Role

Deliver against targets for existing accounts and/or contribute to MasterCard deal bids.
Capture senior and mid-level clients implicit business needs in addition to articulated requests, and identify most critical aspects of the problem
Translate objectives into key hypotheses and structure work for large/complex projects or ill-defined problems
Contribute to formal and informal... pitches, from storyboarding through face-to-face presentation
Create succinct, persuasive written materials tailored to the level of the audience
Contribute to project delivery, quickly identifying shortcomings in projects and take remedial action
Manage complete capture of assignment knowledge and drive to ensure it is available firm-wide (knowledge management)
Contribute as a thought leader to the development of intellectual capital, point of views, articles, and blogs
Leverage deep knowledge of all the MasterCard Advisors capabilities and how they fit together to offer new innovative solutions

Education Needed

Undergraduate degree required
MBA or relevant post graduate degree recommended

 Experience and Skills Needed

Experience in management consulting firms and in relevant industry
Knowledge of payments market, trends and opportunities
Demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop, and close a sale
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent analytical skills, including ability to frame the customer s opportunity in financial terms (i.e. value quantification)
Ability to think from the perspective of the customer
Ability to gain consensus with others and coordinate team of consultants and subject matter experts around goal
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills more

Role

We are pursuing highly motivated individuals with experience in consultative sales across data products, platforms, and / or other analytic services. Individuals should display strong achievement orientation, intellectual curiosity, openness, resilience, diligence, and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas in simple ways. As a Principal, you will be at the frontline of... generating excitement and demand for our unique solutions and forming successful lasting partnerships within Retail & Commerce segment, which includes Retailers, Telco’s, Digital Players, Airlines and Fintech’s.
Own and manage business development activities for Data & Services within Retail & Commerce segment in Africa division with direct revenue and sales responsibilities.
Refine the value proposition of new and existing D&S capabilities to meet the needs of executives within Retail & Commerce segment
Serve as the face of Mastercard Data & Services to senior level client stakeholders, including C-Suite Executives.
Develop strong value-driven narratives and customized presentations in support of new business pitches that ultimately generate new multi-year and multi-million-dollar revenues to Mastercard.
Drive coordination within Demand Generation, Marketing, Specialist Sales teams across D&S business lines and value propositions, focused on the above defined client vertical.
Take ownership of the sales process, from prospecting to executing commercial contracts, ensuring a seamless and efficient sales cycles.
Partner with the Mastercard Account Leadership team to develop a plan to support their strategic imperatives for target accounts.
Work closely with Advisors Client Services teams for an effective joint go to market and to ensure best-in-class value delivery.
Collaborate closely with other team members and bring an innovative and creative mindset to partnering with clients.
Contribute as a thought leader to the development of intellectual capital, point of views, articles, and blogs.
Manage complete capture of assignment knowledge and drive to ensure it is available firm-wide (knowledge management).

All About You

10+ years of experience in consultative sales across consulting services, data products, software platforms, and / or other analytic services in relevant industries (Retail, Telco, Digital, Travel, and Fintech)
Strong commercial drive with ability to build and monetize senior client relationships based on thought leadership, empathy, and subject matter expertise.
Ability to own and drive end-to-end sales from initial prospecting through signed contract.
Entrepreneurial mindset and demonstrated experience in selling solutions to c-level clients.
Excellent at building relationships through networking and outbound prospecting.
Collaborative attitude with an understanding of how to win as a team.
Strong verbal and written communication skills and proven attitude for learning technical terms and developing an understanding of complex technical products.
Strong networker across relevant stakeholder base with the ability to listen, build common ground and influence in order to effectively advance business opportunities and generate revenues.
Advanced analytical skills, including ability to frame the customer’s opportunity in financial terms (i.e. value quantification)
Bold, energetic, proactive, self-driven, never give up attitude and creative
Bachelor’s degree minimum.
MBA or relevant post graduate degree recommended
Proficiency in written and verbal English.
Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills more

