Administrative Assistant

Requirements:

• Strong in data structure and algorithms.
• Experience in Node.js, Express, API Design & DOM.
• Understanding of component based design or other design patterns.
• Experience with unit testing, integration testing & continuous integration.
• RDBMS and NoSQL databases preferably PostgreSQL, MongoDB.
• Good to have passion for investing.

Position

Senior Program Manager - Human Resources

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.

Organisations We Support:

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)

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Position Summary:

The Senior Program Manager level will work as a strategic partner offering expert guidance through an HR consulting lens, focusing on organizational design, culture enhancement, capacity building across organizations, learning and development initiatives, compensation and benefits optimization.

The role will involve collaborating closely with grantee organizations to understand their unique needs, crafting tailored solutions, and implementing strategies that drive organizational effectiveness and employee engagement. With your HR experience and expertise, you will serve as a trusted partner to Org Leadership, facilitating the alignment of HR initiatives with the organization's imperatives, ultimately fostering sustainable growth and success.

This is a great opportunity for those who enjoy working in a start-up environment, enjoy building and scaling organisations, and care deeply about building great places to work. Whether it involves supporting 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 in the social impact space.

Responsibilities

The key roles and responsibilities will be:

1. Organizational Design and Development:

• Partner with grantee organization leadership to assess current organizational structures and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency and agility.
• Collaborate with Leadership and Org HR SPOCs to design and implement organizational changes aligned with strategic objectives.
• Guide Leaders and HR SPOCs on change management processes to ensure smooth transitions.
• Strategically support in designing and implementing competency frameworks to support talent management processes, including recruitment, performance management, and succession planning.
• Provide training and support to HR teams and managers in utilizing competency frameworks effectively to drive performance and development.

2. Culture Enhancement:

• Ensure culture assessments/pulse checks are implemented by org teams to identify strengths and areas of focus
• Partner with organizations to guide them and share best practices as they build their org culture and implement strategies to nurture a positive organizational culture that supports organizations values and drives employee engagement.
• Provide guidance on initiatives such as diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to foster a welcoming and inclusive work environment across organizations.

3. Leadership Training and Development:

• Design and deliver leadership development programs tailored to address specific skill gaps and leadership competencies.
• Coach and support senior leaders to enhance their leadership skills and getting the best out of their teams.
• Design and drive the Leadership Academy for Leaders across grantee organisations

4. Learning and Development:

• Design and implement comprehensive L&D programs, including curriculum development, delivery methods, and evaluation metrics based on organizations training needs analysis.
• Leverage technology and innovative learning approaches to enhance the effectiveness and accessibility of training initiatives.

5. Compensation and Benefits Optimization:

• Conduct compensation benchmarking surveys to drive compensation positioning and competitive compensation and benefits tailored to orgnizations needs
• Partner with HR SPOCs in the grantee organizations to develop and design strategies to optimize C&B programs, including salary structuring, benefits, employee value proposition.

Desired Qualifications, Skills and Abilities

Ideal candidates should have the following qualifications and skills:

Masters degree in Human Resources or related field from a top-tier institution.

• 9-11 years of relevant experience, with expertise in people management, operational efficiency, and problem-solving.
• Strong ability to build trusted relationships, assess organization needs, develop tailored solutions and build credibility with Leadership.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to think strategically and align HR initiatives with organizational objectives to drive effectiveness.
• Demonstrated expertise in organizational design, change management, and culture transformation.
• Experience in a high-growth startup or as an HR Business Partner (HRBP) is highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to leverage data to inform decision-making and measure HR initiative impact

Personal Characteristics and Desired Qualities

• Strong relationship-building skills, with a focus on networking and nurturing talent.
• Ability to thrive in a multi-faceted ever-changing environment, adapting quickly to new challenges and priorities.
• Independent, proactive, and goal-oriented with a strong sense of ownership over HR strategies.
• Creative thinker who is open to new ideas and approaches, with a willingness to challenge the status quo and drive innovation in HR practices.
• Collaborative mindset, with excellent leadership and influencing skills and the ability to support and develop HR resources in grantee organizations.

Compensation

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

Location

New Delhi, India

Must Good to Have Details :

- Must have at least 1 year of experience on React Native along with architecture experience in Mobile Applications.

