Palladium recruits a Manager, UK PACT Country Programmes, Impact and Monitoring

Palladium recruits a Manager, UK PACT Country Programmes, Impact and Monitoring

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:

The UK PACT programme aims to improve the effectiveness of key institutions (public, private and civil society) in partner countries so that they can deliver accelerated emission reductions and raise the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets. UK PACT is managed by a team in the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), with staff based both in London and in the UK embassies in selected partner countries.  Specifically, the programme will deliver the following results: 

– An increase in the capacity and capability of partner institutions (national, sub-national and civil society) to deliver enhanced and accelerated climate actions; and
– An increase in in-country buy-in to urgently facilitate low-carbon development.

To deliver these results, the programme is composed of four lots:
1) a central delivery partner and bilateral country programming (delivered by Palladium);
2) a global challenge fund (delivered by ICF Consulting Services);
3) skill-shares and secondments (delivered by PA Consulting);
4) cross-programme M&E (delivered by OPM).
Bilateral Country Programmes currently include Mexico, Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, and China and may expand in the future.  Through an open, competitive grant facility, the Country Programmes will support capacity building and technical assistance activities in areas such as clean energy, sustainable transport, and green finance, which will be implemented by 3rd party implementing partners.  

Primary responsibilities
In this role, you will provide technical backstopping support to country teams in the delivery and operations of the program and leads on monitoring aspects of the program in coordination with external partner OPM. 

Specifically, you will work across two main workstreams:

 
1) Impact Management; Selection and Oversight of Programme Interventions
– Take a lead role within UK PACT Country Programmes core team and support Country Programme Facilitators in design and oversight of funded projects to ensure the projects selected contribute to core programme objectives;
– Engage external project partners in programme review and design prior to grant award to maximize partner understanding of program logic, delivery risks, and reporting and delivery requirements;
– Contribute to the project screening and selection process, particularly with regard to assessing deliverability and potential for capacity building and achieving carbon emission reductions;
– Support the UK PACT Country Facilitators to oversee timely implementation of projects and regularly ensure the feedback of results, impacts and learning through quarterly reports to BEIS;
– Take lead role identifying and advising on the potential to extend, scale up or replicate successful projects, and work with successful Implementation Partners to do this with BEIS approval.
– Take a lead role on the UK PACT core team in developing strategies for portfolio development in further phases of funding with regard to additional countries and sectoral priorities aligned with UK priorities

2) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
– Advise UK PACT Implementing Partner (grantees) and UK PACT Country Facilitators to develop and implement delivery plans at project and portfolio levels;
– Advise Implementing Partners on project reporting (technical, results and risk), ensuring reporting meets BEIS requirements and those of OPM, the M&E partner for UK PACT, providing a coordination and quality assurance function
– Develop and supervise the monitoring framework for the portfolio and on-going projects, identifying project and programme delivery risks
– Co-ordinate processes on ongoing M&E data gathering and analysis from selected UK PACT grantees; and sharing with OPM 
– Assist UK PACT colleagues and engage with OPM partners in MEL activities that include applying assessment tools, designing case studies, implementing capacity building strategies and providing training, assisting with data analysis and presentation, developing data-informed action plans and other technical assistance as requested;
– Assist UK PACT colleagues, including key decision making bodies such as the project review committee, senior management team, etc. accessing and using MEL data and evidence;
– Facilitate processes to ensure learning is identified and captured across all areas of the programme.

This is a full-time position, working remotely, preferably with access to Palladium’s London or Bristol offices.

Required Qualifications

– Knowledge and understanding of drivers of climate change and UK government initiatives to lead in accelerating carbon transitions;
– Substantial practical experience of designing or delivering international programs related to carbon emission mitigation at the policy or project level, with a combination of the two preferred
– Significant MEL experience at programme and/or field levels;
– Programme management experience; preferably managing grantees or 3rd party delivery partners
– Experience in one of the key UK PACT sectors (energy, transport, and finance) is desirable
– Spanish or Chinese language proficiency is desirable.
– Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills with previous experience of developing and delivering MEL plans and activities in a fast-paced, impact-oriented environment in a collaborative manner across a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary team;
– Ability to work flexibly, and to tight deadlines, maintaining consistently high standards and attention to detail;
– Experience of working collaboratively with a range of external and public organisations, including private business leaders, local authorities, government agencies, and the voluntary and independent sectors;
– Demonstrated self-starter who thrives in a dynamic and fast-moving commercial environment and able to get to grips with our business quickly;
– Ability to travel internationally to developing countries.

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