Jobs at Mastercard Foundation

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Director of Human Capital Development (HCD),  the Head of Disability, Diversity and Inclusion will support Regional Programs, Country Offices and partners to advance towards the full realization of the Young Africa Works Strategy (YAW).  He/she will also manage the development of all Disability and Inclusion programs, partnerships, strategic plans and annual workplans of the Disability and Inclusion Unit and ensure their alignment with critical aspects of Human Capital Development (including budgeting).  He/she will also lead oneness, building an inclusive, accessible and collaborative work environment, leading the Disability Diversity and Inclusion Team and the rest of the matrixed team, aligning with Young Africa Works Disability Inclusion Partnership ‘We Can Work’.

The successful candidate will be based in our Africa Hubs in either Ghana, Rwanda or Kenya

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

• Provide support to partners and the Scholars Program team with the implementation of Diversity, Disability and Inclusion initiatives (including existing initiatives), driving organizational change towards impactful disability and inclusion in programming, operations and strategy.
• Masterfully and compassionately manage relationships with senior stakeholders at the Foundation and the broader Scholars Program community.
• Coach and mentor the staff of the Disability Diversity and Inclusion Unit, managing their workload.
• Provision the development of an Inclusive Budgeting Initiative and HCD budget in line with Inclusion Guidelines, Tools & Processes.
• manage numerous internal and external meetings involving the Foundation’s partners in relation to Disability Diversity and Inclusion.
• Support the preparation of communications to both internal and external contacts.

WHO YOU ARE

• A Master’s Degree (Ph.D. preferred) in relevant field including Special Needs Education, Human Rights, Sociology, Social Work, Psychology, Development Studies or related Social Sciences field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in a similar or related role in a fast-paced environment with local and multinational experience.
• Proven experience in programs design and implementation related to Disability and Inclusion in various countries of Africa and beyond.
• Excellent operational skills covering Special Needs Education policy and Disability and Inclusion 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 Disability and Inclusion practices, disciplinary and institutional boundaries.
• Detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to consistently and effectively produce high quality work.
• 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

Deadline for Applications is April  05, 2022.

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Head of Finance & Accounting, Africa, the role will be responsible for ensuring the Financial & Operational Processes across the foundation related to Programs and, Program Finance, including policies & Procedures are designed, implemented and operating effectively to safeguard Foundation resources from Financial & operational risks as well as partner the programs and program finance teams to strengthening the controls & compliance environment within the end to end programming processes within the foundation (Financial & Operational Risks) in collaboration with the Head Business Controls & ERP and the Strategy and Planning Programs Team.

The successful candidate will be based in any of our Africa hubs; Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE 

• SME (Subject Matter Expert). Provide first line advice and support to the program finance teams in terms of the Due. Diligence/Contracting/Deliver process as well as other program Finance processes and ensure that identified issues are escalated to second line support as required (2nd line would be Legal) or that proposed solutions are sufficient to mitigate the risks.
• Masterdata & Financial data integrity of the grant management system.
• SME for the grant management system on financial matters and usage of the system.
• Partner with IT to ensure that process improvements impacting the grants management system are tracked & implemented and controls are not compromised.
• Design, lead & implement a process of Controls Self-assessment of program finance processes to ensure controls are operating as designed across the portfolio.
• Lead the implementation of new process improvement and processes improvements/enhancement within the program Finance function in partnership with the Strategy & planning as well as the controller function.
• Ensure that all control gaps and incidences identified within the program finance processes are remediated in a timely & complete manner in coordination with the assurance function and in partnership with the programs teams (Incident Management).
• Continuous control assessment of our design to deliver programming processes to ensure we have adequate/sufficient internal controls (Financial) to mitigate against key risk (Emphasis on financial risks & partners with other functions for operational risks) and together with the Strategic Ops team and Enterprise Risk Management Team update processes, polices, tools etc to support a Strengthening of the controls environment.
• Ensure the automated and manual controls processes in relevant grants management system are designed and operating effectively (e.g. Fluxx) are in place related to Program Finance, DD, etc.
• Oversee and continuously improvement of the Financial routines in the Design to deliver phase of programming process.
• Partner the RD and the Programs team in the Peer Review Process, to drive continuous improvement and driving for embedding of learnings.
• Working together with other business processes champions to ensure processes, polices and tools developed are aligned and efficient in support of the programming process without any dilution of the controls environment.
• Ensure that learnings from escalations and matters arising are embedded into process improvement for the program finance team to strengthen the control environment and deliver an effective & efficient process that enables programming.
• Lead the implementation and embedding of the Programs compliance framework with program Finance teams as developed by legal & compliance in partnership with the key stakeholders whilst ensuring synergies with program finance processes and principle of strengthening Financial and operational controls.
• Continuous self-assessment of programs to check for compliance & institute corrective actions as appropriate together with the program + Legal and compliance teams.
• Together with L&D & Other functions support in the development and dissemination of information, learnings and development of training materials with the objective of disseminating knowledge on program finance processes to other functions and support the capacity building of program Finance team to drive the culture of continuous improvement within the team.
• Support the continuous training of the program finance teams on the processes and governance to ensure we minimize significant control deficiencies.
• Develop and implement and run the finance onboarding program in partnership with the controller function and the programs and L&D function to ensure teams are enabled to deliver their work.
• Develop relationship of a trusted partner with mainly internal stakeholders (Business Controller, Global Controller, Legal & Compliance and Strategy & Planning & Assurance/ERM Etc) and external stakeholders (Program Partners).
• Partner & support the Controller function in the development of the ERP system.
• Other Projects and work as maybe required from time to time.

