Mastercard Foundation
Lead, Program Evidence
Toronto, Canada
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About the role
- The job holder will contribute to the delivery of the Program Evidence Strategy as it applies to the needs of specific program platforms.
- They will operationalize the delivery of strategic and demand-responsive evidence services, commission diagnostic and landscaping studies and commissioning and managing other research to enable programming.
- Write and publish learnings on the Foundations programs to influence best practice internally and externally.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of research systems/processes/protocols for Program Evidence to ensure high-quality research design, implementation, and analysis.
- Collaborate with programs teams to identify and address research and evidence needs to enhance effectiveness of programs and partnerships and alignment to the Young Africa Works and EleV strategies.
- Contribute to collating, commissioning and synthesizing evidence on programmatic knowledge building including the understanding of country and regional contexts to support program co-design, implementation and review processes.
- Collaborate with Program teams to co-develop research partnerships aligned with programming needs and evidence development strategy.
- Work with the team to develop and ensure quality control of internal & externally commissioned programs research outputs and content generated.
- Work with the team to develop strong global and in-region relationships with external research and evidence partners.
- Work with the team to build and strengthen the capacity of others to deliver high-quality evidence, research, analysis, publications and documentation.
- Work with the team to contribute to building a culture that encourages evidence-informed decision making.
- Lead the engagement with local stakeholders and program teams to determine long-term priority research needs.
- Proven experience in effectively engaging with technical experts and institutions to build communities of practice.
Requirements
- Expertise in researching development, political, economic, cultural and social issues across Africa.
- Experience working with and managing research or knowledge development teams with ability to plan for and prioritize multiple enterprise-wide initiatives with varying timelines.
- Ability to work effectively across teams and functions to achieve organizational objectives.
- Strong research skills with the ability to translate findings to technical and non-technical teams.
- Demonstrated expertise in both quantitative and qualitative research or evaluation methods and tools, and ability to assess methodological rigor, blending methods, making sense of data and applying insight.
- Ability to apply ethical principles consistently throughout the research lifecycle (planning, data collection, analysis, publication).
- Familiarity with and experience in working across Africa
- Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
- Ability to communicate effectively with and relate to a broad range of internal stakeholders including Foundation leadership.
Compensation
- The annual salary for this position is within the range of $126 000 to $156 000 (CAD) commensurate with experience, skills, and internal equity considerations.
Benefits
- A Master's or PhD in global development, the social sciences, health, eco nomics, education, public policy or another related field
- 7 to 10 years leadership experience in education, health, the social sciences and humanities, development and/or public policy within non-profit organizations, international NGO's and/or learning institutions.
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