Anu Chandy

Recruiting Coordinator and Programme Manager with 9+ years of experience across healthcare, high-growth start-ups, non-profits and the creative industries.

At Babylon

Health, a hyper-growth digital healthcare company, I owned interview scheduling and candidate experience end-to-end, partnering closely with recruiters and hiring managers while maintaining data integrity across ATS platforms (Lever, Greenhouse).

At Hatch

Enterprise, I conducted 1,000+ founder interviews and implemented new application tracking systems that increased programme capacity by over 130%. Known for exceptional attention to detail, high EQ, and delivering a thoughtful candidate experience with kindness and integrity.

Ghostwriter (Freelance) at Self-Employed (2024-10 – Present)

• Create thought-leadership LinkedIn content for founders, sharpening how they communicate mission and expertise; clients report higher-quality inbound opportunities, partnerships and speaking requests

Social Media Manager (Freelance) at For Good Club (2024-10 – 2025-05)

• Grew LinkedIn following by 30%+ in under 3 months for a design agency serving sustainable impact businesses; tracked and reported analytics to refine strategy

Marketing Assistant (Freelance) at ALT Marketing School (2024-06 – 2025-10)

• Managed social content for diverse clients, designed email campaigns, and coordinated podcast launches across platforms using tools including Canva, Notion, WordPress, ConvertKit and Buzzsprout

Founder at Kera London (2019 – 2025)

• Built an engaged community through candle-making workshops and events focused on wellbeing and connection
• Planned and delivered events end-to-end, managing vendor relationships, partnerships (Bloody Good Period, Leiho, Cardamom Community) and all marketing across Instagram, TikTok and wholesale channels

Recruitment & Onboarding Programme Manager at Hatch Enterprise (2021-07 – 2024-01)

Charity supporting underrepresented founders to build impactful businesses

• Conducted 1,000+ founder interviews, owning the candidate journey from initial application through programme matching and onboarding
• Implemented new systems for tracking applications, increasing programme capacity by over 130%
• Partnered closely with programme leads and partner organisations to keep recruitment processes running smoothly, identifying bottlenecks and improving workflows to scale
• Led the Impact, Evaluation & Learning team: maintained the founder/applicant database, ran data clean-ups, and ensured data integrity across reporting
• Provided strategic, data-driven insights to enhance recruitment outcomes and external partnerships
• Line managed a Project Coordinator, setting OKRs and supporting her professional development

Project Support / Coordinator at University College London Hospital (2020-06 – 2021-07)

• Assisted in managing healthcare pilot projects with a £3.7m budget
• Coordinated stakeholder engagement and project logistics across clinical and operational teams
• Supported delivery and reporting of project outputs against time, budget and quality baselines

Talent and Recruitment Coordinator at Babylon Health (2018-09 – 2020-03)

Digital healthcare scale-up

• Served as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the interview process, delivering a high-quality candidate experience during a phase of hypergrowth
• Owned interview scheduling end-to-end for stakeholders with complex diaries, managing real-time schedule changes and multiple competing priorities daily
• Maintained accurate, up-to-date candidate records across ATS platforms (Lever, Greenhouse) and LinkedIn, ensuring data integrity across recruiting workflows
• Acted as the go-to coordinator for medium-to-large recruiting events, partnering with the events team before and on the day to represent the company
• Conducted candidate interviews and trained new members of the recruiting team
• Rapidly adopted new software and tools to streamline interview booking and improve recruiting workflows

Project Assistant / Admin & Events Intern at Health Education England (2015-01 – 2017-01)

• Coordinated collaborative pilot projects across London and organised professional events; designed print and digital resources used by 1,500+ families and dental students; improved digital engagement through data analysis and email marketing (Mailchimp, SurveyMonkey)

BSc in Geography – Queen Mary University of London (2011 – 2014)

A Levels in Health & Social Care, Geography – Ursuline High School London (2009 – 2011)