Deputy Chief of Party - Bangladesh IAF

Job Description

Title: Deputy Chief of Party - Bangladesh IAF

Company Name: Palladium International, LLC

Vacancy: --

Age: Na

Job Location: Dhaka

Salary: --

Experience:

Published: 2024-07-24

Application Deadline: 2024-08-07

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Requirements:

Skills Required:

Additional Requirements:

• Experience managing large and complex USAID-funded contracts, preferably USAID-funded agricultural, resilience, and/or financial projects (especially access to finance);
• Extensive experience designing market-led, private sector engagement approaches, preferably with demonstrated experience in adaptive management;
• Proven ability to form collaborative relationships with consortium partners, institutions, governmental and intergovernmental representatives, subcontractors, consultants, and grantees;
• Experience driving inclusive growth approaches through finance and regulatory sectors preferred;
• Knowledge and expertise of USAID financial rules and regulations;
• Experience drafting activity workplans, budgets, managing implementation, staff, and short-term technical assistance;
• Proactive problem-solving, decision-making, and good judgment skills; attention to detail and ability to perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities effectively and efficiently;
• Written and oral proficiency in English required;

Role: Deputy Chief of Party

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

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.  

Project Overview and Role:

Palladium is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for the USAID Feed the Future (FTF) Bangladesh Inclusive Access to Finance Program. The Inclusive Access to Finance (IAF) Program is a five-year, $33 million USAID project to catalyze systemic change in the Bangladesh agricultural credit market by working with financial institutions and other partners to make agricultural credit more sustainable, climate resilient, and inclusive for underserved groups (e.g. women, youth, ethnic minorities, LGBTQI+, rural poor, etc.). By improving access to finance for farmers and micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and the policy environment in the financial sector, IAF with increase farmer revenue, create jobs, and contribute to Bangladesh’s economic growth in an inclusive and environmentally friendly manner.

The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) shall provide support to the Chief of Party (COP) with strategic leadership and oversight to the activity. This individual will have depth and breadth of technical expertise and experience, a solid professional reputation, interpersonal skills, and professional relationships to fulfil the requirements of the activity description, and close working relationships with key stakeholders in Bangladesh. The DCOP must have experience managing large, complex activities and demonstrated experience working with and through the private sector.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team of the program and supports the COP in leadership and oversight of project staff and activities;
• Lead, oversee, and coordinate at a senior-level on all matters project-wide;
• Lead and review programmatic functions including the development of work plans, budgets, quarterly/annual reports, and ensure effective implementation of program strategy with integrated lessons and best practices;
• Oversee the Catalytic Fund, coordinating with the FI and Product Development teams to define technical strategies, approaches, and management in compliance with USAID and Palladium requirements
• Maintain effective and open communication throughout the project with the COP, USAID, project director, objective leads, project operations teams, and other stakeholders;
• Serve as Acting Chief of Party when COP is unavailable;
• Participate in and/or prepare project-related reports, presentations, and white papers;
• Provide analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, consider, and resolve issues

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 neuro divergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at [email protected] 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.