Role

Working in direct collaboration with our Account Management colleagues that manage/own customer relationships, the B2B Regional & Global product teams, Data & Services and other cross functional teams, the successful candidate will
Grow, maintain, convert, and track a healthy pipeline of Large Market/B2B opportunities across all issuers, including new players in this space. Meet and... exceed KPIs on Pipeline Value, Conversion rate, time-to-revenue and Y1/Y2 revenue.
Support issuers through the LM/B2B journey by clearly and simply articulate the value MC can bring both around Product, D&S and other Services capabilities (Cyber & Intelligence, New Payment Platforms, etc.).
Bring to bear the entire Mastercard capability set, across all functions, to close out deals
Create, drive, and win deals with Financial Institution (FI) partners (for both card & invoice led flows) and own the response to RFPs when required
Take responsibility for training the sales teams inside the FI partners and supporting their ongoing product knowledge development to enable them to sell into their customer base.
Where it is optimal, undertake Direct -to-Corporate (D2C) activities, working directly with Large Market/Mid-Market corporates that have significant procurement activity. Assist them in identifying pain points in their procurement processes, articulate solutions that leverage Mastercard platforms & products and have them make the brand decision in favor of Mastercard. Once that is done, then in discussion with Regional B2B Head, take these prospective LM/MM corporate customers to Issuers/FI partners in a completely agnostic manner and help them make decisions around which partners to go with.
Own deal implementation & go-live in partnership with B2B Program Managers where available or directly interface with TAMs to drive implementation of deals
Develop and manage a Commercial BD events schedule
KPIs
GDV
Net Revenue
Pipeline size & conversion of pipeline deals
Deal activation rates
Other strategic & tactical KPIs that may be added from time to time

All About You

Good knowledge of the Commercial Large Market segment and it’s AP/Procure-to-Pay and AR/Order-to-Cash cycle pain points
Working knowledge of the Commercial Card / Transaction Banking industry with a demonstrated experience in sales/product/customer management in these businesses.
Self-motivated with a demonstrated track record of success
Ability to interact with external clients
Successful salesperson with ability to generate and follow up on leads independently
Good communication skills and active participation to contribute to team settings
Proactivity, curiosity to learn and eagerness to innovate
Demonstrated success in commercial management/relationship roles with a strong track record of success
Superior interpersonal and communications skills and an ability to bring together internal and external stakeholders to create solutions for customers and have them implemented.
Experience in identifying strategic opportunities and of managing multiple stakeholder projects.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines. more

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Executive Director, Country Programs, the Head of Strategy is highly influential and visible, combining strategic planning, performance management, and driving operational rigor (Quality of programming). The Head of Strategy will be the Executive Director’s partner in management and administration and will provide thought leadership across various management and... operational issues. S/he will primarily oversee the entire function's administrative operations, provide oversight and guidance to projects of high importance, and lead key strategic cross-functional and transformational projects. The role will support the Executive Director in making more efficient use of time and delivering their responsibilities more effectively.

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Work with the Director daily or weekly to prioritize projects and initiatives, manage all internal and external requests for the Director, and ensure their involvement in decision-making processes.
Ensure regular meetings with direct reports to the Director to discuss issues and content before presenting them to the Director.
Monitor information flow, act as a gatekeeper to the Director, and manage miscellaneous administrative issues such as preparation for external engagements or internal functions.
Act as the sounding board for the Director, providing counsel, analyses, and support to facilitate decision-making.
Manage the agenda for key cross-functional meetings, including core team meetings and off-sites, to ensure efficient team communication and coordination.
Partner with other functions to prepare and maintain a short-term and long-term strategic roadmap for the Country Programs team.
Provide research and administrative support for special projects, including problem identification and recommendations.
Attend key meetings with the Director, identify and document management issues, and help drive their closure to ensure overall productivity.

