Get the right Beginning for your career at Thuvakkam

Thuvakkam is a non government organization that approaches the task of service professionally. Working on a large scale needs enthusiastic and dedicated individuals, who work well together to create change in the society. Working at Thuvakkam provides opportunities for getting hands-on experience in the field: managing events, coordinating people, developing communication skills, inventory management, brainstorming discussions, data documentation, cataloguing activities, handling social media accounts, writing content and much more. And each of these positions comes with an intrinsic notion of working to create a better society.

Associate-Community Development

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Community identification and assessment.
  • Project planning and execution.
  • Project implementation.
  • Monitoring and evaluation.
  • Reporting, documentation and resource management

Qualification Required:

  • Preferred background – Graduate/Post graduate in Social Work preferably specialized in Community development, Development Studies, or other related field.

  • Prior experience (2-3 years) in the same field would be an advantage.

  • Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities on-field.

  • Excellent planning and execution skills, including preparing fundraising budgets and proficient use of excel and spreadsheets.

  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multicultural environment.

  • Excellent Organizational, planning and writing and oral presentation skills.

  • Strong ethics, reliability and trustworthiness..

  • Proactive and well organized

  • Location: Ramnad and Madurai
  • Language: Tamil & English
  • Scope: Full time
  • Remuneration: 2.0 LPA to 3.5 LPA
  • Date of Joining: Immediate

Interested candidates send in your resume with a brief note on why you want to work with us to career@thuvakkam.org

Senior Associate Admin – Procurement

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Plan, coordinate and manage all administrative procedures and oversee day-to-day functions.
  • Monitor operating expenses & Sreamlining management systems.
  • Making changes to increase efficiency in the workplace & Provide coaching and guidance to ensure maximum efficiency,
  • Documentation & related works such as newsletter, audits, and analyzing financial data.
  • Maintains the organizations administrative policies and procedures.
  • Negotiating contracts and agreement with vendors and partners.
  • Inspecting project sites,Nursuries and warehouses perodically
    Overall Vendor Management for materials procurement and payments.
  • Responsibility of Overall Procurement process.

Qualification Required:

  • 3-5 years experience
  • Preferred background – Post graduate in Master of social work, Master of Business Administration, Development studies or other related fields
  • Excellent organising, communication, budgetary skills. Proficient in excel and spreadsheets.
  • Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities on-spot
    including preparing fundraisin.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multicultural environment.
  • Strong problem- solving skills.
  • Excellent Organizational, planning and writing and oral presentation skills.
  • Strong ethics, reliability and trustworthiness.
  • Proactive and well organized
  • Location: Chennai
  • Language: Tamil & English
  • Scope: Full time
  • Remuneration: Remuneration : Based on experience and candidate profile.
  • Date of Joining: Immediate

Interested candidates send in your resume with a brief note on why you want to work with us to career@thuvakkam.org

Senior Associate Programs

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Responsible for strategizing and managing the civic volunteering programme to scale the programme 10x over the next 2-3 years.
  • Initiating and setting goals for programs according to the strategic objectives of the organization with co directors.
  • Planning & Execution of events and programs.
  • Promoting a strong culture of volunteerism and civic responsibility among citizens and Play an active role in scaling the cause of volunteerism.
  • Leading & organising volunteering events with external relation & operations.
  • Increase volunteer activation especially through collaboration with corporates, non-profits, and colleges.
  • Working closing with other internal teams to understand, fulfil & support their needs in organizing projects and Hold self-accountable for the day to day event execution.
  • Overseeing the Addition of Volunteers, training, support and recoginstion.
  • Hold self-accountable for the day to day event execution.
  • Maintain event and volunteeer database

Qualification Required:

  • 3-5 years experience
  • Preferred background – Post graduate in Master of social work, Master of Business Administration, Development studies or other related fields
  • Excellent organising, communication, budgetary skills. Proficient in excel and spreadsheets.
  • Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities on-spot
    including preparing fundraisin.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multicultural environment.
  • Strong problem- solving skills.
  • Excellent Organizational, planning and writing and oral presentation skills.
  • Strong ethics, reliability and trustworthiness.
  • Proactive and well organized
  • Location: Chennai
  • Language: Tamil & English
  • Scope: Full time
  • Remuneration: Remuneration : Based on experience and candidate profile.
  • Date of Joining: Immediate

Interested candidates send in your resume with a brief note on why you want to work with us to career@thuvakkam.org

