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  • Posted: Nov 8, 2024
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    Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations.
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    Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director

    Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

    • Provide strategic guidance and technical support for successful MEL in keeping with the principles of collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA).
    • Collaborate with the Communications team to maintain information sharing and unified messaging.
    • Collaborate with COP, DCOP, and objective leads to use adaptive management to identify necessary changes to implementation approaches across the project.
    • Supervise a team of MEL focused staff and actively collaborate with subcontractors and USAID in the development, implementation, and revision of the MEL Plan.
    • Ensure the accurate and compelling reporting of results.
    • Oversee the analysis and visualization of collected data to assess how the program is performing against its indicators.
    • Maintain compliance with USAID’s policies and procedures, ensuring that standard operating procedures and work instructions are implemented.
    • Provide timely and accurate inputs to monthly, quarterly, and annual technical reports as required.
    • Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

    Minimum Qualifications:

    • At least eight years of relevant background and related job experience with MEL and CLA on donor programs of similar size, regional scope, and complexity, preferably focused on access to finance, with USAID, and/or in East Africa
    •  Experience as a direct supervisor including supervising teams in fast moving, multi-component programs. 
    • Degree in a related field of study (e.g., economics, finance and investment, business management, international trade, etc.) 
    • Experience with Gender Integration and Social Inclusion (GESI), gender analysis, and/or integrating the voices of women in business and government in the design and implementation of activities.
    • Excellent interpersonal, diplomacy, and leadership skills, including the ability to manage high-level relationships and complex regional dynamics.
    •  Fluency in English required; and fluency in one or more regional languages preferred.
    • Local candidates (i.e. residents of the five target countries) preferred.

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    Director of Finance and Administration

    Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

    • Manage all project finances to ensure effective use of resources to achieve project objectives in compliance with all donor requirements.
    • Ensure completeness of financial, procurement, and HR records retention and security.
    • Ensure financial monitoring systems provide timely and relevant reports to Palladium staff, including analysis and tracking of grant commitments (i.e., cash advances), cash flow forecasts, obligations, awards, and liquidations, to support efficient and accountable implementation.
    • Design and implement systems and procedures in compliance with Palladium standards, including systems and procedures to mitigate risks.
    • Ensure that corrective action plans approved by Palladium in response to external or internal audits and other monitoring reviews are implemented as planned and scheduled.
    • Monitor annual budget and financial projections and develop realistic financial forecasts for proper project planning.
    • Oversee proper human resources management, from recruitment, staff policy development, and care for general staff well-being.
    • Supervise, mentor and train relevant staff ensuring team members have the appropriate skill levels for their positions and are developing to their full capacity; conduct trainings for other personnel as needed, on efficient, effective financial and internal control systems, budget analysis, as well as policy and procedure awareness and compliance.

    Key Competencies Required:

    • 15 years of experience managing USAID contracts and/or cooperative agreements of $20 million or more per year.
    • Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or any other relevant field (Master’s or higher preferred).
    • Experience managing, in increasing roles of responsibility, finance, procurement, contracts management, logistics, safety and security, and/or human resource related matters for international development activities.
    • Demonstrated familiarity with USG financial reporting and compliance requirements.
    • Thorough knowledge and understanding of professional accounting principles, theories, practices, and terminology as well as principles and accepted procedures associated with USAID regulations is highly desirable.
    • Demonstrated ability to set up and maintain accounting and financial management systems and ability to build and review budgets.
    • Demonstrated ability to work effectively in team-based environment, supervise a professional team and ability to interact with a variety of technical, clinical, and other specialists.
    • Proficiency using online financial systems and databases; and excellent personal integrity and confidentiality.
    • Fluency in English required, fluency in one or more regional languages preferred.
    • Local candidates (i.e. from five target countries) preferred. 

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