WHO YOU ARE

• A University Degree, Qualified Accountant or another relevant qualification is required.
• Minimum of 13 year work experience in Finance, Finance Operations, Shared Services or related fields.
• Experience in Transformation programs and Projects at a regional/global scale an added advantage.
• Experience in designing, implementing & managing Operational Internal Control Systems, processes and Policies.
• Proven ability in managing Financial Processes & Accounting Operations Management, experience in programming, project management an added advantage.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in identifying, designing & Mitigate Operational, Financial and Business Risks.
• Sigma six Black belt added advantage.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize and execute.
• Innovative and able to formulate new or creative approaches to problems.
• Ability to effectively interact and influence across a matrix business organizational structure and work closely in liaison with finance and business teams.
• Flexible, open to change and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Tenacious, Independent and works with Initiative.
• Problem solving: Effectiveness in identifying problems, seeking pertinent data, recognizing important information and identifying possible causes of problems and solutions to challenges.
• 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.

Deadline for Applications is April  03, 2022.

go to method of application »

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Head of Finance & Accounting, Africa, the role will be responsible for ensuring the Financial & Operational Processes across the foundation related to Programs and, Program Finance, including policies & Procedures are designed, implemented and operating effectively to safeguard Foundation resources from Financial & operational risks as well as partner the programs and program finance teams to strengthening the controls & compliance environment within the end to end programming processes within the foundation (Financial & Operational Risks) in collaboration with the Head Business Controls & ERP and the Strategy and Planning Programs Team.

The successful candidate will be based in any of our Africa hubs; Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE 

• SME (Subject Matter Expert). Provide first line advice and support to the program finance teams in terms of the Due. Diligence/Contracting/Deliver process as well as other program Finance processes and ensure that identified issues are escalated to second line support as required (2nd line would be Legal) or that proposed solutions are sufficient to mitigate the risks.
• Masterdata & Financial data integrity of the grant management system.
• SME for the grant management system on financial matters and usage of the system.
• Partner with IT to ensure that process improvements impacting the grants management system are tracked & implemented and controls are not compromised.
• Design, lead & implement a process of Controls Self-assessment of program finance processes to ensure controls are operating as designed across the portfolio.
• Lead the implementation of new process improvement and processes improvements/enhancement within the program Finance function in partnership with the Strategy & planning as well as the controller function.
• Ensure that all control gaps and incidences identified within the program finance processes are remediated in a timely & complete manner in coordination with the assurance function and in partnership with the programs teams (Incident Management).
• Continuous control assessment of our design to deliver programming processes to ensure we have adequate/sufficient internal controls (Financial) to mitigate against key risk (Emphasis on financial risks & partners with other functions for operational risks) and together with the Strategic Ops team and Enterprise Risk Management Team update processes, polices, tools etc to support a Strengthening of the controls environment.
• Ensure the automated and manual controls processes in relevant grants management system are designed and operating effectively (e.g. Fluxx) are in place related to Program Finance, DD, etc.
• Oversee and continuously improvement of the Financial routines in the Design to deliver phase of programming process.
• Partner the RD and the Programs team in the Peer Review Process, to drive continuous improvement and driving for embedding of learnings.
• Working together with other business processes champions to ensure processes, polices and tools developed are aligned and efficient in support of the programming process without any dilution of the controls environment.
• Ensure that learnings from escalations and matters arising are embedded into process improvement for the program finance team to strengthen the control environment and deliver an effective & efficient process that enables programming.
• Lead the implementation and embedding of the Programs compliance framework with program Finance teams as developed by legal & compliance in partnership with the key stakeholders whilst ensuring synergies with program finance processes and principle of strengthening Financial and operational controls.
• Continuous self-assessment of programs to check for compliance & institute corrective actions as appropriate together with the program + Legal and compliance teams.
• Together with L&D & Other functions support in the development and dissemination of information, learnings and development of training materials with the objective of disseminating knowledge on program finance processes to other functions and support the capacity building of program Finance team to drive the culture of continuous improvement within the team.
• Support the continuous training of the program finance teams on the processes and governance to ensure we minimize significant control deficiencies.
• Develop and implement and run the finance onboarding program in partnership with the controller function and the programs and L&D function to ensure teams are enabled to deliver their work.
• Develop relationship of a trusted partner with mainly internal stakeholders (Business Controller, Global Controller, Legal & Compliance and Strategy & Planning & Assurance/ERM Etc) and external stakeholders (Program Partners).
• Partner & support the Controller function in the development of the ERP system.
• Other Projects and work as maybe required from time to time.

