Job Opportunity for Manager/Senior Manager – People and Processes at The Convergence Foundation in New Delhi

Position

Manager/Senior Manager – People and Processes at The Convergence Foundation

About The Convergence Foundation

The Convergence Foundation (TCF) aims to make India a $10 trillion inclusive and sustainable economy by 2035. Set up and run by philanthropist—and formerly one of India’s leading private equity investors—Ashish Dhawan, TCF builds institutions and supports bold leaders tackling India’s complex problems ranging from unemployment to air pollution, from poor education outcomes to low participation of women in the labour force. Our portfolio organisations are in for the long haul and adopt a systemic reform approach to address at scale the challenges that impede India’s economic progress.

TCF provides early-stage funding and strategic and operational support to our portfolio of 13 organisations (and growing!) to ensure a sharp focus on creating impact and building institutions. We have developed Centres of Excellence across critical areas that enable organisational growth and accelerate the scale of impact. These include developing deep connections with the broader ecosystem (including the government, donors, and other 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 outstanding institutions that will create catalytic 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.

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)

Position Summary

The Manager/Senior Manager, People and Processes team will be anchored in a couple of the  portfolio organisations. They will be responsible for creating and executing people processes, talent retention, employee experience for The Convergence Foundation and for the portfolio organisations. Our work is focussed towards building organisations that balance a culture of high performance and employee wellbeing.

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 culture in the social impact sector. Whether it involves aiding in the hiring for key roles, strategic planning that will enable organisations to unlock scale, or supporting performance management for all employees, the People and Processes team will work on some of the most exciting and challenging projects.

Responsibilities

The key roles and responsibilities will be:

• Building High performing Institutions
• Build a culture of high performance with employee wellbeing at the core.
• Design and implement learning and development programs for team members working in constantly changing environments.
• Align talent strategies and actions to the Organizations’ strategies.
• Assist and advise Organizations’ leaders to pioneer innovative approaches, streamline processes, and empower employees to perform to their maximum potential.
• Plan and execute events, team building activities, retreats etc towards employee engagement.
• Create interventions and opportunities for cross learning and collaboration.

Develop and Manager HR Processes:

• Build and implement HR processes that are conducive to driving a high performance work culture across all the portfolio Organisations.
• Design and implement core processes that can be used quickly and effectively to build and scale new organisations while keeping them flexible for customization based on org requirements
• Handle the performance management cycle process from start to end and monitor timely and accurate completion of the appraisals.
• Provide support to Organization leaders in applying the policies that are in alignment to the org values.

Talent Management

• Ensure employee engagement, wellbeing, growth and development.
• Ensure updation and utilisations of the HRMS.
• Resolve employee grievances and manage expectations whenever needed.

Desired Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

• Ideal candidates should have the following qualifications and skills:
• A Bachelor’s/Master’s from a top tier institution in human resources or a related field.
• 4- 8 years of work experience (4 to 6 for Manager , 6 to 8 for Senior Manager) demonstrating strong people management, problem solving and operations skills.
• Excellent networking and relationship-building skills and the ability to recognize, inspire and connect with the best-in-class talent.
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to deliver output in a timely manner.
• Manage the team and reportees – ensure a healthy and high achievement culture.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, and an ability to set priorities, plan timelines and meet deadlines.
• Ability to be effective in a fast-paced and consensus-based work environment
• Prior experience as a HRBP in a high growth startup could be an interesting value-addition to many aspects of this role.

Personal Characteristics and Desired Qualities

• Building Relationships: 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
• Proactiveness: Highly motivated and able to work independently to agreed goals and targets and take ownership of the overall HR strategy and process of the portfolio.
• Problem Solving: The role demands being able to problem solve immediately sometimes. There needs to be balance between the multiple perspectives while solving for the challenges.
• Collaboration: High ability to collaborate and actively listen to others, understanding and valuing others’ views.
• Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to manage multiple high-volume roles simultaneously.
• Demonstrate sensitivity, confidentiality and discretion in their interactions and engagement with employees and prospective/active candidates.

Compensation

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

Location

New Delhi, India