NASSCOM Foundation’s ‘Skills Initiative and Entrepreneurship’ works to bridge the skilling gap in the IT industry in India. The Foundation works closely with the IT Sector Skills Council – NASSCOM SSC. The Foundation helps the donor organizations finalize various aspects of the Skills-based CSR intervention. These include skill-need discovery, course curriculum and the region of intervention. We work with training partners to deliver the course to the youth, women and the marginalized. The Foundation also helps support placement of the trained individuals. The Foundation has a strong focus to grow entrepreneurship in order to provide sustainable economic growth especially involving women, youth and people with disabilities. We work towards equipping them with multiple skill sets including digital and financial with a special focus on technology.

As key member of the team, s/he/they will be managing the Skilling and Entrepreneurship initiatives of NASSCOM Foundation. Broad structure of responsibilities is noted below.

• Manage and be part of large scale skilling/entrepreneurship/CSR programs.
• Ensure all projects are delivered on time within the stipulated scope and budget
• Prepare reports as per internal and external requirements.
• Maintain and build trusted relationships with key donors, partners, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with internal and external parties for the flawless execution of projects.
• Manage budgets or grants as per the expectations and compliance.
• Develop & execute projects, programs and services that generate value for all stakeholders, own the overall responsibility for the successful execution of the program.
• Supervise and monitor programs to achieve milestones within given timelines and budget.
• Ensure adoption of best practices in programs created and executed.
• Any other incidental work as and when required.

The Volunteering program connects the industry and its people to a wide range of volunteering opportunities, and also helps manage and evaluate their volunteering efforts. The program aims to promote strategic volunteering to build the capacity of NGO professionals, underserved communities and employees of the member companies.

A key member of the senior leadership team, s/he/they will be responsible for the operations of this vertical. A broad outline of responsibilities is given below.

• Strategize and drive the organization’s volunteering initiatives,
• Conceptualize and executive events to support the organization work.
• Drive business development for volunteering initiatives.
• Manage P & L, donor funds and grants as per the expectations and compliance.
• Effective program management, reporting and forecasting.
• Maintain and build trusted relationships with key donors, partners, and stakeholders.
• Represent the organization in volunteering space and work towards building thought leadership, industry engagements and consulting avenues in the area of technology for good.
• Ability to come up innovative ideas to initiate new and scale up existing programs.
• Any other incidental work.

NASSCOM Foundation has always been at the forefront of using Technology for Social Good and has studied the social innovation ecosystem up close – the ecosystem that primarily consists of the government, companies, social enterprises, and NGOs. India is a hotbed of innovation. Given its demography and diverse population, it is also the world’s largest sandbox to try out innovative technologies and models. Of late, we have seen technology companies focusing on developing high-end Tech for Good that can help solve numerous of the country’s problems.

A key member of the senior leadership team, s/he/they will be responsible for the operations of this vertical. Broad outline of responsibilities is given below.

• Strategize and drive the organization’s Tech for Good(T4G) initiatives.
• Drive business development for Tech for Good(T4G) initiatives.
• Maintain and build trusted relationships with key donors, partners, and stakeholders.
• Represent the organization in technology space and work towards building thought leadership, industry engagements and consulting avenues in the area of technology for good.
• Build partnerships and leverage existing technology to support the development sector.
• Should be able to manage a technology architecture of innovative projects for the social cause.
• Manage a software donation/sales initiative for the NGOs.
• Should have innovative ideas to initiate new and scale up existing programs.
• Manage P & L, donor funds and grants as per the expectations and compliance.
• Effective program management, reporting and forecasting.

A program launched in 2016 in partnership with Vodafone Idea Foundation to help civil society organizations, NGOs, CBOs and Not for Profits increase impact of their work by providing them with requisite technology support through grants. Technology is at the heart of our work and we believe that mobile technology offers an unprecedented opportunity to address global challenges of sustainable development.

A key member of the team, s/he/they will be responsible for overall projects monitoring & evaluation framework of NASSCOM Foundation. Broad structure of responsibilities are noted below.

• Develop relationships with prospective donors/partners, while maintaining existing partner/donor relationships.
• Analyze the current customer base and identify potential dissemination opportunities for the developed technology solutions.
• Collaborate and co-create along with design/solutions program(Internal/External) team’ to define the dimensions of impact, success in achieving agreed goals and stakeholder experience.
• Coordinate with internal and external parties for the flawless execution of projects
• Supervise and monitor programs to achieve milestones within given timelines and budget
• Negotiating attractive partnership and ensuring mutually beneficial partnership terms that are in line with objectives and strategy of the project.
• Manage key relationships at different levels of leadership at the donor side, with a pulse on changes in their focus areas and priorities. This includes building a strategic understanding of the donor/program team and their sector context.
• Build specializations in specific thematic focus areas that strengthen project capabilities to deliver value to our donors. This could include technical specializations or thematic areas.
• Developing metrics to measure ROI from partnerships.
• Any other incidental work as and when required.

• Any graduate/post graduate with 10 years + in business development, CSR, impact consulting/ advisory roles
• Proven track record of leading complex projects in a multi-stakeholder environment and meeting the highest quality of delivery standards
• Experience of working with teams across levels and functions and building teams
• Direct experience of working with senior and CXO level leaders
• Deeply passionate and committed to creating lasting social impact and a demonstrated interest in the social sector.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Outstanding communication skills with the ability to communicate complex ideas effectively
• Strong client engagement skills
• Humility, willingness to listen and learn
• We need change markers to drive our inclusive tech agenda.
• Passion and commitment towards bringing a social change.

Accounting & Finance

• Leading and guiding the finance team
• Manage statutory compliances and support newer initiatives to ensure financial and statutory ease
• Advise CEO & Board on finance strategy, policy and relevant developments
• Ensure that NF operates efficiently and effectively in order to meet its goals
• Ensure the timely and accurate production of regular management accounts, financial and cash flow forecasts, statutory annual accounts and reports.
• Establish world-class financial processes & practice
• Liaise with external tax consultants, auditors (@ big 4) and other agencies as required

Grants & Donor Management

• Develop & implement effective financial management, control and monitoring systems across all programs and operations in India, including systems focused internally on the organization
• Ensure all partnership and funding agreements with donors/govt are alignment with NASSCOM Foundation’s policies
• Develop & monitor budgets to meet the needs of NASSCOM Foundation, based on strategic and operational plans approved by the organization.
• Prepare financial reports for programs/donors to facilitate decision-making and monitoring and meet donor requirements.
• Review memoranda of understanding/agreements for partner organizations and oversee the negotiation of all service delivery contracts with various organizations/vendors.

Risk & Compliance Management

• Ensure that financial systems are consistent with all the requirements of taxation legislation and statutory obligations in India.
• Ensure that the statutory external audits and donor audits are managed effectively and required corrective action has been taken to strengthen the systems.
• Ensure that NASSCOM Foundation is managing all the internal & external risks effectively to meet Indian & Global regulations
• Coordinate with Chief Executive Officer and ensuring that Board meetings are convened as per the regulations and minutes and reports are prepared and submitted.
• Prepare required documents for the Board meeting with Board of Directors and the same is convened as per the schedule.