Who You Are

A minimum of 10 years of work experience, with at least 5 years in senior strategy, management consulting, or general manager roles.
A bachelor's degree or MBA is strongly preferred.
Creative in solving problems and generating innovative solutions.
Strong Project Management skills and experience: ability to manage multiple high-profile projects and effectively leverage all resources to achieve results.
Broad Knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques; human resources and risk management planning; and/or accounting and payroll.
Broad knowledge of processes, protocols, and procedures with a focus on budget, account and fund management and/or personnel management under labour contract(s) and personnel policy
Experience in coordinating diverse programs and functions for a very diverse department.
Well-honed written, verbal, and creative communication skills, including the ability to translate insight into content, create slide or written presentations, and create overall communication plans.
Professional maturity, sensitivity to different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
You have a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision. more

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Director Talent, this role is responsible for identifying, sourcing, and recruiting for leadership roles for the Foundation’s business needs, now and for the future.

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Partner and support the Director Talent and Head Talent Acquisition for leadership recruitment.
Act as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Executive level sourcing,... candidate relationship management and onboarding.
Successfully source, pipeline and fill assigned roles and determine use of and relationship with external Executive Search vendors to deliver on sourcing and recruitment activity. Manage interfaces ensuring that value is delivered to the Foundation.
Conduct pro-active research and market mapping and generate talent insights.
Develop detailed recruitment plans and follow them through to successful completion, adjusting as needed. Maintain meticulous tracking to enable reporting and continuous improvement.
Create proactive pipeline development strategies for future talent needs and vacancies.

WHO YOU ARE

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
Relevant professional qualification.
Extensive international recruitment expertise with a focus on Africa and global talent sourcing.
Experience in managing end-to-end executive recruitment of roles with varying degrees of complexity.
Experience in a global role within a best practice environment, well-versed in industry trends, and the evolving competitive talent landscape.
Experience with direct sourcing strategies including referral generation, online social networking, resume database mining, and search engine sourcing to actively build candidate pipelines.
Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems, resume databases and sourcing tools.
Strategic sourcing capabilities including experience with data mining and sourcing for passive candidates, particularly for more specialized roles up to executive level.
Proven experience in executive recruitment or a related field, demonstrating a deep understanding of the executive search process.
Experience in delivery of enterprise-wide recruitment, pipelining and onboarding programs.
Commitment to high quality outcomes and maintaining The Foundation's reputation.
Strong communication, negotiation and relationship management skills.
Strong problem-solving abilities and the ability to work independently.
Ability to exercise skills in diplomacy, tact and discretion. more

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Senior Impact Resident, Pan African Programs, the Head, Impact Digital Economy will be responsible overseeing the development and management of the Digital Economy Impact Workstream in a Pan-African context. S/he will shape strategies aligned with Young Africa Works, employ impactful measurement approaches, and enhance the Foundation's Impact function. This role... will drive transformative change, amplifies the voices of African youth, and ensures high-performance outcomes.
The successful candidate will be based in any of our listed offices in Africa (Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, or Uganda). 

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Contributes to the development and evolution of the overall Pan-African Programs (PANA) Impact Framework and Measurement Strategy.
Develops, guides, and manages the work of the Digital Economy Impact Partner Organization (IPO) in the design and implementation of impact measurement plans from strategy to partner level.
Leads the co-creation, with relevant members of Impact and PANA teams, of evidence-informed planning for impact, as well as an impact measurement and evaluation approach, roadmap and workplans for the Digital Economy Impact Workstream.
Fosters a conducive environment for collaboration with the PANA team to establish evidence-informed design and refinement of Digital Economy related strategies, portfolios and partner initiatives based on insights from impact work.
Provides technical impact expertise and advice on Digital Economy related impact matters to relevant Directors and Heads in the PANA team.
Advises the Senior Impact Resident, Pan-African Programs, on approaches and progress in Digital Economy programming, and the implications for the work of the Impact team.
Stays abreast of state-of-the-art advances in fields of work relevant to the Digital Economy Impact Workstream.
Collaborate with Senior Impact Resident, Global Advisors, and multiple teams to facilitate discussions, develop narratives, methodologies, and strategies to harness impact work for understanding, promoting, and evaluating systemic and transformative change in the Digital Economy.
Works closely with relevant Impact Directors and Heads, as well as IPOs to:

