Deputy Chief of Party, CATALYZE

Deputy
Chief of Party, CATALYZE

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and
deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the
globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build
enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to
address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over
90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse
staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

CATALYZE is a $250M global
contract structured in a Pay-For-Results fashion, managed by Palladium's U.S.
Business Unit out of Washington, D.C. CATALYZE intends to leverage USAID's
investment significantly, using the governments' resources to mobilize billions
of private capital for development purposes throughout underserved communities,
geographies and sectors globally using blended finance solutions over an
eight-year period (2019 - 2027). The role requires support to the Chief of
Party to manage and oversee the portfolio of existing, innovative sub-projects,
conducting business development to design new programs, and winding down
certain CATALYZE Activities concurrently.

CATALYZE is a framework contract
representing a compilation of sub-projects and teams (also known as Activities,
or "Buy-ins") overseen and enabled by a 12-member management team, providing
technical and managerial, monitoring, evaluation and learning and
communications support to all programs. This centralized management team is led
by the Chief of Party and Deputy Chief of Party and is based out of Washington,
DC. The role will supervise and support
the success of the 12 CATALYZE Activities and

Teams currently operational,
including:

• CATALYZE Americas Partnership for Enterprise Prosperity (APEP), covering 10 countries in Latin America
  
• CATALYZE Asia Social Protection - Indonesia
  
• CATALYZE Asia Social Protection - Philippines
  
• CATALYZE Early Child Care and Education (ECCE) global work (Africa, India, Latin America)
  
• CATALYZE Edufinance Africa, covering seven countries in Africa
  
• CATALYZE Edufinance Latin America, covering four countries in Latin America
  
• CATLAYZE Engines of Growth Program covering six countries in the Western Balkans
  
• CATALYZE Finance for Resilience in the Sahel
  
• CATALYZE Iraq Access to Finance
  
• CATALYZE Market Systems for Growth (MS4G) Ethiopia
  
• CATALYZE Private Sector Development (PSD) in Sri Lanka
  
• CATALYZE Women's Economic Empowerment
  

Location and Compensation:

The position is based in Palladium's
Washington D.C. office.

For our prospective employees in the United States, please note
that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected
to range from $116,000 to $174,000, successful candidates may also be eligible
for additional, variable incentive compensation dependent on the role. For
part-time employees, the salary will be prorated based on the actual number of
hours worked.

Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based on
various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education,
experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium's business or
organizational needs.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the compensation
for this position, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We value your
interest in our company and appreciate the opportunity to discuss this
opportunity with you.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have
expertise in global project leadership, USAID, and blended finance, we are
interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities
from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources,
and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP)
will report to and support the CATALYZE Chief of Party in serving as overall
responsible party to deliver the stated objectives and targets for all CATALYZE
management (finance, operations, compliance) and technical performance. The
role supports team members in the Washington, D.C. office, throughout the U.S.
and globally, and closely liaises with our client (USAID), private sector
partners and international and local stakeholders, in D.C. and globally, as
required.

Primary
Duties and Responsibilities:

Overall Management

• Support Chief of Party in managing
  CATALYZE in line with the highest standards of project management
  excellence. Serve as Acting Chief
  of Party as required
  
• Support Activity Team Leads and Project
  Directors plan, problem-solve for performance issues and execute as needed
  to ensure operational, financial and compliance success in CATALYZE
  Activity and overall contract management
  
• Advise Activity Teams to participate in
  quarterly and ad hoc internal technical and managerial reviews, as well as
  project evaluations
  
• Lead the process by which Palladium
  develops reports to USAID and invoices award fee associated with all
  Activities
  
• Liaise on behalf of CATALYZE with
  Palladium's corporate Finance, Legal and Compliance teams and/or corporate
  initiatives as required, in support of efficient work of Activity teams
  

Staff Supervision

• Oversee and supervise Activity Team Leads
  (equivalent to Project Directors) on a set of CATALYZE buy-ins, to ensure
  fluid operations, financial, compliance and technical excellence in line
  with U.S. government, USAID and Palladium requirements
  
• Support the Team Leads plan for and
  manage human resource issues on the Activities, including the completion
  of the annual performance review processes
  
