Deputy Chief of Party, Catalyze - Washington, United States - Palladium Group, Inc.

Palladium Group, Inc.

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Washington, United States

4 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

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 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.

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, problemsolve 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