Mastercard Foundation Head of Impact Labs - Jobs in Nigeria

Mastercard Foundation Head of Impact Labs - Jobs in Nigeria

Mastercard Foundation is a global foundation based across four hubs in Kigali, Rwanda, Nairobi, Kenya, Accra, Ghana and Toronto, Canada. Our programs promote financial inclusion and advance education and learning in Africa, primarily for young people, and in Canada for Indigenous youth. The Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. From inception, the Foundation was designed to be a separate entity and independent from Mastercard. Our policies, operations, and funding decisions are made by our President and Board of Directors.

The Foundation believes that youth employment is key to unlocking prosperity, both for youth and their societies. Enabling young women and men from disadvantaged communities to secure dignified and fulfilling work will ensure inclusive development and economic growth in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Impact Labs (Africa)

Location: Africa

The Opportunity

As part of our Impact strategy, we are about to launch the Impact Labs, that will constitute a space for the Foundation and its partners to discover and experiment the next generation of solutions to understand and measure impact by, with, and for young women and men and their communities in Africa and Indigenous Canada.

Reporting to the Director of MEL Innovation and Impact Labs, the Head of Impact Labs (Africa) will manage and develop critical components the work of the Impact Labs in Africa by: managing the operational details of the establishment and development of the Impact Labs in Africa; contributing to scanning the innovation and impact horizon for emerging trends in areas that are relevant for the Impact Labs and the overall MEL Innovation and Impact Labs workstream in Africa, and actively contributing to shaping the debate within the impact and innovation fields, both at the Foundation and broader sectoral level.

In support of the above, the post holder will also perform project, people, and consultants’ management responsibilities and provide strategic and technical support in crucial areas for the MEL Innovation & Impact Labs workstream.

The successful candidate will be based in any of our listed offices in Africa (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria)

Ways You Can Contribute

Support the selection and appointment process for the Impact Labs partners in Africa and manage them to ensure sound, transparent, and timely delivery of their innovation programs.

Drive the design and execution of co-creative processes with the Impact Labs partners in Africa to facilitate the generation, sharing, and use of learning and best practices.

Contribute to the development, adaptation, and continuous evolution of the Impact Labs approach in Africa so that it continues delivering on the workstream pillars, the Impact strategy, and the priorities of the Foundation at country, regional, and continental levels.

Lead the incubation and rolling out of relevant Impact-driven innovation initiatives to be integrated within the Impact Labs pillar in Africa.

Contribute to (and lead where relevant) the generation of research, knowledge, and insight products to help us understanding and engaging with key themes and trends that are relevant to the work of the Impact Labs in Africa.

Engage in ongoing discovery process to identify and define opportunities for innovation benefiting our partners, the youth, and the communities that we support with our investments through the Impact Labs in Africa.

Contribute to the process of continuous evolution of our MEL Innovation agenda by enabling uptake of new solutions and approaches emerging from the work of the Impact Labs in Africa.

Contribute to the formation and growth of a community of innovation practice by building lasting and impactful relationships with key internal stakeholders and peers at the Mastercard Foundation.

Engage with key external stakeholders to contribute to driving an impact-driven innovation agenda and growing support for the Impact Labs work at sector level.

Represent the workstream at the Foundation, and externally at relevant fora and specialized events, promoting the work of the Impact Labs in Africa (working alongside the Director and relevant country, regional, and global colleagues as

appropriate).

Manage multi-stakeholders’ collaborative processes and projects involving Impact and other relevant Foundation’s teams to support timely delivery of Impact Labs priorities in Africa.

Support the Director in recruiting and onboarding new staff members and manage and develop direct reports to appropriately meet the Impact Labs priorities and needs in Africa.

Support the Director in selecting, appointing, and managing the work of consultants (individuals / organizations) to meet the Impact Labs pillar priorities and needs in Africa.

Support the Director in evolving the workstream strategy.

Play a role as technical / strategic lead for specific areas and themes, by ensuring timely and reliable advice to other team members, overseeing the design and uptake of user centric protocols, policies, and knowledge products, and enable consistent and high-quality standards of delivery.

Participate in and contribute to overarching initiatives to support the work of the Impact department and the Foundation more broadly.

Who You Are

Master's Degree or comparable professional experience is required, with strong preference for innovation-related disciplines – such as Social Entrepreneurship; Social Innovation, System Thinking, Complexity Science, Design Thinking, Behavioral Science, Data Science, Computer Science, and Impact Investing with application to International Development, Economics, Evaluation, Research Methods, Social Science, and other relevant fields.

Extended experience in international development, and/or market-based initiatives with a focus on one or more priority sectors of the Foundation work in Africa.

Extended experience in youth-led / community-based / collective / participatory approaches to knowledge generation and use.

Extended experience with leading complex multi-stakeholders' projects and processes in a user-centric and impact-oriented fashion.

Extended experience managing strategic, operational, and financial aspects of large portfolios of programs / initiatives.

In depth understanding of current trends in innovation, technology, and science with relevance for the African context and the Impact Measurement, Evidence, and Insights field.

Group facilitation skills, including virtual (meetings; training; solution design), ideally rooted into participants-centered methods and/or comparable approaches.

Project and people management expertise, ideally with broad understanding of current innovation-relevant project/product management models (e.g. agile, scrum, and other comparable approaches)

Budget development and management expertise
High level of written and spoken English, and/or French fluency

Strategic – With ability to think strategically to formulate and execute plans efficiently and effectively. Strong problem-solving skills combined with a record of accomplishment of pivoting in response to opportunities and challenges.

Adaptive – Ready and eager to support the establishment of a new workstream, oftentimes requiring to embrace fast-paced change with high tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty, and ability to adapt to evolving priorities with an action-oriented and can-do attitude while balancing an organized and systematic approach to work.

Relationships builder – With the ability to establish and nurture impactful and lasting relationships, treating all individuals with fairness and respect.

Skilled communicator – With the ability to demystify complex concepts to varied audiences, communicate with all levels of management and staff, and inspire others by modelling great drive and commitment to the Impact department and Foundation’s mission

Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.

Application Closing Date

22nd August, 2022.

Method of Application

For more information and job application details, see;
Mastercard Foundation Head of Impact Labs - Jobs in Nigeria

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