Lead, Strategic Research - Toronto, Canada - Mastercard Foundation

Mastercard Foundation

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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ABOUT MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper.

Through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services, and dignified work.

Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO.

THE WORK AT THE FOUNDATION

We are currently in an exciting period at the Mastercard Foundation as we intensify the implementation of the Young Africa Works strategy, aiming to empower 30 million young people throughout Africa to access dignified and fulfilling employment.

To ensure the Foundation's accessibility to our partners and program participants, we have established offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Uganda.

These offices provide strong in-country support for the implementation of Young Africa Works.

We collaborate with governments, the private sector, educators, and other funders to enhance the quality of education and vocational training, equip young individuals with the necessary skills for the workforce, expand access to financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and facilitate connections between job seekers and meaningful employment opportunities.

Our values serve as our guiding principles, transcending and surpassing all other considerations. We wholeheartedly encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Director, Program & Strategic Research, the Lead, Strategic Research will be responsible for the design and execution of knowledge development specifically to support emerging the Foundation's strategic needs to further the Young Africa Works and other Foundation's program objectives.

S/he will contribute to the development of the five-year research and knowledge development agenda in response to immediate research questions, providing quality assurance for diagnostic, Research and Development, foresight, and strategic research to enable programming across countries, regions and programs.

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WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Work with the team to deliver the design of research systems/processes/protocols to ensure highquality research design, implementation, and analysis.
Collaborate with interfacing teams to identify and address research questions to enhance effectiveness of programs and partnerships and alignment to the Young Africa Works strategy, EleV and other functional programs.
Contribute to building a culture that encourages evidenceinformed decision making.
Work with team to lead, collate, commission, and synthesize research on programmatic, strategic, Scholars & other programs' knowledge building including the understanding of country and regional contexts to support program codesign, implementation & review processes.
Work with team to develop and ensure quality control of internal & externally commissioned research outputs and content generated.
Work with Director, Program & Strategic Research to contribute to the development of Research Strategy & build research agenda and knowledge expertise to address longterm strategic questions on global development and youth employment.
Enable teams to access the bestinclass external research and knowledge through internal mechanisms and processes.
Write and publish learnings on the Foundations programs to influence best practice internally and externally.
Disseminate relevant learnings and insights to internal and external audiences.
Continuously explore sharing opportunities for the Foundation's program work.
Actively develop strong global relationships with external research partners.
Lead team to partner with the Programs team on proposal development and review to provide technical input into proposals.
Work with Research Team to build and strengthen the capacity of others to deliver high quality research, analysis, publications, and documentation.

WHO YOU ARE

Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences and Humanities, global development, Public Policy Research.
Master's/MBA in global development, education, public policy, or any other related field
Member of a relevant professional body.
10+ years' experience in higher education, the social sciences, development and/or government or public policy within nonprofit organizations, international NGO's and/or learning institutions.
Expertise in researching development, political and social issues across Africa. Deep understanding of research methodologies and approaches, especially in economic transformation/growth and development policy. Deep understanding of the research ecosystem and