Catalyze Edufinance Regional Representative – Africa at Palladium
Catalyze Edufinance Regional Representative – Africa at Palladium… See details on how to apply for the opportunities available at Palladium.
Descriptions;
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.
Responsibilities:
The EduFinance Regional Representative is expected to travel frequently to the EduFinance projects in each of the countries of current and prospective activities to accomplish the following:
- Serve as Palladium’s regional representative, supporting the DC-based USAID team by providing on-the-ground support, quality assurance, stakeholder management, and partnership building efforts
- Stakeholder engagement and partnership building duties include meeting with USAID clients, implementing partners and other key stakeholders (e.g., host country government officials, private sector investors and financial institutions, partner schools, foundations, etc) in the countries where EduFinance is operating. Objectives are to maintain strong client engagement and trust in Palladium’s work on current activities (achieving results, technical excellence); and build strong networks to help foster the growth of current activities and new opportunities
- Conduct quality assurance and performance management of the projects to make sure they are achieving their technical results
- Carry out monitoring and evaluation of the projects – this includes assisting the home office Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) team with tasks such as program reporting, data verification, checking to make sure the projects are meeting their indicators and targets
- Communications support – identify and help develop important new knowledge products, attend events representing Palladium / CATALYZE EduFinance and serve as a thought leader in this capacity (e.g., be on panels and presentations at these events)
- Help resolve management and technical challenges as needed
- Support Safeguarding efforts – this includes visiting the projects and meeting with the implementing partners to ensure that safeguarding protocols are being followed and help proactively address potential safeguarding-related issues
- Help support task order development (new business development) as needed
- Other duties as required
Key Competencies Required:
- Relevant program management, MEL, or other similar experience, ideally focused on education, finance, and/or development initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Evidence of strong communication skills, both interpersonal and written, to fulfil the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the project
- Knowledge of USAID processes and regulations, and ideally USAID programming in the education sector and key policies including the Private Sector Engagement Policy, Education Policy and USAID terminology, processes, and tools
- Strong ability to communicate effectively and professionally in English, and strong proficiency in a language that’s predominant where CATALYZE EduFinance implements activities
- Strong existing network in the countries EduFinance operates in or is looking to expand to in order to facilitate business development.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Application Deadline: 25th January 2023.
