INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FELLOW - Winter 2010 - New Delhi, India
D.light Design Fellows Program
D.light Design is seeking passionate and talented professionals to contribute to one of the world's leading social enterprises through 6-month+ fellowships. As a company that strives for excellence and innovation, we are committed to providing our fellows with a uniquely invigorating, challenging, and life-changing experience.
Fellows will be supervised by one of our senior managers and partner with our diverse team across three continents and multiple countries. Each fellow will be a major part of growing a multi-national, one-of-a-kind company that will alter the global landscape.
Information Management Fellowship Description
The Fellow will work in the New Delhi, India office, and will be supervised by the Head of Accounting. The fellowship is for a minimum of 6 months, but individuals who are able to commit to 9 months or more are preferable. The ideal start date is before January 1st, 2010, but this is flexible depending on the candidate. The Fellow will be provided with a small living stipend.
The Information Management Fellow will strengthen and optimize D.light India's information collection, dissemination, and reporting needs. Specifically, the Fellow will be responsible for:
- Evaluate key information management needs and determine priorities in the India
- Work with Sales Management to establish and implement procedure for collecting
- Develop database for storing and managing data; design report templates
- Develop long-term strategic plan for information management and administration
- Assist with hiring full-time employees to administer systems and procedures
- Assist with IT solutions, including networking, data security and storage
- Assess and help design any additional IT solutions that are of interest to the Fellow
- And meet the prioritized needs of the India office
All fellows are expected to be passionate about D.light's mission to develop high quality solutions for families living without adequate electricity. They should be committed to completing their deliverables during the fellowship period and be willing to work long hours.
The Information Management Fellow should also have the following qualifications:
- 2-5 years of professional information management experience in a corporate setting
- Minimum Bachelor's Degree in related field
- Demonstrated understanding of sales-related business systems and processes, and how that interfaces with IT solutions
- Extensive knowledge of programming, networks, databases, and information management procedures
- Solid project management and analytical skills
- Strong written and oral English communication skills; Hindi fluency a plus
- Experience working collaboratively with a highly diverse team
- Detail-oriented, highly-motivated, independent worker
- Desire to work in social enterprise
- Enjoys the fast-paced, high-pressure environment of a start-up
- Ability to live in India for the duration of the fellowship
Interested applicants should complete the Fellows Program application (available at www.dlightdesign.com/fellows.html) and submit their most recent CV/resume. Responses to the following short essay questions should also be attached separately (each response should:
1. Briefly describe your professional and/or educational background and how that experience makes you a good fit for this fellowship.
2. Describe a specific project you previously managed that is similar to the
responsibilities of this fellowship.
3. Are you able to live in India for the duration of the Fellowship? How long would you like this fellowship to be and when are you able to start? Please address any additional concerns or issues you may have.
Please submit all application materials no later than November 25, 2009, to
fellowship@dlightdesign.com with the subject line: "Information Management Fellow (India)".
Qualified applicants will be contacted regarding the interview process within 2-4 weeks of the appplication deadline.
D.light Design is an international consumer products company providing high quality solutions for people without access to reliable electricity. Our mission is to enable households without reliable electricity to attain the same quality of life as those with electricity. We will begin by replacing every kerosene lantern with clean, safe and bright light. By 2020, we aim to have improved the lives of 100 million individuals.
D.light is financed by prestigious venture capital firms including Nexus Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Garage Technology Ventures, the Mahindra Group; with investment from leading social enterprise funds Acumen Fund and Gray Matters Capital. It was recently awarded the Social Venture Network 2009 Innovation Award, and named as one of the world's top 100 clean technology enterprises by the CleanTech Group.
To learn more, visit www.dlightdesign.com.
