Lead, Impact Country Programs at MasterCard

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

• Contributing to the development of guidance & standards for monitoring and evaluating progress towards impact.
• Facilitating and supporting design towards impact (including: - Roadmap/Strategy Reviews & updates; KPI development for shared outcomes).
• Informing strategy and design development (Country Roadmaps; Thematic Strategies; Pipeline prioritisation etc.)
• Contribute to the production of outcome & impact monitoring reports.
• Reviewing program proposals, with a particular focus on ensuring that theories of change & change pathways are robust, coherent and evidence informed, and MEL plan alignment with the Foundation’s Shared Measures Framework and approaches.
• Providing support to the PPM Focal and Program team in ensuring that Partners are conversant with the Foundation’s approach to Impact, Shared Measures Framework, and approaches.
• Supporting the PPM Focal and Program team in co-design processes, guiding design towards Impact.
• Conducting baselines, impact monitoring and strategic reviews/evaluations.
• Supporting the use of impact studies in decision making and adaptive management.
• Supporting policy and thought leadership processes.
• Guiding the design and delivery of partner-led evaluations/evaluative studies; and
• Engaging Research & Learning on embedded research studies.
• Supporting the Impact Innovation & Impact Labs in the design and delivery of Youth Impact Associate.
• Supporting the design and delivery of Impact Grants & Partnership Programs as required.
• Actively participating in and contributing to Impact, Research & Learning Coordination meetings and events.
• Working closely with and providing oversight to the Impact Partnership Organization in-country work.
• Proactively reaching out to and supporting Impact Workstreams as requested
• Contributing to ensuring productive working relationships with Program Teams, Program Operations and Planning and other Functional Units engaging in Country Program and Impact-related initiatives.

Who You Are

• Master’s level or bachelor’s degree in international development, measurement & evaluation or thematic areas or special areas of interest to The Foundation.
• Membership in national networks and authorities as applicable.
• Minimum of ten (10) years’ relevant experience in a similar organization with three (3) years at supervisory level.
• Experience working with the private and non-profit sectors, particularly in a role relating to National and Regional institutions in the relevant region, as well state and non-state actors in the field of Evaluation, Reviews, and Impact.
• Experience in public policy, especially working with national institutions mandated to undertake planning, policy formulation and implementation.
• Experience in research, evaluation, and learning, with demonstrated technical expertise in qualitative research methods, tool design, validation, and data analysis.
• Experience navigating research protocols, review processes and management of big data with government and academic institutions.
• Experience and familiarity leading the development of M&E policies, nationally; and supporting the implementation of same in national contexts, including experience in building the capacity of both state and non-state actors to function efficiently in the evaluation sector.
• Experience applying a range of tech-enabled tools for data collection, analysis, reporting, and communication.
• Experience in participatory approaches and demonstrated commitment to gender inclusion and youth engagement.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and policy influencing. This can include experience working in community-based organizations, governance and related councils/commissions, regional and national government, and the private sector.
• Excellent familiarity with national and regional mandated institutions responsible for collecting, collating, and analyzing data for the purpose of measuring and reporting on outcomes and impacts.
• Excellent knowledge of local research and evaluation methods.
• Excellent language, cultural and identity/affiliation with national people.
• Skills and competency to develop Measurable Outcomes and Impacts, as well as methods and tools for measuring same within national mandated institutions.
• Familiarity with systems thinking and strong ability to develop and test theories of change and associated practice tools as they may be relevant and appropriate for indigenous communities.
• Demonstrate a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.