Senior Associate, Project Delivery, CATALYZE

Senior Associate, Project Delivery, 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 $250 million 8-year program, designed to mobilize $2
billion in private capital, especially to underfinanced social sectors (such as
education) and higher risk countries (especially low-income and post-conflict
countries) around the globe, complemented by a cross-cutting inclusion of
gender-lens investing. CATALYZE serves as a "platform of platforms" that
provides services to many missions and bureaus that "buy in" to tap the
CATALYZE investment and pay-for-results project management expertise. Our aim is for investors to explore and find
commercially viable opportunities and approaches to creating jobs, developing
sustainable social services, tightening, and rationalizing supply chains, and
advancing inclusive growth - ultimately, reducing the need for development
institutions to provide donor funding.

CATALYZE is currently seeking a Senior Associate, Project Delivery
to provide dedicated project management and implementation support across
CATALYZE activities but focusing primarily on CATALYZE Ethiopia Market Systems
for Growth (MS4G). The goal of this buy-in is to foster private enterprise
growth primarily in agricultural markets to boost food security, make
improvements to water, hygiene and sanitation and support COVID relief. The
Senior Associate is a valued member of the team completing a variety of tasks
that are critical to high-quality project management.

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 $68,000 to $72,000, and 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 finance, and project management, 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 Lines:

The role reports directly to the MS4G Senior Manager or Manager

Primary
Roles and Responsibilities:

• Learn to review procurements, budgets,
  reports, and other documents to ensure compliance with relevant policies
  and procedures; may conduct spot checks on processes and internal controls
  including reviewing asset management procedures and updated asset
  registers for each project
  
• Work towards anticipating project needs
  and providing compliant, flexible recommendations on processes, or
  assigned responsibilities, such as suggesting adequate timelines for
  reviews and coordination between HQ and field offices, proactively
  handling PMU administrative tasks, etc.
  
• Serve as a liaison between the project
  and the Process Excellence Hub
  
• Learn and contribute to training of
  project staff on company policies, procedures, and guidelines and client
  rules and regulations (covering for example: security, occupational health
  and safety, risk management, planning, human resource management, monitoring,
  reporting, finance, procurement, logistics, IT, communications, audit
  support and all other such implementation matters)
  
• Support the development and presentation
  of internal and external reporting, (quarterly Internal Project
• Reviews
  [IPRs], annual reviews, and client deliverables) and ensure these outputs
  are fit for purpose
  
• Assist with internal PMU administration,
  including drafting weekly meeting agendas, updating trackers, managing the
  project registry, and maintaining calendars and deadline reminders
  
• Support the monitoring and maintenance of
  compliance with head/prime contracts
  
• Manage and support contract amendments as
  required
  
• Provide inputs and support to other PMU
  members on any client communication or reporting needs
  
• Help coordinate service providers and
  process work orders and invoices
  
• Support preparation of contract action
  requests (i.e., travel, personnel additions/changes, subcontracts, grants,
  budget realignment, etc.)
  
• Support audit processes and ensures
  retention of project records is compliant with company policy
  

Essential
Criteria:

• Previous experience withproject and
  financial management on government contracts and grants and completing
  tasks where high quality organizational, financial, or managerial skills
  are needed
  
• Experience with procurements and
  oversight of consultants, vendors, and other partners
  
• Excellent written and verbal
  communication skills, in English
  
• Sound problem-solving and decision-making
  skills
  
• Ability to work both independently and as
  a part of a team when required
  
• Demonstrated competence to assess
  priorities and manage a variety of activities in a time-sensitive
  environment and meet deadlines with attention to detail and quality
  
• Demonstrated ability to manage and
  protect confidential information
  
• Proficiency in Excel
  

Desirable
Criteria:

• Experience implementing USAID-funded
  programs
  
• Fluency/proficiency in a second language
  relevant to a developing country context desirable
  

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.