Develop capacities, tools, and approaches consistent with the Foundation’s Impact Strategy.
Advance thinking and methods for the assessment of impact with an African orientation.
Oversee the implementation of relevant evaluative practices that are valued by key stakeholders.
Develop new approaches to elevate in reviews and evaluations the voices and interests of young women and men, and of African stakeholders more broadly.
Integrate insights around decolonization and Africa-rooted evaluation in the work of the Workstream.
Develop synergies and coherence across programming and impact work.
Ensure a shared understanding of reporting requirements and processes.
Test, refine and scale new approaches to impact work, including evaluations, in line with the Foundation’s aspiration and values.


Develops or connects with groups of advisors, think tanks, IPOs, and other partners to support the goals of Workstream, focusing on areas such as foresight, horizon scanning, evidence-based programming, and adaptive management.
Ensures curation and sharing of highly relevant resources in support of the work of the Workstream.
Serves as the primary representative for Impact within continental and global platforms, driving the progress of Digital Economy impact initiatives in external forums and networks.
Ensures alignment and coordination between the Impact team, Country, and HCD Programs engaged in the Digital Economy, fostering coherence in planning and impact efforts.
Manages the recruitment and onboarding of IPOs, oversees their work implementation, and assembles a skilled team of African specialists to drive excellence in the Workstream.
Provides technical expertise and leadership in the development of impact measurement and narrative frameworks in line with the requirements of the Workstream, and in line with the aspirations and values of the Foundation and the Impact Strategy.
Leads collaborative efforts with PANA Portfolio Planning and Learning Head, Foundation units, and advisors to synthesize evidence and insights for enhancing performance in Digital Economy programming, aiming for transformative impacts.
Works with IPOs, Impact team, Program, and Operations colleagues to establish a learning approach and processes that incorporate evaluative findings and evidence to guide decision-making at partner, thematic, Country, Pan-Africa, and Foundation levels.
Continuously evolve the Workstream in line with requirements, assess existing capacities and fill gaps that emerge.

WHO YOU ARE

A master’s or PhD degree in International Development, Measurement and Evaluation, or any of the thematic areas or special areas of interest to the Foundation.
15 years of full-time work experience in systems-informed measurement, evaluation and other impact related work in complex programming and development contexts, preferably in Africa.
A minimum of 5 years of senior management experience is required in the international development, philanthropy, or impact investment sectors, including extensive experience at the regional or Pan-African level, and working closely with governments, mandated institutions, and the private sector.
An astute people leader with minimum 5 years of experience in a senior management role in an African context, with proven experience attracting, onboarding, developing, and engaging diverse teams in multiple locations in different contexts and cultures.
Significant proven leadership in areas related to Digital Economy thematic area requiring understanding of cross-border and cross-regional contexts in Africa, including experience in establishing relevant Pan-African programs and/or evaluation strategies.
Understands state-of-the-art technical subject matter relevant to the work of the Workstream, and able to innovate based on mastery of specific areas of interest.
Understands how to embed evidence-informed planning and adaptive management in programming and impact work.
Proficient in employing diverse techniques such as systems-informed theories of change, landscape mapping, root cause analysis, network mapping, and intersectional analyses to comprehend the impact and experiences of different population segments within systemic change.
Experienced in providing guidance in the development of systems-informed theories of (transformative) change and their application in impact work.
Experience in establishing relevant Pan-African programs and/or evaluation strategies.
Excellent networks of connections to high quality persons and organizations in Africa and beyond, relevant to the Digital Economy thematic area.
Demonstrated commitment to vulnerable and marginalized populations in Africa, and to youth voice and agency.
Deep sense of curiosity and clear efforts to stay abreast of state-of-the-art developments in the field.
Social impact measurement background with demonstrated expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research or evaluation methods and tools.
Understands systems thinking and capable of driving systemic and transformative change, utilizing various practices and insights pertaining to systems-level change, including foresight and trends scanning.
Strong commitment to equity and social inclusion, in both technical and management contexts.
A relationship builder who fosters strong and productive relationships across organizational functions, effectively partnering with others and adeptly addressing conflicts.
Strong problem-solving skills combined with a track record of pivoting in response to opportunities and challenges.
Willing to travel across Africa.
Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
Proven excellence in verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures and to distill complex information and data into accessible conversation and written pieces.
Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.
You have a commitment to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision. more

