Job Opportunity for Talent Acquisition Specialist at The Convergence Foundation in New Delhi

Position

The Convergence Foundation, Talent Acquisition Specialist

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.

Position Summary

The Associate will be responsible for talent acquisition across the portfolio 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 candidate’s experience.

Location

New Delhi, India