Deadline for Applications is September 15, 2023. senior legal counsel-pan Africa | Accra | Ghana | Mastercard foundation

MASTERCARD FOUNDATION INFORMATION

The Mastercard Foundation strives for a society in which everyone is given the chance to grow and develop. The Foundation collaborates with partners through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV initiative to ensure that millions of young people, particularly young women, have access to high-quality education, financial services, and respectable employment. When Mastercard became a publicly traded corporation in 2006, it donated generously to create the Mastercard Foundation. The Foundation is autonomous and has a separate CEO and board of directors.

The Foundation’s work

At the Mastercard Foundation, we are in an exciting time as we step up the implementation of the Young Africa Works plan, which aims to give 30 million young people in Africa access to meaningful employment.

We have opened offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Uganda to make the Foundation accessible to our partners and program participants. Young Africa Works is implemented with significant in-country support from these offices. We work together with governments, businesses, educators, and other funders to improve the standard of education and vocational training, give young people the skills they need for the workforce, increase access to financial services for small businesses and entrepreneurs, and make it easier for job seekers to connect with fulfilling employment opportunities.

Our values serve as our guiding principles and are greater than any other factors. We genuinely urge you to approach your work with your audacious ideas, inquisitiveness, and knowledge.

Read on if you’re a seasoned legal counsel professional looking to make a bigger difference.

IT’S A CHANCE

The Senior Legal Counsel will advise the Pan Africa (PANA) Programs Leadership team and offer legal assistance to important Foundation stakeholders while reporting to the Director, Pan Africa Programs. While working in a culturally and organizationally varied context, the job will create business success.

The chosen applicant will work out of one of our African locations, which are located in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, or Uganda.

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE

1. Design programs and interventions that meet the objectives of the Foundation in collaboration with the PANA leadership and potential partners.
2. Ensure compliance with the Foundation’s charitable intentions by working closely with the Programs Compliance team.
3. Examine, write, and negotiate investment and programmatic agreements.
4. Assist Pan African program teams in reviewing funding requests and new program areas by working together with the legal and compliance team.
5. Review and negotiate vendor contracts, and appropriately convey comments.
6. Following up on risk management problems connected to project implementation and vendor contract compliance.
7. Give legal assistance with projects, programs after contracting, and other business dealings involving the Foundation’s operations.
8. Recognize, assess, and react proactively to legislative developments that have an impact on the Foundation in the nations where the Pan Africa projects are conducted.
9. while collaborating closely with other legal sub-functions, assume major responsibility for the PANA team’s daily legal operations, including labor and employment, dispute resolution, and regulatory problems.
10. Implement the Foundation’s programs, programmatic investments, and other financial instruments in close collaboration with a wide range of partners, including funds, banks, and other financial institutions, in order to achieve the Foundation’s objectives.
11. control the budget for legal services and outside law firms.
12. Develop ties with members of the legal profession and attorneys working in outside law firms and/or partner agencies in pertinent nations to provide help in policy debates and negotiations with officials both within and externally.
13. Encourage the ongoing development of legal procedures and processes.
14. Maintain and update legal documentation in conjunction with the legal and compliance team.
15. As our organization develops, promote a compliance culture based on values.
16. Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Take the lead in responding to legislative developments that have an impact on the compliance of the Foundation.

ABOUT YOU

• Law degree or its equivalent (JD or LLB)
• a minimum of ten years of successful experience working for an established company or internally.
• It will be advantageous if you have prior experience in financial services or investment management.
• strong organizational, analytical, and leadership skills.
• strong bargaining and drafting abilities.
• possesses excellent communication and listening skills, and is open and receptive to criticism.
• independence while assisting the overall team’s performance.
• Flexible, adaptable, agile, and able to carry out a variety of job activities under pressure from competing deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Proven excellence in communication abilities, including the ability to convey information to a variety of audiences across cultures and to condense complex material and data into understandable written and oral pieces.
• possess the qualities that best represent the principles of the Foundation, such as flawless honesty, professional maturity, and cultural awareness.
• You are dedicated to the principles and goals of the Mastercard Foundation.
• The application deadline is September 15, 2023.
• Your privacy is something that the Mastercard Foundation (“Foundation”) values and respects. You hereby consent to the Foundation’s collection, use, and dissemination of your personal information in line with its Privacy Policy (found at https://mastercardfdn.org/privacy/), which is available upon submission of an application for this opportunity. Please be aware that the Foundation may share your personal information with third parties who assist in recruiting for the Foundation. These third parties may then approach you directly about this opportunity. Please get in touch with the Foundation’s privacy officer at the number listed in its privacy policy if you have any inquiries or concerns.
• The Mastercard Foundation is dedicated to establishing and upholding an inclusive and accessible workplace for everyone and cherishes the special talents and experiences that each employee brings to the organization.
• Background checks and excellent business references are mandatory requirements for employment.

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