THE OPPORTUNITY  
Reporting to the Program Lead, Youth Engagement, the Partner will support the implementation of the Foundation’s youth engagement strategy and initiatives that advance the delivery of Young Africa Works Strategic goals, and country road map for Kenya. Specific activities include supporting meaningful engagement of young people as a key strategic pillar, supporting Mastercard... Foundation alumni network Kenya chapter, elevating youth voices for impact, gathering youth engagement insights, and supporting integration of young people’s initiatives and ideas into the country road map.
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Support Youth engagement mainstreaming in programs and mapping of youth engagement stakeholders and youth-led organizations in Kenya.
Collaborate with the team to identify, document, and mobilize youth engagement and inclusiveness-related insight and learning from the Foundation’s work.
Provide support in diagnosing and contributing to expertise on youth engagement enabling environment, and policy to inform country strategy design, partnership development, and monitoring processes. 
Support in identifying key gaps, trends, and opportunities for youth engagement work to influence decision making, resource allocation, building youth agency, and policy change to support creation of dignified and fulfilling work for young people in Kenya.
Support youth engagement assessments and designing detailed support plans for staff and partners at the country level including sensitization, capacity building, training, resource development, reporting, identifying support networks, etc.
Support meaningful engagement of young people during proposal development, program implementation and during close out.
Support development of comprehensive youth engagement approaches on mindset change and transformation among young people and communities.
Support segmenting of the different groups of young people in Kenya and development of personas to inform Foundation programming.
Support provision of perspectives, insights, and trends on emerging opportunities and issues affecting engagement of young people in Kenya and their endeavor to access dignified and fulfilling work opportunities.
Provide support in the adaptation and development of youth engagement analysis tools to suit country context and provide technical support in applying them to various programs at the country level. 
Provide support and offer implementation guidance to the Mastercard Foundation alumni network chapter for Kenya leadership teams in-country.
Plan, and support Mastercard Foundation alumni network chapter for Kenya committee recruitment, onboarding, and offering guidance.
Support establishment of a feedback loop mechanism for the Mastercard Foundation Kenya Alumni Network Chapter and Youth Led Organizations initiatives.
Offer support to the alumni committee to build connections with private, public, and civil society networks. 
Support creation of safe spaces where young people are engaged in dialogue and positioned to positively influence resource allocation, mind set change, decision making, and sector-wide policies at the sub-national, national, and regional level to achieve long-lasting impact in the creation of dignified and fulfilling work for young people.
Support and guide partners on ways to invest on youth voice and adopting best practices of meaningfully engaging young people in the program.
Support setting up and utilization of genuine, safe, inclusive, and comfortable forums including Youth Forums, Youth Voice Platform, youth Panels and Meet your Role Model sessions to drive engagement, solicit input from young people and extraction of learnings and reflections (through the young person lens) and to enable for a continuous adaptive management of program implementation.
Support implementing partners to build effective youth engagement and outreach mechanisms that keep young women and men as the focal point in their approach.
Support the launching of the national Youth Advisory Group for Kenya and youth feedback loop mechanisms.
Support our partners to establish Mastercard Foundation Sounding Boards to enhance youth voice and their participation in decision making.
 Ensure the Foundation and its partners are accountable to the young people their thoughts, aspirations, dreams, and ideas are reflected in the Foundation programming.
Initiate relationships with organizations working on youth voice, meaning engagement, youth leadership and youth empowerment and various segments of young people and create opportunities to listen to them and consider their input towards enhancing reach and impact for underserved young women and men in the country.
Collaborate with the Youth engagement community of practice to identify and contribute to relevant learning represent the Foundation at youth engagement related events within the Country.
Build and maintain relationships with leaders in the field of youth engagement and youth voice, particularly in and identify and help develop strategic partnerships at country level.

