Mastercard Foundation Lead Youth Engagement Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs

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Mastercard Foundation Lead Youth Engagement Jobs 2024 – Kenya NGO Jobs.

Mastercard Foundation Kenya looking for “Lead Youth Engagement”.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before 22nd May, 2024.

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 Mastercard Foundation has published a job vacancy announcement on 04th May, 2024 for qualified Kenya’s to fill in the vacant post of Lead Youth Engagement to be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Mastercard Foundation Job Vacancy 2024

Ways you can Contribute:

Work to meaningfully engage and solicit input from young people and collaborate with the country team to ensure the inclusion of youth perspectives in portfolio and program design.
Collaborate with the Country Head and the Foundation’s technical experts, including Impact Measurement, Thematic Research, communication teams, and Program Partners, to integrate youth engagement across the Country Strategy and program cycle.
Work with country teams and partners to co-design country-level strategic outcomes and program roadmaps, proactively pursuing program integration and innovation opportunities.
Lead planning to ensure adequate resources and budgeting to implement Youth engagement and approaches into their programs.
Support implementing partners in building youth engagement and outreach mechanisms, ensuring youth remain at the centre of implementation efforts.
Manage delivery of youth engagement program
Oversee research and evaluation of partners to ensure that they stimulate relevant, rigorous, and respective approaches to deepening the Foundation’s approach to Youth in the Young Africa Works Strategy.
Work with internal Knowledge Management team to identify, document, and mobilize -related insight and learning from the Foundation’s current and future portfolio of work.
Contribute to a learning culture within the Foundation that is reflective, people-focused, and rooted in gender-sensitive evidence.
Lead in-country initiatives and focus areas relating to the Foundation’s work on youth voice and agency, Youth impact associates’ country program, youth space initiatives, and the Youth advisory group.
Lead the organization of youth forums and events and support establishing engagement platforms for Foundation alumni and young people.
Build youth-focused partnerships with local organizations to enhance the impact of Country and Regional Programs.
Manage relationships with government stakeholders.

Position in Organization:

Position Title: Lead Youth Engagement
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Contract Type: Full-Time
Application Process: Online
Deadline: 22nd May, 2024

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

Bachers, Master’s degree and/or combination of relevant experiences and qualifications in social sciences, including education, gender/women or relevant discipline with a focus on economic empowerment.
Relevant professional qualification and a member of a relevant professional body.

Experience:

A minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience in partnership management, including capacity assessment and providing feedback, training, collaborations, and networking for effective gender outcomes.
Experience planning and delivering gender training for multiple audiences and translating knowledge, including synthesizing data and articulating key insights.