Lead: Scholars Program Partner Network - Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation
- Accra
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead development of portfolio-level strategy, including outcomes, approach and work plan.
- Lead the identification of new partnership opportunities globally and structuring collaboration/partnership framework, ensuring that the focus is on developing opportunities for youth and institutional strengthening in Africa.
- Drive co-creation process with new partners, in consultation with Program Partners, Leads and Head, and also colleagues in support services, operations and impact.
- Establish means of measuring the success and progress of relevant partnerships, in consultation with Scholars Program Heads and Impact team.
- Develop terms of reference for new work and lead identification of external resources to support delivery.
- Contribute to the development of new initiatives or programs for institutional building and impact across the partner network.
- Support Partners with implementation, tracking progress, and ensuring high-quality delivery of the Program.
- Contribute to problem-solving and escalate issues as necessary.
- Drive collaboration with the Scholars Program Transitions and support services teams to ensure Scholars’ well-being and successful transition of Scholars into the world of work or further education.
- Drive collaboration with the Transformative Leadership team within the Transitions team to ensure that all program partners build and implement their on-campus transformative leadership programs and experiences for Scholars.
- Drive inclusion, ensuring that all Scholars Program partnerships consider and respond to the specific constraints and realities of marginalized youth, particularly women, refugees displaced youth, and young people with disabilities.
- Utilize the Foundation’s tools and systems to manage data, projects and initiatives effectively.
- Support data capture and identify learnings, ensuring that insights and impact are routinely and effectively reported and integrated into program adaptations.
- Ensure that partners ensure the safeguarding of young people including Scholars and program participants.
- Manage the work and performance of consultants.
- Cultivate and manage relationships with stakeholders to scale impact, by, e.g., developing partner networks, engaging governmental bodies overseeing education, and coordinating cross-organizational collaboration.
- Facilitate connections, exchange, and learning across the Scholars Program regional portfolio, including taking a lead role as requested in planning and delivering face-to-face and virtual advisory groups, convenings and working groups.
- Build and maintain effective business partnerships with other teams within the Foundation.
- Leverage feedback to provide recommendations to inform broader program development activities.
- Coach and mentor colleagues driving towards the delivery of high-quality work, alignment with the Foundation’s values and a supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Some Leads may be requested to line manager others on the team.
- Champion safeguarding of Scholars and all program participants.
- Contributing to the design of a new initiative or transforming an existing one into something more impactful, in a multicultural environment.
- Managing multiple projects, building partnerships and delivering results in a fast-paced, fluid environment.
- Masters degree and/or Professional qualification in International development, education, public policy, social sciences, economics or another related field is required.
- Excellent knowledge of the Francophone and international higher education ecosystem and context
- Working across cultures and geographies and experience working in Francophone Africa is required.
- Deep knowledge of key issues and emerging trends and barriers in education and youth employment in Africa.
- Excellent analytical skills, the ability to think strategically and contribute as a thought partner in the Foundation’s strategy development.
- Experience and sensitivity to issues of inclusion; experience delivering programs for women, people with disabilities, and/or refugees and displaced youth highly desirable.
- Exceptional interpersonal and listening skills with the ability to build effective partnerships across all levels of the Foundation.
- Proficiency with MS Suite (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
- Passionate about youth education and employment in Africa.
- Commitment to engaging and empowering young people, particularly women, and other marginalized groups such as refugees and displaced youth, and young people with disabilities.
- Ability to plan and act strategically over long timeframes, patience, and persistence to achieve goals; and ability to balance immediate execution needs with longer-term visioning.
- A team player with a high degree of emotional intelligence.
- Entrepreneurial mindset to build a new function in a dynamic environment.
- Service Mindset and striving towards becoming a trusted business partner to drive common Foundation goals.
- Results-driven and motivated by a high sense of performance excellence and urgency.
- Drive to continually experiment and innovate, building and leveraging best-in-class expertise and learnings.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills both in English and French with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
- Possess professional maturity, sensitivity to different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
- Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.
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