Job Opportunity for Learning and Development (L&D) Specialist at The Convergence Foundation in New Delhi

The Convergence Foundation

Ashish Dhawan is one of India’s leading philanthropists. He founded and ran one of India’s first private equity funds, ChrysCapital, and in the last decade has helped build successful institutions (for e.g., Ashoka University) and strategic foundations (for e.g., Central Square Foundation, which works on school education reform). More recently, these include organisations that are working on building a better understanding between India and East Asia, improving the performance of the public sector, solving the air pollution crisis, and improving the pipeline of leadership and talent in the social sector.

We have set up The Convergence Foundation to do this in an institutionalised manner – identify critical voids in the social sector and build strong, long-lasting organisations to solve complex problems.

In order to ensure that our organisations reach their maximum potential, The Convergence Foundation will work closely with each of the organisations and provide strategic support in a variety of ways: developing deep connections with the broader ecosystem (including the government, donors, and others influencers), recruiting best-in-class talent, building a strong brand and network of champions, initiating cross-learning between organisations, and building fundraising capacity.

We aim to build 20+ new foundations in the next 15 years that will create impact at scale in the sectors they operate in. We are looking for smart, entrepreneurial, and mission driven people to join us on this journey.

Position Summary

We are looking for a committed, motivated, and intellectually curious individual to lead Learning & Development across TCF’s portfolio organisations. They will need to identify the skills, learning pathways, development opportunities, and competencies required for the success of all our employees and make our organisations the best places to work at, in the social sector. At The Convergence Foundation, we strongly believe that people are critical to the success of an organisation. The L&D Specialist will help strengthen the skills of all the employees by providing guidance, instruction, training, and development, to ensure that every employee is able to reach their maximum potential. This is a great opportunity for those who enjoy working in a start-up environment, enjoy building and scaling organisations, and care deeply about the impact sector and developing people.

While the majority of the L&D opportunities will be standardised across our portfolio, there is a need to understand specific requirements of each organisation and design programs to meet those needs.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Identify key skills and competencies required at each grade level across our portfolio and design learning pathways and evaluation rubrics for the same
• Design bespoke L&D opportunities based on organisational needs and priorities
• Create a flexible L&D calendar for the year which includes a mix of courses, reading material, workshops, speaker events, assessments, etc
• Work with the leadership and management team to identify training opportunities which can be delivered by leveraging in-house expertise
• Conduct landscape research and build relationships with external training providers to provide specialist training sessions as required
• Drive employee L&D sessions across all portfolio organisations leading engagement, employee feedback, and iteration to provide best-in class opportunities for professional development
• Help create a learning culture within the organisations where all employees feel well-equipped to carry out their role

Required Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

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

• A Bachelor’s degree from a top tier institution in a relevant field including business, organisational psychology, human resources, communications, or any other related field
• 8+ years of work experience in a talent acquisition/ L&D/ training/ coaching role, demonstrating strong people and leadership skills
• Strong experience in and passion for designing training programs and helping people learn and grow
• Excellent relationship-building skills with the ability to inspire and develop talent
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with external audiences
• Strong planning and organisational skills, and an ability to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines

Compensation

• Remuneration will be competitive with Indian philanthropy pay scales and will depend upon the candidate’s experience.