Manager - Evaluation and Learning
About the Organization:
The MasterCard Foundation is an independent, private foundation based in Toronto, Canada. Through its programs in financial inclusion and youth learning, and collaboration with partner organizations in several countries, mostly in Africa, it creates opportunities for all people to learn and prosper. The Foundation works to broaden economic participation of the poor and to enable young people to realize their potential. Much of this work is intended to be accomplished by building strong institutions in developing countries and investing in robust evaluation and learning agendas.
The MasterCard Foundation is an independent, private foundation based in Toronto, Canada. Through its programs in financial inclusion and youth learning, and collaboration with partner organizations in several countries, mostly in Africa, it creates opportunities for all people to learn and prosper. The Foundation works to broaden economic participation of the poor and to enable young people to realize their potential. Much of this work is intended to be accomplished by building strong institutions in developing countries and investing in robust evaluation and learning agendas.
About the Job:
The MasterCard Foundation is seeking a Manager - Evaluation and Learning. S/he will help to guide the evaluation and learning function at the foundation and will provide strategic advice and technical assistance to programs. S/he will leverage evaluation and learning expertise as well as sector-specific expertise in the areas of financial inclusion and/or youth learning. S/he will report to the director of evaluation and learning. The position is based in Toronto.
The MasterCard Foundation is seeking a Manager - Evaluation and Learning. S/he will help to guide the evaluation and learning function at the foundation and will provide strategic advice and technical assistance to programs. S/he will leverage evaluation and learning expertise as well as sector-specific expertise in the areas of financial inclusion and/or youth learning. S/he will report to the director of evaluation and learning. The position is based in Toronto.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Program evaluation design and implementation:
- Assess needs and design monitoring and evaluation plans to address the progress of and ensure rich learning from complex multiyear project proposals, in partnership with program staff;
- Review monitoring and evaluation proposals, and advise staff and partners on the design and implementation of these plans;
- Manage quality mid-term, final, developmental, and other types of evaluations of projects that support strategic learning.
- Foundation level evaluation and learning:
- Manage the analysis and synthesis of key themes, achievements, and lessons-learned from the foundation’s financial inclusion and/or economic opportunities for youth programming;
- Collaborate with communications, IT, and finance staff to improve the foundation’s knowledge management activities;
- Collaborate with staff to effectively share the lessons learned by the foundation’s financial inclusion and/or economic opportunities for youth programming.
- Other duties:
- Manage research partners and oversee research implementation as relevant to programmatic learning agendas;
- Assist in the creation and mainstreaming of best practice resources on evaluation and learning;
- Assess current monitoring systems and support enhancements or upgrades.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree or equivalent experience in evaluation or a related field such as International Development, Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Behavioral Sciences, or Public Policy;
- Minimum of 10 years' professional experience with at least 6 years hands-on experience managing and/or conducting evaluation, research, public policy analysis, and/or working with a variety of qualitative and quantitative evaluation techniques;
- Strong sector-based experience and expertise in areas relevant to the foundation’s areas of work in financial inclusion or youth learning and development. This may include:
- Financial inclusion - e.g., scaling access to financial services particularly for disadvantaged populations, youth financial services, rural and agricultural finance and development, savings groups, financial education, and/or microfinance capacity building;
- Economic opportunities for youth – e.g., youth employability and workforce readiness, entrepreneurship, asset-building, and/or connecting youth to jobs.
- Ability to apply evaluation tools and techniques in diverse situations and scenarios;
- Experience providing technical advice and assistance;
- Demonstrated skill in prioritizing and balancing multiple competing tasks, projects, and deadlines;
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills;
- Facilitation skills desired;
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office products (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and ability to learn and use new databases proficiently.
Closing Date: 23 Sep 2013
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Ottawa
Ontario
K2P 0C2
Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
K2P 0C2
Canada
Telephone: 613-742-3210
Fax: 613-749-9599
Fax: 613-749-9599
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