recruitment fees, application-support fees, success fees or other commercial arrangements will be governed by the applicable order form, proposal, invoice, service agreement or published commercial terms. In the event of conflict, a signed or expressly accepted service-specific agreement will prevail for that commercial service.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, taxes are additional as applicable. Refund, replacement, credit, validity and payment rules should be stated in the relevant commercial document and are not implied merely by use of the public platform.

14. Communications

Users/applicants or institutions or organization may receive transactional, promotional and service communications necessary to administer or market a listing, application or enquiry. Marketing communications will be sent in accordance with applicable law and requirements. Users may use available unsubscribe or opt-out mechanisms for promotional communications, but essential service messages may still be sent where necessary.

15. Intellectual Property

The PurposeHire name, its logo, platform design, original text, graphics, databases, software and other proprietary material are owned by or licensed to PurposeHire or its operator. Users/applicants or institutions or organizations may not copy, reproduce, republish, commercially exploit or create derivative works from protected platform content except as permitted by law or with written permission.

A user submitting a listing, logo, job description, course information, image or other content grants PurposeHire a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence for the period reasonably necessary to host, reproduce, format, display, distribute and promote that content for operating and marketing the relevant listing or service. The user/applicants/organizations/institutions represents that it has the rights required to grant this licence.

16. Prohibited Content and Conduct

• False, deceptive, defamatory, obscene, hateful, threatening, infringing or unlawful content.
• Listings or communications intended to collect money from candidates or students through deception or unauthorised charges.
• Requests for unnecessary sensitive information or data unrelated to the legitimate recruitment/admission purpose.
• Discriminatory requirements or conduct prohibited by applicable law.
• Harvesting candidate/student data for databases, lead resale, mass marketing or unrelated solicitation.
• Circumventing platform security, usage limits, validation processes or payment obligations.
• Uploading content that infringes intellectual-property, confidentiality, privacy or contractual rights.

17. Third-Party Links and Services

PurposeHire may link to employer, institution, application, payment or other third-party services. PurposeHire does not control those services and is not responsible for their availability, content, privacy practices, security or independent acts. Users should review the third party's applicable terms and privacy notices.

18. Accuracy of Third-Party Information

PurposeHire may display information supplied by organisations, institutions and other third parties. We may validate selected information, but we do not warrant that all third-party information is complete, current or error-free. Users should independently verify material facts before making employment, education, financial or other decisions.

19. Suspension and Termination

PurposeHire may restrict, suspend or terminate access, reject submissions or remove content where a user breaches these Terms, applicable law or platform standards; creates security, fraud, reputational or legal risk; fails validation; misuses personal data; or fails to meet payment obligations under an applicable agreement. Where appropriate, we may allow correction before action, but we are not required to do so where immediate action is reasonably necessary.

20. Disclaimers

The platform and public listings are provided on an "as available" basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, PurposeHire does not warrant uninterrupted availability, a particular number or quality of applications/enquiries, successful hiring or admission, candidate performance, student enrolment, institutional outcomes, job continuity, placement, salary, accreditation, recognition, course quality or any specific commercial result.

Nothing in these Terms excludes warranties or rights that cannot lawfully be excluded.

21. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, PurposeHire and its operator will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive losses arising from use of the platform, third-party decisions, inaccurate user-supplied information, third-party websites, loss of opportunity or unauthorised acts outside PurposeHire's reasonable control. Any contractual cap applicable to a paid service should be specified in the relevant service agreement.

This clause does not exclude or limit liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.

22. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, an organisation, institution or other business user agrees to indemnify PurposeHire and its operator against third-party claims, losses and reasonable costs arising from that user's unlawful content, infringement, misrepresentation, misuse of personal data, unauthorised listing, breach of these Terms or violation of applicable law, except to the extent caused by PurposeHire's own unlawful conduct.

23. Privacy and Data Protection

Use of personal data through PurposeHire is governed by the PurposeHire Privacy Policy and applicable collection notices. Business users receiving candidate or student information must independently comply with applicable privacy and data-protection obligations.

24. Complaints, Reporting and Grievances

Users may report suspected fraudulent listings, inaccurate information, misuse of personal data, infringement or other concerns using PurposeHire's designated contact mechanism.

• Support/Grievance Email: people@forward-impact.org
• Registered Office: Nesco IT Park, WEH, Goregaon (East), Mumbai – 400063

25. Changes to Services and Terms

PurposeHire may change platform features, validation standards, forms or these Terms. Material changes will be published with an updated effective date and additional notice will be provided where required by law or contract. Continued use after an effective update constitutes acceptance where legally valid; fresh consent or express acceptance will be obtained where required.

26. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the use of the PurposeHire platform shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

27. Severability and Waiver

If a provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply to the extent permitted by law. Failure to enforce a provision on one occasion does not waive the right to enforce it later.

28. Entire Agreement and Precedence

These Terms, the Privacy Policy and any applicable service-specific agreement form the relevant agreement for use of PurposeHire. For a paid or bespoke service, the signed proposal, order form or service agreement prevails over these public Terms to the extent of a direct conflict concerning that service.