WHO YOU ARE

Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline such as International Development, Youth Engagement, Social Science etc.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience supporting young people, community mobilization and engagement, organizing youth engagement forums involving young women and men in Kenya.
Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Slido, Kahoot, Mentimeter, Teams, Zoom etc.
Excellent English and Kiswahili written and spoken communication skills and fluency in other local language(s).
Must be familiar with the Kenyan youth landscape and culture.
Solid experience in progressive responsibility in the development and private sector with proven history of integrating youth engagement outcomes in programs and operations.
Youth events planning, management experience, strong coordination skills, and understanding of project management.
Experience in related discipline such as youth engagement, management of alumni network, community engagement, Youth Voice, social science, project management etc.
Excellent organizational skills and proven ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
Earlier experience consulting in the youth engagement space including working with youth leaders, influencers, refugees, people with disabilities and young people in the informal settlements is an added advantage.
Ability to make sound judgement decisions and proofreading skills with a high attention to detail.
Flexible, intellectually curious, 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. more

THE OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the Director, Assurance & Enterprise Risk Management, the Head, IT Risk Management & Assurance will be responsible for supporting the roll-out of the Foundation’s technology plan by evaluating potential risks to design technological systems that may threaten business technological goals, driving the inclusion of effective automated controls to address identified risks... and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. In addition, He/she will assist with planning, coordinating, implementing, and reporting on all IT Advisory and Audit engagements in accordance with the annual audit and risk plan, audit manual, International Auditing standards, Foundation IT policies and strategic plan. He/she will provide advice to improve the existing IT risk management practices within the Foundation.
The successful candidate will be based in any of our listed offices in Africa or Canada (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, and Nigeria).
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Contribute to the development and deployment of the technology roadmap within the Foundation including strategic IT risk management frameworks, programs and processes needed to build a robust, strong, and sustainable IT control environment.
Conduct quality assurance reviews on the technology roll-out being undertaken by the Foundation and prepare reports of findings and remedial actions to management.
Identify significant IT risks or exposures related to internal controls, compliance and governance and collaborate with various stakeholders to develop solutions.
Collaborate with the technology team to ensure appropriate controls are in place to manage cybersecurity, data privacy and data management risks.
Promote cultural awareness of IT risk management that will assist in responsible risk-taking across the Foundation.
Conduct IT risk assessments and provide input into the Foundation’s risk profile including IT risk management activities and end-to-end business process reviews to address key IT risks.
Provide input into the development of the Foundation’s IT audit strategy, risk management activities and risk-based internal audit plan covering all countries and functions.
Execute on the Foundation’s annual internal audit plan. 
Provide audit reports to management that articulate the potential impact of IT-related issues identified and provide practical recommendations. Collaborate with management on implementation and track progress.  
Report to management on the status of IT internal audit activities, emerging risks, and potential exposures, and provide guidance with respect to enterprise risk management and internal control best practices. 
Report to the Functional leadership on the status of internal audit activities, emerging risks, and potential exposures, and provide guidance on enterprise risk management and internal control best practices. 
Participate in senior country management meetings including various forums in an advisory capacity on IT risk and audit matters or on the design of key IT controls. 
Review implementation of recommendations from incident reports, internal and external audit reports 
Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders and steer collaborations across the Foundation including relevant enterprise functions, program partners, external auditors, colleagues, and communities. 
External professional engagement with Audit and Risk practitioners 
Train the Foundation teams in different aspects including IT security and risk management, internal controls, IT governance aspects among others.

