Program Lead, TVET Job at Mastercard Foundation - Career Opportunity in Rwanda
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Vacancy title:
Program Lead, TVET

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: NGO , Category: NGO ]

 

Jobs at:

Mastercard Foundation

Deadline of this Job:
30th October 2019  

Duty Station:
Within Rwanda , Kigali , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed


JOB DETAILS:
Mastercard Foundation is a global foundation based in Toronto, Canada with several offices in Africa. Our programs promote financial inclusion and advance education and learning in Africa, primarily for young people, and in Canada for Indigenous youth. The Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company. From inception, the Foundation was designed to be a separate entity and independent from Mastercard. Our policies, operations, and funding decisions are made by our President and Board of Directors. The Foundation believes that youth employment is key to unlocking prosperity, both for youth and their societies. Enabling young women and men from disadvantaged communities to secure dignified and fulfilling work will ensure inclusive development and economic growth in Africa. Values are timeless, they transcend and rise above all. They guide everything we do, as employees of the Foundation. We share a common vision of a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. We make mistakes, we reflect, and we grow so that we can impact our world – it’s why we are here. We are ambitious and driven. We encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work. We laugh at ourselves and with each other. We are a team. Our journey together makes our impact even more meaningful. .

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
• Provide expertise in the Education and Skills Technical Expertise Group, with a particular focus on TVET, to support Foundation colleagues’ design and management of programs in priority countries
• Identify issues and trends that affect the quality of TVET, as part of the Foundation’s country strategy and program development processes.
• Lead oversight of consultancies focusing on scoping research, learning and program design.
• Lead the adaptation of the Foundation’s programming and learning related to TVET to specific country contexts, leveraging country diagnostics and learning from our portfolio of partners.
• Identify and engage with potential implementing partners for country-based TVET programming and support the development of program proposals.
• Support and/or manage current or future programs as appropriate, which may include facilitating implementing partner coordination, reviewing narrative and financial reporting, undertaking regular partner/site visits and distilling learnings for the country and TEG teams as well as wider Foundation staff.
• Assist in expanding the Foundation team’s capacity relating to TVET and training and development, by sharing learning and supporting country teams.
• Support the design and delivery of appropriate mechanisms to monitor effectiveness and impact of TVET interventions in close collaboration with the Impact team.
• Participate in TVET partner coordination working groups, task forces and other meetings where relevant.
• Build and maintain relationships with partner organizations, government representatives and other key stakeholders at the country-level, communities of practice and global education stakeholders.
WHO YOU ARE
• Graduate degree in education, or a youth development-related field.
• Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience leading program interventions with partner organizations/grantees; education sector experience is desirable.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership and management experience including managing staff and coaching, mentoring and providing feedback.
• Strong understanding of key issues, challenges and trends in TVET in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience working in an education-focused program or policy context in the non-profit or public sectors with a focus on TVET and workforce development training.
• Knowledge of, and experience designing and implementing, best practices in TVET.
• Solid familiarity with the key organizations, development partners, donors, international organizations and other actors relevant to TVET in Africa.
• Knowledge of education policy and reform across multiple African contexts.
• Demonstrated ability to lead diagnostic and analytic work as well as project design, partner identification and implementation.
• Excellent project management skills, including multi-stakeholder projects with senior levels of government and the private sector.
• Experience living and/or working in a developing country, particularly on the African continent.
• Demonstrated written, presentation and spoken communication skills in English required
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be flexible and adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity.
• Proactive, engaged and a self-starter.
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Good organizational skills and demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• Fluency in French and/or another African language is an added advantage.
• Is willing to travel up to 20 - 30%.
• You are flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• You possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
You possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify the Foundation’s values.

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Job Info
Job Category: NGO - Non Government Organisations jobs in Rwanda
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job:  30th October 2019
Duty Station: Rwanda
Posted: 16-10-2019
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 16-10-2019
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 16-10-2065
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