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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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Purpose of Position
The Grants Manager will lead and oversee all grants administration, from calls for expressions of interest through to implementation. Duration: 4-5 years Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Ensure that grant management activities are carried out in compliance with USAID and Palladium policies and procedures.
- Draft grants manual and related program documents.
- Develop and implement a grants tracking system to ensure timely and accurate execution and monitoring of all grant agreements.
- Maintain communications with recipients to ensure smooth administration of sub instruments.
- Prepare and review grant documents.
- Perform environmental assessments.
- Review grant recipient reports and documentation for compliance with the agreement terms and conditions.
- Identify opportunities for capacity building of grantees.
- Liaise with technical teams as required.
- Additional assignments in accordance with activity needs.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or relevant field.
- At least seven years' experience managing grants for donor-funded projects. Experience with USAID-funded grants under contract highly preferred.
- Prior experience managing grants for complex, multi-country initiatives.
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including a demonstrated effectiveness in communication with clients and other project stakeholders.
- Ability to manage large budgets and client relations/expectations.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance.
- Fluency in English and a local East African language required.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred. Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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The Director of Monitoring and Evaluation will lead the development and management of monitoring, evaluation, and learning for the project.
Duration: 4-5 years Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Review the project implementation activities to assess results and impact.
- Gather and evaluate information and ensure findings are accurately presented in all USAID reporting and tracking tools.
- Design and implement systems to track program progress against indicators; collect and verify information and maintain performance monitoring plans, reports, work plans and monthly reports.
- Develop a flexible monitoring system across intervention components, supporting the adaptive management approach of a large, cross-cutting, regional program.
- Coordinate closely with implementing partners to build cohesive measurement and results systems.
Requirement
- Bachelor's degree in Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Economics or related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Fluency in English required, fluency in a local East African language preferred.
- Strong writing, reporting, and presentational skills in English.
- Relevant international development experience, preferably working on USAID economic and/or agricultural development projects.
- Demonstrated experience in gathering, organizing and analyzing large amounts of data as well as the ability to design manageable, transparent M&E systems that report progress against indicators throughout the life of a project.
- Experience building and implementing M&E systems across broad and cross-cutting program objectives operating in multiple countries.
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance, public-private partnerships, cross border trade, resilience, and women's empowerment.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred.
- Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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Purpose of Position
The Director of Finance and Administration will provide advanced accounting and financial oversight for the Activity. S/he will manage all finance- and administration-related staff.
Duration: 4-5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya Finance and Accounting
- Provide wide range of financial and administrative management for the project.
- Prepare and submit financial and other cost accounting reports to headquarters and USAID.
- Maintain all budget tracking systems.
- Maintain close coordination with Palladium home office with respect to all financial and budgetary issues.
- Ensure that the financial and administrative activities are carried out in compliance with USAID and Palladium policies and procedures.
Auditing and Compliance
- Serve as key point of contact for project audits by the USG and local authorities.
- Ensure compliance with local labor and tax laws.
Procurement and Administration
- Oversee procurement for the project in compliance with Palladium and USAID policies.
- Oversee office support functions.
- MBA/Master's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field with 8 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of experience in finance, accounting, or other relevant work.
- Prior experience with a senior position in the financial administration for complex, large-scale projects for USAID.
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to motivate subordinates as well as manage budgets and client expectations.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in communicating with clients and project stakeholders.
- Proven record of consistently outperforming targets.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills required. Fluency in English required.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred. Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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Purpose of Position
The Component 4 Lead will lead implementation of all activities aimed at achieving Component 4 goals including improved capacity of regional stakeholders to develop an open, trade-friendly and resilient agricultural policy environment.
Duration: 4-5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Provide technical and managerial support to develop and implement innovative strategies to promote adoption and strengthen implementation of trade supportive policies in the region.
- Support efforts toward harmonization of agricultural policies across East Africa region.
- Coordinate with private sector alliances and other stakeholders, as well as regional policymaking bodies to ensure that regional policy initiatives are aligned with the needs of the private sector.
- Address technical barriers to trade across East Africa region, encouraging the adoption of common industry standards, to improve trade facilitation.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Master's degree or higher in economics, international trade public policy, or a related area.
- At least fifteen years (ten years with Ph.D.) of relevant experience, five of which should be in or on developing countries, preferably in East Africa.
- Strongly preferred at least three years of experience managing and coordinating policy improvement activities.
- Strongly preferred experience serving in an advisory capacity to high-level government officials or regional trade bodies such as EAC and COMESA on trade and agricultural policies.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with institutional and private sector partners and stakeholders in a multi-country setting.