- Have strong knowledge of App UI design principles, patterns, and best practices

- Familiarity with native build tools, like XCode, Gradle, Android Studio IntelliJ, VsCode

- In-Depth Knowledge of React, React Native, TypeScript or JavaScript Redux, Hooks, ECMAScript (ES6, ES7 etc.), Node, NPM and iOS & Android Build systems

Must have :

- Understanding of REST APIs, the document request model, and offline storage and must have on React Native chart Library

- Working knowledge on Sending Notifications with APNs & FCM

- Experience working with Backend Web Services (like REST etc), Fetch API, and Axios and knowledge of Databases (Relational, Distributed etc.)

- Experience in integrating libraries like React Navigation, React Native, Firebase, Social Logins (Facebook, Google, Apple etc.), Push Notifications etc.

- Responsive layouts in both platforms in reactive native using Media Query & Flexbox

- Sound knowledge of Design Patterns like Creational, Structural, and Behavioral

Good to have :

- Working experience on third-party dependencies and debugging - dependency conflicts

- Must be able to integrate native code in react-native and expo Modules

- Able to generate builds for both IOS(.IPA) and Android (APK) Platforms and experience in hosting apps on respective Stores(AppStore, PlayStore).

- Professional Communication (written, verbal presenting)

- Open to learn and adapt to new technologies

- Go-getter, Result oriented Creative & Innovative approach

- Excellent Communication Skills

• Understands business strategy and goals by studying the business function, collaborating with the client and gather business requirements.
• Documentation of formal requirements, use cases, user stories, User Journey which ensure that the UX solutions proposed are fit for purpose, meet business needs and are operationally sustainable.
• Ability to evaluate the data collected through task analysis, business process, surveys and workshops and derive meaningful insights
• Communicating effectively with UX team, external clients and internal teams to deliver product’s functional requirement.
• Manages the progress of projects by tracking activity, resolving issues, and recommending actions.
• Provides senior management and client stakeholders with regular updates on deliverable timeline and project status.
• Have complete ownership for project quality, delivery and timelines.
• Ability to manage team and multiple projects.
• Understanding of the business requirements, capture and track the details required to produce the end product, and document same in the form of user stories/use cases and process flow maps, content matrix
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a self-starter. 
• Ability to take initiative and proactively offer suggestions and resolutions. 
• Proactive problem solver who, handle multiple complex projects and tasks.
• Great communication skills; the ability to clearly explain design decisions and processes to anyone in the company.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and self-starter who actively seeks ways to improve the customer experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

About us:

Do Your Thng (DYT) is a creator community platform with an overarching vision to democratise influence and build a thriving creator community. We offer two solutions. An app for creators that helps them make a living out of content creation. And a self-serve web desk module for marketers to execute influencer campaigns in a quick, frictionless, targeted, and economically attractive manner.

• 2-4years of experience as an iOS developer. 
• Must have Working Experience in a product based organization at least 18 months.
• Good Communication skills must. 

• Understanding the project requirement intuitively and providing proper time estimation.-Always read for troubleshooting in all important projects. ● Experience in accessing data as JSON/XML using REST API. 
• Candidate should have good knowledge of iOS, Swift, xCode and Git. ● Ability to build complex iOS standalone client applications & user interfaces, design & implementation. 
• Experience with iOS Frameworks such as UIKit, Auto-layout using storyboards, etc. ● Knowledge of Apple's design principals, application interface guidelines, and experience with 
• AutoLayout. 
• Good communication skills with the ability to work in a highly-collaborative, agile team 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Flexibility to learn, and work with new technologies

Technical:

• Expertise in WordPress customization, development and knowledge of plugins and API integration Should be well versed in WordPress.
• Must have knowledge to create their own theme and able to do customization in existing/premium theme.
• Must have experience of plugin customization and also aware about a new plugin development.
• Must have the Knowledge of existing WordPress’s functions, hooks, plugins.
• Experience in WordPress is mandatory, other Open Sources/frameworks experience would be considered as an added advantage.
• WordPress integration directly from PSD/AI/Sketch would be considered as an added advantage.
• Must have knowledge of basic php and MYSQL concepts.

Non-Technical:

• Interpersonal skills
• Good communication
• Decision making
• Good Team player
• Good Listener

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality
• Establishing and guiding the website’s architecture
• Ensuring high-performance and availability, and managing all technical aspects of the CMS
• Helping to formulate an effective, responsive design and turning it into a working theme and plugin.