WHO YOU ARE

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data analytics, Data Science.
Master’s degree in IT Security or related field is an added advantage.
Professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CRISC, PRINCE2, PMP, CDPSE, CGEIT, CEH, CCNA and CISSP.
Member of a relevant professional body plus relevant CPD that establishes credibility and capability in the IT Risk market.
15 years IT Audit, Third Party Assurance, and IT Controls Advisory experience.
Minimum 5 years in audit or risk roles within large and/or global organizations, with at least 4 years in a senior IT audit or risk management role. 
Broad experience in IT risk management, business process and controls advisory and PCAOB Audit.
Work with a range of ERP and IS/IT systems environments such as SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, and other infrastructures such as Unix/Windows operating system, Oracle/SQL database and Cisco/Juniper/Checkpoint firewall systems.
Experience in IT controls, Risk Management, accounting or business processes, system implementation or IT project assurance.
Experience in ERP reviews, audits, implementation, or advisory roles such as SAP, Oracle, JDE, Dynamics or Peoplesoft will be an advantage.
Intermediate coding experience or use of data technology such as SQL, Alteryx, Celonis, RPA, Power BI or Python will be an advantage.
Experience in planning and performing all stages in the audit process and business reviews. 
Experience in preparing and presenting reports to senior leadership team. 
Thorough knowledge of best practice IT governance and control frameworks
Experience building IT capabilities and capacity of an internal audit function in high growth organizations including multi-jurisdictional and multi-currency environments.
Experience in preparing and presenting reports to senior leadership team.
The ability and willingness to travel within the Country and Africa where required.
Experience working in the development sector is an added advantage.
Ability to assess risks and exercise judgment in making important decisions.
French language skill is an added advantage. 
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. more

THE OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the Program Lead, Education and Skills, the Program Consultant will be responsible for development and implementation for a portfolio of skilling and training programs targeting young people not in the formal education system, also called Not in employment, Education, or Training (NEETS). This is aligned with Foundation’s Young Africa Works priorities. S/he will... provide expertise and interacts with senior levels of partner organizations and ecosystem stakeholders to advance the development and delivery of the Foundation’s country strategy.
This consultant contract will last 1 year renewable.
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Lead the development and co-creation of education and skilling /NEETS interventions.
Engage with mandated stakeholders and young people to co-create opportunities linking/ enabling young people completing skilling /NEETS programs access to dignified and fulfilling work. 
Integrate impact considerations to ensure the needs of young women and young people in general are addressed within the program design.
Collaborate with Country Program team in development of strategies relevant to Young Africa Works and their interlinkages to skilling NEETS. 
Lead implementation of portfolio of skilling NEETS interventions. 
Extract, capture and communicate details to elaborate progress and learnings from programs.
Collaborate with Country Program team to leverage synergistic opportunities to enhance Impact/outcomes of Young Africa Works programs.
Provide NEETs skilling expertise to support Foundation colleagues leading programming across the relevant economic sectors and value chains. 
Represent the Foundation’s interest in program governance activities to provide oversight or elevate and leverage learnings. 
Work with implementation partners and beneficiaries to contribute towards systematic learning and reflection processes to enable continuous adaptive management of the program. 
Collaborate and guide implementation partners in identifying and overcoming barriers to team effectiveness by sharing knowledge and learnings and offering insights and solutions to challenges.
Provide perspective and expertise on emerging issues and trends in NEETs Skilling and keep abreast of developments.
Identify challenges and opportunities in the NEETs Skilling space relevant to all relevant economic sectors in Kenya. 
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders at country and global-level, communities of practice.
Lead matrixed/cross functional team in myriad of activities related to co-design and implementation phase. 
Supervise colleagues and/junior staff experts by providing coaching and necessary support for success.

