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Consultant, Senior Transitions

Mastercard Foundation Ghana Full time Posted 2026-08-06

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Mastercard Foundation is hiring a Consultant, Senior Transitions to provide strategic and technical guidance on education and youth employment programs across Africa. The role involves advising governments, ministries, and partners on secondary education systems and transitions into dignified work. This is a 1-year full-time consulting position open to candidates based anywhere in Africa.

1-year full-time consulting contract with Mastercard Foundation
Strategic advisory role on education and youth employment across Africa
Requires minimum 15 years of experience in education or international development
Open to exceptional candidates based anywhere in Africa

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Job Description
Join the Mastercard Foundation’s Secondary

Education

and Transitions (SET) platform and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of
and youth employment across Africa. This is a unique opportunity for a seasoned
and development leader to provide high-level strategic and technical advice that influences large-scale
initiatives, strengthens
systems, and improves pathways for young people to transition from learning into dignified and fulfilling work.
Reporting to the Director, Transitions, the Consultant, Senior Transitions will be working closely with governments, ministries, development partners,
institutions, and Foundation teams, to help drive innovative, scalable, and sustainable solutions that advance educational access, quality, inclusion, and employment outcomes for Africa’s youth.
Contract duration
: 1 Year.
If you are a Senior Transitions professional looking to increase your impact with bold ambitions to do to do large-scale programs to address the challenge of youth unemployment and want this to be part of your legacy
, read on!
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
As a trusted advisor and ecosystem connector, you will:
Provide strategic and technical guidance to inform
strategies, program design, and implementation across the SET portfolio.
Shape innovative initiatives that strengthen secondary
systems and improve transitions into employment and entrepreneurship.
Advise on partnerships, stakeholder engagement, and government relations to support impact at scale.
Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, governance, and learning frameworks that strengthen program effectiveness and sustainability.
Support thought leadership, research, evidence generation, and policy engagement that influence the
ecosystem.
Success in this role will be measured through:
Delivery of high-quality strategic advice and programmatic recommendations.
Timely completion of agreed deliverables and stakeholder engagement activities.
Strong relationships with government and ecosystem partners.
Contributions that advance systems-level impact, sustainability, and improved outcomes for young people.
WHO YOU ARE
You are a mission-driven
and development expert with a passion for transforming opportunities for young people across Africa. You thrive in complex environments, bring credible influence with senior stakeholders, and combine strategic thinking with practical execution.
Qualifications &
systems, policy reform, and youth transitions to work.
Demonstrated

Experience

Minimum 15 years of
in education, international development, or related sectors.
Deep understanding of
working with Ministries of Education, governments, development partners, NGOs, and other key stakeholders.
Strong track record in strategy development, program design, proposal development, and project leadership.
Key Competencies
Strategic and systems thinking.
Exceptional stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
Strong communication, facilitation, and influencing capability.
Sound judgment, diplomacy, and political acumen.
Ability to navigate complex, multi-stakeholder environments and drive alignment toward shared impact
Location Flexibility
We are open to exceptional candidates based anywhere in Africa, reflecting our commitment to attracting the best talent to advance impact across the continent.
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