• Serve as back-up supervisor for COP
  reports
  

Technical Leadership

• Support Activity Team Leads and Project
  Directors problem-solve as needed to ensure technical, operational, and
  financial success in project management
  
• Conduct site visits, participate in
  events, and/or oversee technical assignments in the field for CATALYZE and
  potentially across Palladium on topics such as inclusive finance, digital
  platform development, supply chain traceability, risk management, business
  accelerators, market systems development, private sector engagement,
  Advisory
• Services/transaction and financial institution training, among
  other relevant topics
  
• Contribute to research, analysis, evaluation,
  writing and publication of project reports, technical studies, case
  studies, and program approaches, to capture lessons learned, demonstrate
  thought leadership and help teams put in place adaptive management. Share these lessons and learnings
  internally and externally across CATALYZE Activities
  
• Support Activity Teams by ensuring
  quality control on project deliverables (e.g. Scopes of Objectives,
  Performance Work
• Statements, Annual Work Plans, budgeting, progress
  reports, financial reports, communications, monitoring and evaluation and
  learning documents, award fee presentations, etc.)
  
• Support Activity teams design and
  implement innovative grants and procurements using pay for results methodologies in
  close coordination with the private sector
  
• Organize and participate, as needed, in project/program trainings, conferences, webinars, technical workshops and meetings.
  

Client/External Stakeholder
Engagement

• Liaise with the USAID CATALYZE COR/CO and USAID Activity teams as needed in coordination with Palladium Technical teams in all forms. Support Activity Teams respond to ad hoc client requests as required
  
• Leverage public, private and civil society networks to support Activity Teams design and implement strategic and innovative approaches to expand project impact
  
• Support teams to identify, build and maintain working relationships with international and local consultants and potential employees who can provide technical expertise to Activities
  
• Represent the project and company as needed, participating in outside associations, conferences, and symposia
  

Business Development

• Support the identification, assessment,
  and pursuit of new opportunities to expand the blended finance portfolio
  on and emanating from CATALYZE. Contribute to writing and reviewing proposals for new technical
  work
  
• Conduct public speaking on behalf of
  CATALYZE as required
  

Key
Competencies Required:

• At least five years of
  project management experience managing USAID contracts with large
  sub-award funds
  
• Demonstrated supervisory
  experience of teams of similar size and scope as CATALYZE
  
• Seven to ten years of
  professional experience in the subjects of blended finance, inclusive
  finance or impact investment.
• Working experience in the countries where
  CATALYZE is operating is a plus.Additional technical experience in any of the following technical
  subjects is another: Education finance, social protection, workforce
  development, climate finance, micro, small, medium enterprise development,
  private sector partnerships, transaction assistance, agricultural value
  chain development/finance, microfinance, digital finance, economic
  empowerment of marginalized groups and communities
  
• Demonstrated network of
  contacts in the inclusive finance realm, including DFIs, commercial banks
  and microfinance institutions, impact investors, transaction advisors and
  other technical specialists.
  
• Proven experience in proposal
  development including developing theories of change, logic/results models
  or similar design tools, results modeling, pricing and other elements of
  designing projects for development impact
  
• Written and spoken fluency in
  English. Fluency in other foreign languages, such as French, Spanish
  or Arabic, is a plus
  
• Excellent client relationship
  management skills. USAID client
  management experience preferred
  
• Excellent written and oral
  communication skills, including a track record of report writing, public
  presentations (moderator, panelist, keynote) and published blogs or
  articles
  
• Financial acumen and the
  ability to interpret and analyze financial reports, develop and evaluate
  financial projections, and match programmatic objectives/work plans to
  costs/budgets
  
• Sound problem-solving and
  decision-making skills demonstrated in challenging or fluid circumstances
  
• Demonstrated, high level of
  professionalism, respect and integrity operating within a multi-cultural,
  values-based organization.
  

Equity,
Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and
inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of
society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity,
success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve
diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive
equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal
characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic
background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity,
sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous
status.

Should
you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or
you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email
our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will
be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define
Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our
people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed
to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium
are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to
an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a
rigorous due diligence process.