- Fluent in English, with excellent writing and communication skills. Fluency in one or more East African language is desirable.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred. Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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Purpose of Position
The Component 3 Lead will lead implementation of all activities aimed at achieving all the cross-cutting Component 3 goals including improved ability of people, households, communities, countries, and systems to mitigate, adapt to and recover from shocks and stresses in a manner than reduces vulnerability and facilitates inclusive growth.
Duration: 4-5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Provide technical and managerial support to develop and implement innovative strategies to improve regional resilience, including crop and livestock storage systems, drought resistant cropping and livestock systems, and use of weather response and adapting technologies.
- As this component is cross-cutting, ensure resilience efforts are closely linked and integrated across all other components.
- Liaise with regional private and public stakeholders to ensure cohesive approach and implementation of resilience activities. These activities include trade enhancing systems such as efficient storage, transportation, and flows of crops and livestock across borders during emergencies.
- Build capacity of regional institutions, private sector associations, regulatory officials, and cross border coordination bodies to prepare for and respond to key constraints during shocks.
- Strengthen existing informal and/or formal regional level safety net programs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in agriculture, animal husbandry, environmental science, economics, international development or other closely related field.
- At least 5 years of relevant or associated experience in resilience-related areas of food security, trade policy, disaster risk management and mitigation, or climate-smart agriculture.
- Prior experience working directly with agricultural/pastoral communities to improve their ability to adapt to shocks required.
- Fluency in English and a local East African language required.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred. Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
- Previous experience working on donor-funded international development projects a plus.
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Purpose of Position
The Component 1 Lead will lead implementation of all activities aimed at achieving Component 1 goals of strengthening of cross-border agriculture trade and value chains. Duration: 4-5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Provide technical and managerial support to strengthen cross-border VC trade and improve capacity to respond to shocks and stress. Focus value chains include but are not limited to: livestock, climate resilient staple crops, and horticulture.
- Lead efforts to identify cross-border value chain constraints and address barriers that limit trade competitiveness.
- Develop action plans for focus value chains in collaboration with other stakeholders such as regional institutions (EAC, COMESA, IGAD), governments, USAID, USDA and other actors.
- Identify new regional and international market opportunities and facilitate medium to long-term private sector investment in value chain systems, supporting industries and infrastructure.
- Improve the capacity of regional organizations and export-oriented actors in each value chain, such as associations and dealers, to address and facilitate cross border agriculture trade and barriers to trade.
- Share results and learning with project leadership, Palladium, and USAID.
- Develop strategies to target marginalized communities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- A Master's degree in agricultural economics, international trade, policy, business, agricultural science, economics, marketing, trade or other relevant graduate degree.
- Fluency in English required and a local East African language preferred.
- At least five years' experience in agribusiness and agricultural trade promotion in East Africa region.
- At least three years' experience on donor-funded projects for agriculture and agribusiness.
- Experience working directly to integrate target vulnerable groups into market opportunities.
- Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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Purpose of Position
The Component 2 Lead will lead implementation of all activities aimed at achieving Component 2 goals of improved regional agricultural inputs to facilitate access to modern, innovative agricultural technologies and increase production throughout the region.
Duration: 4- 5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Provide technical and managerial support to develop and implement innovative strategies to accelerate use of agricultural inputs in selected cross-border value chains, including fertilizer, pesticides, irrigation, feed, vaccines, and improved technology.
- Provide technical support to improve access to finance for farmers, traders, distributors and other actors along the value chain to strengthen and promote adoption of high-quality inputs and new technologies.
- Improve the distribution and availability of agriculture inputs through the development of agro-dealerships, cross-border agro-dealership associations, and other private sector networks.
- Improve the availability of regional access to improved seed inputs, and support regional government institutions and the private sector to increase their capacity to produce and distribute high quality seeds.
- Promote cross-border investments in the agricultural input sector.
- Facilitate the interconnectedness of cross-border agricultural input market systems, scaling new technologies to increase adoption in the region, and promote policies with stakeholders across borders that will improve regional input distribution, input availability and adoption.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in business, agriculture, economics, international development or other closely related field.
- Experience working with agro-input market systems.
- Fluency in English and a local East African language required.
- At least five years' experience in agribusiness in the East Africa region.
- At least three years' experience on donor-funded projects for agriculture and agribusiness.
- Experience working directly to target vulnerable groups and sustainably integrate them into market opportunities.
- Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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Purpose of Position
The COP will be responsible for the technical and administrative excellence of the activity. S/he will report to Palladium's Home Office Project Director, and will serve as the primary contact for USAID.
