Social Media Expert

Required Skills & Qualifications:

● 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance & Software Testing.

● Strong expertise in JIRA for bug tracking and test management.

● Proficiency in manual testing, including UI, functional, regression, and integration testing.

● Experience in automation testing using Selenium, JMeter, or similar tools (preferred).

● Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

● Hands-on experience with API testing tools like Postman or SoapUI.

● Familiarity with SQL queries for database validation.

● Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

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

About PlanetSpark

PlanetSpark is on a mission to build the next generation of confident speakers and creative writers amongst kids and young adults. We are a series B funded global company impacting over 13 countries through live classes on communication skills through handpicked top 1% teachers, We are the category creators and market leaders in the communication skills segment. Our learners participate in gripping debates, create viral YouTube videos start their podcast channels, perform stand-up comedy, write nail-biting mystery stories, and become confident and fearless speakers. We Are backed by some top VCs, such as prime venture partners, Indian Angel network FIITJEE, and global entrepreneurs such as Binny Bansal, Deep Karla Gokul, and Shirish Nandkarni. We have raised over dollar 24 million till date over five rounds. Come join a passionate team of over 500 young and energetic team members and 3500+ expert teachers on this rollercoaster ride to build the most loved brand for kids who will move the world!

Key Statics - Series B Funded - 13 countries - 35k Students - 4K Teachers - 2 Million Enrolled Classes

Mission statement for the role:

- Generate revenue by achieving weekly target through consultative inside sales.

Roles and responsibilities:

- The business development counselor interacts with parents or adult learners after they have taken a demo class and have experienced the product. Since these were high intent nurtured leads, There is no cold calling required. The role involves achieving weekly revenue targets by:

- Inviting parents or the adult learners to a video counseling session

- Conducting a detailed video counseling session with the decision-makers and taking them closer to their decision to purchase

- Looking at the entire sales life-cycle, starting from engaging with parents till final conversion and i.e. enrolment in the program

How is sales at PlanetSpark different?

- High Intent Leads - you get leads after they take a 1-hour demo.

- Extensive Training- you will get extensive instructor training and on-the-job training

- Career Progression - Get fast-track growth in designation and compensation

- Rewards and Recognition- become a star performer and get recognized through the weekly rewards ceremony!

Your career path

Working with a fast-growing, the startup provides the opportunity to grow, aggressively up the ladder and assume greater responsibilities and experiences at a very young age. Our meritocratic, performance-based policy identifies and promotes top performers.

- Business development counselor

- Senior business development counselor

- Assistant Manager

- Manager

- Senior Manager

- Associate Director - Associate Vice President - Vice president

Key skills to be successful in the role:

- Excellent communication, interpersonal presentation, and problem-solving skills

- A go better attitude and winning mindset

- Excellent influencing skills and Street smartness

- Performance-driven people who adhere to guidelines set by the organization

What we're looking for?

- We do not look for any specific degree of GPAs. We are open to all those who have a passion for sales and the zeal to grow quickly in their career.

- You should be located in Gurgaon or should be ready to locate to Gurgaon. This is a work-from-office role.

- You should be okay to work 5 days a week with a weekly off on Thursday. Saturday. Sunday are the most important days for your role as maximum customers take their counseling session on these days.

CULTURE SNEAK-PEAK

Apart from doing impactful work together, we ensure that our employees are well taken care of and that they feel strongly about creating confidence across the globe.

- Take a sneak-peek at our impact here https://lnkd.in/dvjncjTw

- Catch how we do things at our office https://lnkd.in/d3HRvbu2

- Life at PlanetSpark https://youtu.be/UY5hcQQ9Zml

Job Description

• Responsible for growth in organic traffic & lead generation by designing & implementing strategies for SEO & digital marketing growth.
• Experince in B2B is must.
• Craft content strategies that guide the content team based on keyword research.
• Deliver new keyword clusters, keywords, and topic clusters for new content generation and old content revamp.
• Lead content marketing outreach & high-quality link building campaigns and initiate communication with prospective websites & influencers
• Analyze the performance of SEO campaigns, and assess against goals (ROI & KPI)
• Collaborate with internal teams to create landing pages and optimize the user experience
• Identify SEO issues with a continuous audit process and ensure that those issues are reported to concerned teams on time.
• Work closely with the content team to ensure the generation of SEO-friendly content
• Manage all types of search engine tools like XML sitemaps, webmaster tools for analytics, and diagnostics reporting
• Experience with or willingness to learn additional marketing channels such as PPC, email marketing, affiliate, etc is a plus as we are expanding our marketing channels.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Proven working experience in SEO.
• Strong technical SEO knowledge based on Search Console & other industry tools.
• Sound knowledge of concepts like crawl budget, cannibalization, content pruning, etc.
• Sound knowledge of SEO best practices and the latest trends.
• Solid knowledge of website analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
• Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking
• Experience in doing SEO for SaaS/large publications is a plus.

Critical Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with business analysts/product managers to estimate and design effective, scalable and maintainable solutions that meet business initiatives and objectives
• Develop and design software/platform that meets business requirements and technical design
• Troubleshoot pre- and post-production implementations and Handle the team
• You will provide back-end functionality that can run smoothly from any device or browser type
• Propose new ideas when there is strong business value and stay up to date on the latest technology trends and techniques.

Critical Skills & Experiences:

• At least 9+ years of experience developing in Java technologies with equivalent experience in systems analysis, OO design, OO programming and debugging skills
• Deep Understanding of Web UI, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, jQuery
• Integration with 3^rd party API’s.
• ReactJS – Must (min 7 years exp ) with nodejs.
• At least 9 years of experience in Java Spring Boot Framework development
• 7 years of experience in any Cloud platform, preferably AWS.
• At least 7 years of web services and relational database experience (preferably Mysql)
• At least a year of Elastic search experience
• Experience developing RESTful web services (preferably micro services)
• Experience with UNIX/Linux command line and shell scripting
• Experience working in cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams
• Any level of experience with JIRA or any other issue tracking technology
• Experience with Java application profiling and profiling tools
• Bachelor’s degree or the above equivalent skills and years of experience
• Should be able to manage end-to-end single handedly with prior experience
• Full stack developer overall with at least 9yrs experience.