WHO YOU ARE

Bachelor’s degree in education, social sciences, or a youth development or related field and a relevant professional qualification.
Member of a relevant professional body.
Minimum of ten (10) years’ relevant experience in a similar organization with three (3) at supervisory level.
Strong understanding of issues, challenges, and trends in and design and implementation of NEETS in Kenya. 
Program development and execution in the non-profit or public sectors with a focus on NEETS and workforce development training. 
Skills or workforce development program development and execution, focused on low-income youth. 
Demonstrated ability to lead diagnostic and analytic work as well as project design, partner identification and implementation. 
Experience working with or in partnership with non-profit, private, or public sectors, particularly in a role relating to skills development in Kenya.
Command of quantitative and qualitative skilling and labour market analysis techniques. 
Excellent project management skills, including multi-stakeholder projects with community centres, county governments, senior levels of government and the private sector. 
Knowledge of skills and workforce development aligned with one or more growth sectors (e.g., agri-food systems, Digitally Enabled work, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, creative industries) would be an asset. 
Knowledge in skills and workforce development financing approaches is an added advantage. 
Solid experience and knowledge in skills development issues surrounding vulnerable groups (e.g., rural young women, refugee or displaced youth, youth with disabilities etc.). 
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. more

THE OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the Program Lead, Education and Skills, the Program Consultant will be responsible for development and implementation for a portfolio of skilling and training programs targeting young people not in the formal education system, also called Not in employment, Education, or Training (NEETS). This is aligned with Foundation’s Young Africa Works priorities. S/he will... provide expertise and interacts with senior levels of partner organizations and ecosystem stakeholders to advance the development and delivery of the Foundation’s country strategy.
This consultant contract will last 1 year renewable.
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Lead the development and co-creation of education and skilling /NEETS interventions.
Engage with mandated stakeholders and young people to co-create opportunities linking/ enabling young people completing skilling /NEETS programs access to dignified and fulfilling work. 
Integrate impact considerations to ensure the needs of young women and young people in general are addressed within the program design.
Collaborate with Country Program team in development of strategies relevant to Young Africa Works and their interlinkages to skilling NEETS. 
Lead implementation of portfolio of skilling NEETS interventions. 
Extract, capture and communicate details to elaborate progress and learnings from programs.
Collaborate with Country Program team to leverage synergistic opportunities to enhance Impact/outcomes of Young Africa Works programs.
Provide NEETs skilling expertise to support Foundation colleagues leading programming across the relevant economic sectors and value chains. 
Represent the Foundation’s interest in program governance activities to provide oversight or elevate and leverage learnings. 
Work with implementation partners and beneficiaries to contribute towards systematic learning and reflection processes to enable continuous adaptive management of the program. 
Collaborate and guide implementation partners in identifying and overcoming barriers to team effectiveness by sharing knowledge and learnings and offering insights and solutions to challenges.
Provide perspective and expertise on emerging issues and trends in NEETs Skilling and keep abreast of developments.
Identify challenges and opportunities in the NEETs Skilling space relevant to all relevant economic sectors in Kenya. 
Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders at country and global-level, communities of practice.
Lead matrixed/cross functional team in myriad of activities related to co-design and implementation phase. 
Supervise colleagues and/junior staff experts by providing coaching and necessary support for success.

WHO YOU ARE

Bachelor’s degree in education, social sciences, or a youth development or related field and a relevant professional qualification.
Member of a relevant professional body.
Minimum of ten (10) years’ relevant experience in a similar organization with three (3) at supervisory level.
Strong understanding of issues, challenges, and trends in and design and implementation of NEETS in Kenya. 
Program development and execution in the non-profit or public sectors with a focus on NEETS and workforce development training. 
Skills or workforce development program development and execution, focused on low-income youth. 
Demonstrated ability to lead diagnostic and analytic work as well as project design, partner identification and implementation. 
Experience working with or in partnership with non-profit, private, or public sectors, particularly in a role relating to skills development in Kenya.
Command of quantitative and qualitative skilling and labour market analysis techniques. 
Excellent project management skills, including multi-stakeholder projects with community centres, county governments, senior levels of government and the private sector. 
Knowledge of skills and workforce development aligned with one or more growth sectors (e.g., agri-food systems, Digitally Enabled work, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, creative industries) would be an asset. 
Knowledge in skills and workforce development financing approaches is an added advantage. 
Solid experience and knowledge in skills development issues surrounding vulnerable groups (e.g., rural young women, refugee or displaced youth, youth with disabilities etc.). 
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. more