WHO YOU ARE

• A University Degree, Qualified Accountant or another relevant qualification is required.
• Minimum of 13 year work experience in Finance, Finance Operations, Shared Services or related fields.
• Experience in Transformation programs and Projects at a regional/global scale an added advantage.
• Experience in designing, implementing & managing Operational Internal Control Systems, processes and Policies.
• Proven ability in managing Financial Processes & Accounting Operations Management, experience in programming, project management an added advantage.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in identifying, designing & Mitigate Operational, Financial and Business Risks.
• Sigma six Black belt added advantage.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize and execute.
• Innovative and able to formulate new or creative approaches to problems.
• Ability to effectively interact and influence across a matrix business organizational structure and work closely in liaison with finance and business teams.
• Flexible, open to change and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Tenacious, Independent and works with Initiative.
• Problem solving: Effectiveness in identifying problems, seeking pertinent data, recognizing important information and identifying possible causes of problems and solutions to challenges.
• 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.

Deadline for Applications is April  03, 2022.

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Head, Policy & Thought Leadership, the role will provide analysis and coordination support to aid the development of the Foundation’s Policy & Thought Leadership (PTL) strategy as well as the implementation start-up phase. This role supports the Head of Policy and Thought Leadership in executing the function’s day-to-day activities and ensuring high-quality and timely delivery of outputs and activities in the annual plan. The work includes collating and synthesizing research and data, supporting documentation of processes and presentations for decision-making as well as stakeholder coordination and management (internal and external).

The successful candidate will be based in our Africa Hubs in either Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

• Collaborate with internal counterparts to understand context for various projects.
• Lead the internal coordination of work and projects, ensuring work activities are aligned to plans.
• Interface closely with internal teams, within PAC and cross-functionally e.g. Research and Impact to advance team deliverables and support day-to-day activities.
• Help drive the work forward through developing plans, tracking and monitoring project through status reports, budget, timelines, reporting requirements, documenting dependencies, risks, actions, issues, and decisions.
• Facilitate conversations as required to help co-create specific project deliverables and documents (e.g., lessons learned, communications plans, etc.).
• Provide support for operational processes, systems and procedures.
• Act as project secretariat, planning and executing administrative and logistics tasks (e.g., minute-taking, scheduling, etc.) working closely with the Team Coordinator.
• Provide quality customer service in responding to PTL inquiries or partners via e-mail, in person or by phone.
• Under the guidance of the Head of Policy & Thought Leadership, engage and solicit data and information from relevant sources (external partners, collaborators, and other target groups) to support research, engagement and other work of the sub-function.
• Maintain the PTL resources with the Foundation’s internal knowledge management system (SharePoint), synchronizing and integrating data across various teams.
• Act as the PTL first point of contact for queries related to information and data and respond to internal and external queries promptly and professionally.
• Update and maintain databases for PTL contacts and work.
• Develop and maintain knowledge management repositories as required.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of a data dashboards, reporting tools and processes.
• Lead routine reporting for PTL and respond to inquiries.
• Develop presentations to support the Head of PTL.
• Analyze data to identify emerging issues, trends and outliers to bring to the attention of the PTL team.
• Accountability for PTL systems and tools, ensuring information accuracy and management.
• Build, liaise and sustain relationships with partners and stakeholders to enhance the impact of PTL.
• Manage initiatives and events to engage varied stakeholder groups.

WHO YOU ARE

• University degree, preferably in business administration or a related field is required; Master’s Degree is an asset. 
• Minimum 4-5 years of work experience supporting project implementation and performing analysis.
• Knowledge of project management best practice methodologies (project planning, implementation, evaluation, risk assessment, benefits realization).
• Strong knowledge of project management tools (e.g., MS Project), team management tools (e.g., Asana) and MS Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate large amounts of information.
• Demonstrated knowledge of African social, economic and political contexts.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English. French language skills are an asset.
• 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.

Deadline for Applications is April 01, 2022