Program Associate- Talent Acquisition

Accelerate Indian Philanthropy; New Delhi; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Convergence Foundation in Delhi (Hybrid) seeks a Program Associate for Talent Acquisition to lead recruitment across its portfolio organizations. The role involves mapping job profiles, building and maintaining a candidate database, and implementing the talent acquisition strategy in a mission-driven setting.

You will engage with founders and senior leaders, search for active and passive candidates, and design interview protocols, assessments, and reference checks to ensure a strong hire

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or masters degree from a top-tier institution in a relevant field (business, HR, psychology, etc.).
• 1 to 4 years of work experience in a talent management or recruitment role.
• Excellent networking and relationship-building skills with the ability to identify and engage top talent.
• Excellent presentation skills and strong written/oral communication for diverse audiences.
• Strong planning, prioritization, and organizational abilities to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Map job profiles to talent pools across nonprofits, for-profit organizations and academia.
• Understand roles and skills across organizations and draft job specs.
• Identify high-quality active and passive candidates via networks, partners, alumni programs and campuses.
• Conduct extensive outbound candidate search and grow the internal database.
• Design recruitment strategies and resource plans for thematic areas and verticals.
• Maintain an up-to-date candidate database with metrics for timely decisions.
• Create and enforce candidate selection processes including interviews and references.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to onboarding.

Skills

Networking

Relationship-building

Communication

Planning

Organizational skills

Interviewing

Education

Undergraduate degree

Masters degree

Job description

Position : The Convergence Foundation, Program Associate- Talent Acquisition

Location: Delhi (Hybrid)

About The Convergence Foundation

The Convergence Foundation (TCF) is an Indian philanthropic foundation dedicated to catalysing rapid and sustained economic growth to enhance the lives of all Indians. Established by Ashish and Manisha Dhawan in April 2021, TCF builds on their legacy of impactful philanthropy, including the founding of transformative institutions like Ashoka University and the Central Square Foundation.

Our mission is clear: to transform the lives of all Indians through rapid, sustained, and inclusive economic growth. To achieve this, we focus on seven key program areas that influence job creation, human capital development through education and skilling, and strengthening state capacity to deliver outcomes.

In each area, TCF works on:

• Building pioneering institutions to address Indias most complex socio-economic challenges.
• Shaping the larger ecosystem and sharing knowledge, insights and learning with other philanthropists, governments and key stakeholders

We believe that the government is the key actor for system change, and the role of philanthropy is to strategically support the government.

The TCF Network includes 26 organisations, each committed to addressing specific areas of Indias socio-economic development, from school education and governance to womens economic empowerment and export competitiveness.

Role purpose

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.

What you ll do

• 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.

You ll fit if you

• Are 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.
• 1 to 4 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.