Palladium Group
Closing date: Monday, 13 February 2017
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Senior Associate, Governance
Company Overview
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.
Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
Palladium's Governance Practice works across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe to design and deliver programmes that have a significant and sustained impact on the quality of governance and the lives of citizens. We work with governments, civil society groups and private sector actors to build their capacity, to help them realise their ambitions for reform and to collaborate with one another to improve the lives and livelihoods of some of the world's poorest people. Our team members are technically skilled and experienced; they are thought leaders in their specialisms. They are also experienced practitioners who deliver practical yet innovative approaches to governance to our clients.Purpose of Position
You will play a key role in designing and delivering Palladium's international development projects. You will be expected to play a role in our team's business development and technical project management.You will also bring significant technical expertise and thought leadership to the team in one or more of the areas outlined above.
Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities of the Senior Associate, Governance and Accountability, are to:Business Development:
- Support the strategic approach to business development through coordination of research on issues, countries, clients, partners and competitors and market intelligence gathering;
- Support the development of new and maintenance of existing client relationships through interactions with clients at a technical level during the business development cycle;
- Support the identification, assessment and pursuit of new business opportunities, contributing to the analysis of our prospects for winning opportunities;
- Contribute to the planning of pursuits and bids;
- Contribute to the preparation of capability statements/expressions of interest, technical and financial proposals;
- Contribute to partner and team selection and pre-bid negotiations;
- Support the preparation of responses to client requests for clarifications of proposals;
- Support post-submittal follow up with clients;
- Support pre-mobilisation logistics for contracts as required;
- Create and maintain business development management files;
- Maintain the currency and accuracy of new business data in corporate databases (e.g.: SharePoint, NEMO);
- Assume management responsibility for these tasks when delegated to so.
- For assigned portfolio of projects, Interface with clients and other project stakeholders to plan, implement, review and report on projects as needed and requested;
- Provide support to project work planning, budgeting, progress and financial reporting;
- Provide technical support to project operations at all stages;
- Support Project Directors in the performance management of Team Leaders and project; teams;
- Liaise with partner organisations on the contractually compliant delivery of agreed inputs and achievement of agreed outputs and outcomes;
- Assist in identification of corporate risks with Operations Group and support implementation of risk mitigation/management measures;
- Assist in the Identification of project performance and contract issues and support their timely resolution;
- Keep abreast of political, social, economic and security developments in project countries and regions;
- Assume management responsibility for these tasks when delegated to do so.
- Provide technical input into the design, planning and delivery of projects;
- Provide short term inputs and/or consultancy assignments;
- Provide support to monitor and quality assure Palladium's services;
- Contribute to research, analysis and publication of technical studies, case studies, policy and programme approaches and results;
- Identify, build and maintain relationships with consultants and partners who can provide technical expertise;
- Work with the Director, Governance to promote and build Palladium's technical capability.
Requirements
Minimum education and experience required- Master's degree in a relevant field.
- Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience.
- Minimum of 2 years of government client project management and business development experience that includes management of one or more projects including experience in start-up and closeout.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in working in a developing country or in a project based environment.
- Experience contributing to or managing at least 1-2 successful major bids (including each of or a combination of structuring bid financials, team selection, drafting technical response and partner negotiations).
- Project Management experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong technical writing skills.
- Ability to conceptualize and write a bid proposal or project report.
- Sound business development and Client Relationship Management skills.
- People management skills.
- Financial acumen and the ability to interpret and analyse financial reports.
- Sound problem solving and decision making skills.
- Willingness to travel and work abroad a minimum of eight weeks per year in developing countries and elsewhere.
- Technical expertise and experience in Governance, including one or more of the following
- Anti-corruption and transparency
- Democratic governance reform, including legislative strengthening
- Empowerment, voice and accountability, including working with multi-stakeholder and/or issues based coalitions
- State building in Fragile and Conflict Affected States (FCAS)
- Public sector reform, service delivery and decentralized accountability
- Rule of law, policing, security and justice
- Gender, Equity and socially inclusive approaches to governance
- Political economy analysis, theories of change, adaptive management approaches
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