Strategic Advisor – Chief People and Culture Officer (12-month contract) at Mastercard Foundation, Uganda , Kampala

Act as the brain trust for the Chief People and Culture Officer (CPCO) on all matters related to people strategy. 

• Take time to understand the work of the Foundation through the senior business partners. 
• Provide strategic advice, insights, and support regarding ongoing enterprise initiatives. 
• Review functional-related plans with the Leadership Team before execution. 
• Collaborate with CPCO to develop or redesign P&C goals and objectives.
• WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE  

Provide strategic insights and recommendations to support the CPCO in decision-making and executive engagements.  

• Review ongoing strategic plans. 
• Provide recommendations on proposed HR initiatives. 
• Prioritize the P&C roadmap to determine sequencing and pacing. 
• Hold collaborative meetings with P&C Leadership teams. 
• Oversee the consolidation and quality of Board and EXCO presentations. 
• Work with the CPCO on all Board related presentation preparations.
• Partner with the P&C Leadership Team to prepare EXCO submissions, including consolidation and advisory on strategic positioning. 

Review and refine strategy documents across the talent value chain to ensure alignment with the Foundation’s mission.  

• Review the P&C modernization strategy with internal teams and the Deloitte Canada working group. 
• Propose overarching goals, objectives, and priorities for 2025–2026. 

Collaborate with the P&C Leadership Team to develop strategic initiatives. 

• Actively listen to team perspectives and ideas in alignment with organizational values. 
• Ask thought-provoking questions to ensure initiatives are tied to P&C strategy, outcome driven, and measurable. 
• Meet with P&C Leads to provide thought partnership, insights, and guidance to inform strategic choices. 

Support the P&C Leadership in prioritizing key People and Culture projects and initiatives. 

• Lead conversations with the P&C LT on initiative importance, project impact, resource needs, dependencies, and timing. 

Monitor progress of strategic projects to ensure alignment with enterprise initiatives. 

• Ensure each strategic project has clearly defined success measures. 
• Define criteria for integrating P&C projects with enterprise initiatives. 
• Gather relevant project information and ensure goal clarity. 
• Suggest success criteria for assessing program outcomes. 

Critique the People and Culture priorities central dashboard. 

• Review the P&C Dashboard from the reporting team. 
• Analyze critical performance areas, monitor progress, and guide achievement. 

Plan and coordinate Leadership Team connects and retreats. 

• Develop P&C agendas and manage pre-reads. 
• Capture key action points from meetings. 
• Lead retreat planning and agenda development. 
• Partner with external consultants to ensure delivery of P&C Leadership and extended Leadership retreats. 

Develop themes, agendas, and session plans. 

• Support the Leadership Team in identifying strategic objectives for sessions and tailoring content to the audience. 
• Design interactive session activities to encourage engagement.
• Create schedules aligned with the overall strategic plan. 

Oversee logistical coordination for productive Leadership Team engagements. 

• Project manages P&C Leadership meetings, retreats, and events. 
• Oversee planning activities with the CPCO, Executive Assistant and P&C coordinators. 

WHO YOU ARE 

Master’s degree or equivalent. 

• At least 15 years’ experience in a strategic advisory capacity.
• Experience in People Leadership at an executive level.
• Executive communication skills.
• Technical competence in People & Culture systems and processes.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Professional maturity, sensitivity to different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplifies the Foundation’s values.
• Possess excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to various constituents across cultures.
• You have committed to Mastercard Foundation’s values and vision.