Senior Associate – Partnership

Thuvakkam is happy to put forth a new recruitment for the post of Senior Associate – Partnership. The candidate will be responsible for developing corporate relationship and implement the strategy for partnership growth and success, including a strategy for processes such as, partners on-boarding, management and reporting.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Manage and Build Corporate relationships and ensure engagement throughout the year
  • Promotes the vision and objectives of the Thuvakkam Strategic Plan to external and stakeholders.
  • Keep a great ongoing relationship with current partners, supporters and offer new ways to grow the partnership.
  • Develops strategic partnership building approaches with government, donors, civil society, corporate and stakeholders
  • Ensures excellent relations with key government partners and put in place systems that maintain them
  • Proposal preparation & submission based on the needs & deal closure
  • Closely monitoring Corporate requirements and come up with solutions accordingly
  • Forecast, measure, and report the results of various projects with partners, including co-branded content promotions and marketing
  • Maintains a database of information relating to partners and donors, individual requirements and goals, and such other details as are relevant to the development and maintenance of those partnerships.
  • Focus on new partnership, Identify and source partnership opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls, emails and client visits
  • Work closely with the other departments

Qualification Required:

  • Preferred background – Graduate/Post Graduate in Business Administration, Marketing, Development Studies, or other related fields
  • Prior experience (2-3 years) in the same field would be an advantage
  • Excellent analytical and decision-making abilities on-spot
  • Excellent budgetary skills, including preparing fundraising budgets and proficient use of excel and spreadsheets
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multicultural environment
  • Excellent Organizational, planning and writing and oral presentation skills
  • Strong ethics, reliability and trustworthiness.
  • Proactive and well organized
  • Location: Chennai
  • Language: Tamil & English
  • Scope: Full time
  • Remuneration: 4 – 6 Lakhs per Annum based on Skill & Experience.
  • Date of Joining: Immediate

Interested candidates send in your resume with a brief note on why you want to work with us to career@thuvakkam.org

Accountant 

Accountant is responsible for finance-related tasks that are primarily associated with preparing, organizing, and maintaining financial records and ensuring financial statements are accurate.

Job description:

  • Receive and process all invoices, expense forms and requests for payments 
  • Tally data entry including sales, purchase, receipts, payments, bank reconciliation statement, and preparation of debtors / creditors statements 
  • Creating periodic reports such as balance sheets, profit & loss statements and such financial statements 
  • Handling petty cash, preparing bills and receipts
  • Organize, compile, and maintain all accounting records and financial filing documents
  • Complying with all company, local, state, and federal accounting and financial regulations
  • Reinforce financial data confidentiality and conduct database backups when necessary
  • Knowledge of returns for NGO, FCRA, e-TDS, Service Tax, Profession tax, GST accounting and filing

Qualification Required:

  • Preferred background – B.Com or M.Com. 
  • Minimum 4 years experience, preferably in the non-profit sector.
  • Excellent knowledge of accounting regulations, procedures and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) standards 
  • Proficient in MS Office applications (Excel & Word) is a must and experience in using Tally 9 is mandatory 
  • Good written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and ability to deal with customers and external contacts 
  • Trustworthy, ethical, proactive and well organized 
  • Ability to work independently as well as in a team
  • Employment : Full time  
  • Remuneration : Based on experience and candidate profile.
  • Date of Joining : Immediate 

Interested Candidates can send their resumes and a brief note on why they want to work with Thuvakkam to career@thuvakkam.org

Field Coordinator

Thuvakkam is happy to put forth a new recruitment for the post of Field Coordinator. They will be responsible for coordinating with teams on site and the on-site project execution.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Plan and execute their scope of work, including mobilizing the material, people and other project resources required to run the programs properly 
  • Coordinate teams on site and be responsible for the on-site project execution.
  • Supervise the resources and materials on site for efficient execution 
  • Manage on-site requirements of the project by coordinating with locals and administrative authorities
  • Document and report daily work and weekly progress with the team and managers 

Qualification Required:

  • Educational qualification of Agricultural Background or MSW Community Development students preferred. Or any associated Bachelor’s degree in the discipline of the department to be served.
  • Willingness to travel and work at flexible hours.
  • Excellent communication and representative skills (written, oral, cross-cultural)
  • Ability to multitask and deal with stressful situations.
  • Ability to adapt within the working environment and a team setting
  • Supervisory skills.
  • Documentation skills.
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel)
  • Employment Full time
  • Remuneration: Negotiable based on skill and experience. (Travel & communication allowances as per norms.)
  • Date of Joining: Immediate
  • Minimum commitment: One year

Interested Candidates can send their resumes and a brief note on why they want to work with Thuvakkam to career@thuvakkam.org