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.