Head of Education Initiatives at Mastercard Foundation

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

• Identifies opportunities to create impact through education and developing interventions to provide access for Scholars program participants.
• Identifies collaboration opportunities within existing partner network and potential new partnerships.
• Leads the integration of higher education initiatives with broader Scholars program and alignment with YAW strategy.
• Provides support to partners and Scholars colleagues with implementation of higher education initiatives, including existing initiatives (i.e., Ruforum, FAWE Uganda), ensuring safeguarding high quality of experience for scholars.
• Manages relationships with senior stakeholders at educational institutions and the broader Scholars community.
• Coaches and mentors the staff of Education Unit.
• Manages workload of staff in Education.
• Drives and inspires technical excellence within the team.
• Leads her/his team to deliver results consistent.

WHO YOU ARE

• A Master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) in relevant field including education, economic development or related social sciences field is required.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in a similar or related role in a fast-paced environment with local and multinational experience.
• Proven experience in secondary and tertiary education in various countries of Africa and beyond.
• Excellent operational skills covering education policy and education planning, and ability to lead complex policy and strategy dialogue.
• Excellent leadership and supervisory skills with established track record managing multi-location and virtual teams.
• Ability to influence dialogue and policy and its use in other sectors without direct control or authority.
• Excellent prioritization and managerial skills.
• Demonstrated in-depth experience and track record of results and successfully working across educational practices, disciplinary and institutional boundaries.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Good partnership experience, including involving multiple stakeholders – both public and private.
• Critical and analytical skills.
• Strong sense of strategy, including ability to prioritize and exit some activities.
• Have right attitudes and easy going.
• Detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to produce high quality work consistently and effectively.
• Able to work independently with little direction or supervision and possess the ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects and come up with clear and concise roadmaps.
• Achieve results and consistently strive to meet or exceed excellence standards.
• Think innovatively and propose new ideas, approaches and solutions to problems.
• Learn continuously and keep abreast of new developments in one’s professional area.
• Adapt with Agility and seamlessly adapt to working with new situations or contexts, with new people, and in different ways.
• Act with Determination and not give up in the face of adversity and setbacks; demonstrate resilience and composure.
• Engage, partner and demonstrate courage, self-motivation and initiative to act on opportunities without being prompted by others.
• Enable diversity and inclusion by accept and value all people, creating an inclusive environment.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
• Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.