Mastercard Foundation: Lead, Strategy and Learning Job 2019
Salary range: Confidential | Contract type: Fixed term
Closing Date: 14 October 2019
Job Summary
Reporting to the Head, the goal of the Lead is to catalyze learning and evidenced-based decision-making across the Foundation and within our networks of stakeholders. Working within the Strategy & Learning department and closely with the Thought Leadership, Communications, and Human Resource departments, as well as the Program Team, this role has primary responsibility for mobilizing knowledge using a wide range of processes, products and tools.
Responsibilities
- Conduct quality assessment of statistical data generated by national data collection agencies and identify opportunities for capacity support.
- Identify local and/or regional learning partners to support learning activities when possible and identify opportunities to strengthen institutional capacity.
- Support the development and implementation of the Foundation-wide research framework.
- Commission research projects and partners, including drafting Request for Proposals, managing proposal and partner selection, and contracting processes.
- Manage ongoing research projects with a wide variety of research partners with a wide range of experience, expertise, and capacity.
- Contribute to regular updates of the evidence map informing our work, scanning the emerging literature and practice for relevant evidence to guide our programs and investments.
- Contribute to and lead the effective internal and external use of research-related evidence, including the uptake of research results by Foundation teams, both in Toronto and Africa.
- Contribute to a learning culture within the Foundation that is reflective, people-focused, and rooted in evidence.
- Assist with development and maintenance of internal research guidance, including tools, processes, and information management.
- Support the development and revisions of the ‘Evaluation Policy’ and approaches.
- Lead the planning, design and implementation of mixed-method approaches of evaluations, including but not limited to, impact evaluations.
- Develop a process for procuring, reviewing and selecting contractors for external evaluations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Requirements
Required education: Post-graduate education
Required relevant work experience: 10 years
Required languages: English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)