Job Description

Position

The Convergence Foundation, Associate / Sr. Associate - Talent Acquisition

About The Convergence Foundation

Ashish Dhawan is a leading Indian philanthropist, who in his earlier avatar founded and ran ChrysCapital, one of the first private equity funds in India. In the last decade, he has played a pivotal role in building successful institutions, such as Ashoka University, and strategic foundations, such as the Central Square Foundation, which works on ensuring quality school education for all children in India. He set up The Convergence Foundation (TCF) in 2021 to tackle the most important challenges facing India by building pioneering institutions and supporting bold leaders.

The Convergence Foundation seeks to identify the Archimedean levers for Indias growth & development high-leverage opportunities that can catalyze pivotal outcomes. We currently support fourteen organisations through their seed stage across two pillars (direct engines of growth & human capital development). The organisations work on diverse areas, such as labour-intensive manufacturing, science & technology, effective governance and acceleration of Indian philanthropy.

In the next phase of our journey, we aim to exercise our strengths as a philanthropic foundation to drive economic growth in India. While we will continue building institutions, we also aim to drive strategic projects around economic growth and development.

Our Current Portfolio

Central Square Foundation (est. 2012)

Air Pollution Action Group (est. 2019)

India Leaders for Social Sector (est. 2017)

Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (est. 2019)

ACT EdTech Ambition Fund (est. 2020)

Accelerate Indian Philanthropy (est. 2021)

Foundation for Advancing Science and Technology (est. 2021)

The Udaiti Foundation (est. 2022)

Foundation for Economic Development (est. 2022)

ChangeINKK (est. 2022)

Sports and Society Accelerator (est. 2022)

The Infravision Foundation (est. 2022)

Centre for Research In Schemes and Policies (est. 2022)

Position Summary

The Associate will be responsible for talent acquisition Talent Acquisition for The Convergence Foundation (TCF) or our partner organizations. This will involve candidate and sector research, mapping, building and maintaining a database, and implementing the talent acquisition strategy for TCF and all portfolio organizations. This is a great opportunity for those who enjoy working in a start-up environment, are keen on building and scaling organizations, and care deeply about the impact sector.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Map job profiles to relevant talent pools in nonprofits, for-profit organizations and academic institutions.
• Understand the role and skills requirements across organizations and build relevant job specifications.
• Identify high quality active and passive candidates interested in the impact sector and proactively engage via founders and senior leaders networks, talent partner relationships, alumni programs, consulting organizations, campus placement drives and other innovative sources.
• Conduct extensive outbound candidate search and gradually build the internal database to reduce partner dependency.
• Understand resource requirements for thematic areas and verticals, design appropriate job profiles, and identify the appropriate talent acquisition strategy.
• Create and maintain an accurate and updated database with appropriate metrics to track and monitor resource requirements in a timely manner.
• Create and maintain an up to date database of active and passive candidates and be able to convert the passive ones into potential active candidates as per the organizations needs.
• Create and implement strong candidate selection processes including interview protocols, psychometrics, and reference checks.
• Manage the entire recruitment life cycle from sourcing to successfully onboarding.

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

The ideal candidate should have the following qualifications and skills that are required for this role:

• An undergraduate or masters degree from top tier institutions in a relevant field, including business, industrial/ organizational psychology, human resources, communications, or a related field.
• 2 to 5 years of work experience in a talent management role.
• Excellent networking and relationship-building skills and the ability to recognise, inspire, and connect with the best-in-class talent
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with external and internal audiences
• Strong planning and organizational skills, and the ability to set priorities, plan timelines, and meet deadlines

Personal Characteristics and Desired Qualities

• Desire to work in a fast-paced environment, with a strong sales mindset and go-getter attitude.
• Thrives on building strong networks, nurturing relationships with high-quality talent in the corporate and social sector, and wants to work with top leaders in system-change organizations to help build them from the ground up.

• Highly motivated and able to work independently to agreed goals and targets and take ownership of the overall recruitment strategy and process for the portfolio organizations.

• High ability to collaborate and actively listen to others, understanding and valuing others views.
• Ability to learn about new sectors quickly and to run a thorough and high-quality search process, including leadership candidate search, outreach, engagement, and evaluation.

• Adaptable and flexible to changing circumstances and needs of the role, including flexibility in working hours to ensure coordination with key candidates in different locations and time zones.

• Demonstrate sensitivity, confidentiality and discretion in their interactions and engagement with prospective and active candidates, beyond the recruitment process.

Compensation

Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidates experience.

Location

New Delhi, India