Duration: 4-5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Lead technical direction and strategy development for implementation of the project (including drafting project work plans), and ensure an integrated vision across components and partners.
- Ensure overall quality and cost effectiveness, and establish and maintain robust and adaptive knowledge management and M&E systems.
- Ensure effective use of resources, on-time delivery of project activity reports and partner deliverables, and overall compliance with USAID regulations and Palladium policies and procedures.
- Work with staff to recruit, hire and manage staff and consultants as needed to carry out activities.
- Work in partnership with Home Office Project Director, engaging in frequent, routine communication so that the home office is aware of both progress and potential issues, and solicit assistance and input as needed to ensure that performance meets or exceeds technical and financial contractual requirements.
- Manage subcontractors, both international and local, to ensure that their performance meets or exceeds technical and financial contractual requirements.
- Serve as the key liaison between USAID, host-country counterparts, project partners, and Palladium.
- Support implementation of Palladium's security protocols and provide leadership in handling security-related issues. Address local staffing and personnel issues related to security.
Requirements
- Master's Degree or higher in economics, food security, regional trade, international development, agriculture, business, or in a closely related field is required.
- A minimum of 12 years of experience working in international development, at least eight years of which have been spent in COP or Team Lead positions, preferably on contracts of similar size, scope, and complexity, dealing with agriculture, regional trade, resiliency, and economic growth.
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas: agriculture, value chain development, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance, business enabling environments for agriculture/livestock, cross-border trade, or resilience.
- Experience establishing and strengthening productive and collaborative relationships with government counterparts, local organizations, private sector, and other donor organizations.
- Experience working for large donor organizations such as USAID required; knowledge of USAID contract management, policies, procedures, regulations and reporting requirements strongly preferred.
- Strong leadership, program, organizational management and oral and written communication skills.
- Prior work in the East Africa region is highly desirable, including work on programs focused on cross-border trade in the EAC region.
- Fluency in English is required; knowledge of a local East African language would be an asset.
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Purpose of Position
The DCOP will work closely with the Chief of Party to manage the day-to-day operations of the project.
Duration: 4-5 years Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Support the Chief of Party in the successful management of all administrative and technical programmatic functions and activities in line with the project's Scope of Work and approved annual work plans.
- In the absence of the Chief of Party, serve as the project representative, liaising directly with USAID, country and regional governing bodies, Palladium Home Office, local implementing partners and the local private sector.
- Provide technical and managerial leadership and, in collaboration with the COP, build partnerships with key stakeholders.
- Support the adaptive management approach, and work with staff, home office and USAID to adjust programmatic approach, staffing and resources if required based on continuous monitoring of the program course.
- Support the annual work plan process and completion of high-quality deliverables.
- Conduct communications and media relations in close coordination with USAID as required.
- This position may require technical leadership in agriculture/livestock, value chain development, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance, business enabling environments for agriculture/livestock, cross border trade, or resilience.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in a relevant subject (MBA, MA in Business, Economics, International Development, etc.) or a BA and 10+ years of relevant experience.
- Five years of senior management experience, including managing large budgets and teams of professionals in a developing country and oversight of financial management and procurement functions.
- Experience designing and implementing strategies for agricultural value chains, agribusiness, agricultural trade, trade policy, and resilience.
- Experience preparing reports for USAID or other donor-funded programs.
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills.
- Proven experience developing and finalizing high quality deliverables.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Fluency in English; knowledge of a local East African language highly desirable.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred. Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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Purpose of Position
The Communications Manager will lead implementation of the communications plan and related communication tools. S/he will also lead dissemination of activity communications to inform key audiences as well as the client of project progress and successes.
Duration: 4-5 years
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Support the development of project deliverables, including coordinating information gathering for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and for annual work plans.
- Design and implement communications strategy and tools to effectively communicate activities and progress (e.g., videos, visual images and infographics, press releases, social media, radio messaging, etc.).
- Ensure appropriate branding and marking for all activity assets.
- Maintain digital library of images and other communication tools.
- Conduct media relations for the activity (including organization of press conferences and other high-visibility events).
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years progressively responsible experience in communications.
- Knowledge of the full-range of communications approaches, tools, and methodologies to plan and execute effective campaign strategies and programs.
- At least two years' experience in international development, supporting donor-funded projects. Prior experience on complex, multi-country programs similar in scope preferred.
- Fluency in English and a local East African language required.
- Strong communications and writing skills are required.
- Ability to travel throughout East Africa as needed.
- Experience across East Africa strongly preferred. Preference will be given to local East Africa country candidates.
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