Reporting to the Head, Support Services. The Lead, Transformative Leadership, and Giveback will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of strategies and activities to strengthen the Transformative Leadership within the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, and the Foundation’s broader Young Africa Works strategy. 

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• Develop an overarching strategy and set of programs – both face-to-face and online - to enhance the transformative leadership experience that Scholars and Alumni receive to support their learning and development.
• Oversee the Scholars Program transformative leadership framework, reviewing and updating as necessary with new knowledge and insights.
• Lead co-creation and delivery of innovative transformative leadership programs for Scholars and alumni across the Scholars Program partner network
• Support Scholars Program partners to build their on-campus transformative leadership programs and experiences. 
• Establish means of measuring success and progress, in consultation with Impact and Design and Learning teams, developing a learning framework to better understand the impact Transformative Leadership programs and initiatives are having on Scholars, their institutions, and other key stakeholders.
• Lead engagement with leaders within and outside the Foundation to identify and connect Scholars to opportunities that enrich their leadership journey.
• Develop a long-term strategy for showcasing the Foundation as a thought-leader and contributor in transformative leadership and leadership development of young people, in Africa.
• Build a network of African and global stakeholders in the leadership and education ecosystem, that will expand the thinking and opportunities for Scholar and alumni to develop their transformative leadership mindsets and behaviours as well as give back projects and that will champion the Scholar value-proposition and brand.
• Drive inclusion, ensuring that all transformative leadership programs and inputs consider the specific realities and needs of hardest to reach youth, particularly young women, refugees and displaced youth, and young people with disabilities.
• Lead the design and implementation of the Baobab Platform, to support Scholars and alumni of Foundation programs foster a sense of community, build transformative leadership skills and facilitate transitions throughout their education and career.
• Lead the design and delivery of the Baobab Summit, ensuring that the Summit is an event that showcases the Foundation, and Scholars, as a thought-leaders in transformative leadership.
• Lead the relationship between the Foundation and the Scholars Council
• Oversee the capture of data and learnings and ensure that insights and impact are routinely and effectively reported, and continually integrated into program design and implementation
• Utilize the Foundation’s tools and systems to effectively manage data, projects and initiatives.
• Cultivate and manage relationships with stakeholders to scale impact.
• Facilitate connections and exchange and learning across the Scholars Program partner network, including contributing to the planning and delivery of face-to-face convenings and virtual meetings.
• Champion safeguarding of Scholars and all Program participants.
• Identify and recruit talent, effectively mentoring and coaching colleagues, ensuring high quality of work, alignment with Foundation values, access to development opportunities and a supportive and collaborative work environmenta

• Develop an overarching strategy and set of programs to enhance the transformative leadership experience
• Oversee the Scholars Program transformative leadership framework
• Lead co-creation and delivery of innovative transformative leadership programs
• Support Scholars Program partners to build their on-campus transformative leadership programs
• Establish means of measuring success and progress
• Lead engagement with leaders within and outside the Foundation
• Develop a long-term strategy for showcasing the Foundation as a thought-leader
• Build a network of African and global stakeholders
• Drive inclusion, ensuring all transformative leadership programs consider specific realities and needs
• Lead the design and implementation of the Baobab Platform
• Lead the design and delivery of the Baobab Summit
• Lead the relationship between the Foundation and the Scholars Council
• Oversee the capture of data and learnings
• Utilize the Foundation’s tools and systems to effectively manage data, projects, and initiatives
• Cultivate and manage relationships with stakeholders to scale impact
• Facilitate connections and exchange and learning across the Scholars Program partner network
• Champion safeguarding of Scholars and all Program participants
• Identify and recruit talent, effectively mentoring and coaching colleagues

• Experience in designing and delivering leadership development programs
• Experience in engaging with senior leadership
• Experience in creating and building new initiatives
• Experience and sensitivity to issues of inclusion
• Experience in building and managing high performing teams
• Excellent strategic capability
• Deep knowledge of key issues in African youth employment
• Excellent fluency in English
• Excellent analytical skills
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Drive to continually experiment and innovate

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Professional qualification and a member of a relevant professional body (desirable)
• Minimum of twelve (10) years overall experience
• Experience in designing and delivering leadership development programs for young people
• Experience in engaging with senior leadership
• Experience in creating and building a new initiative
• Experience and sensitivity to issues of inclusion
• Experience in building and managing high performing teams
• Experience working across cultures and geographies