Ongoing Recruitment at Palladium Group, 7th April, 2017
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.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Value Chain Expert - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks Value Chain Experts for an anticipated
USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness
Project.
Responsibilities
- Provides technical leadership for one or several value chains in Nigeria.
- Responsible for identify growth opportunities and value addition
for several strategic value chains in Nigeria: Cassava, soy/legumes,
aquaculture, rice, maize, sorghum.
- Advises on best practices for value chain development in the
aforementioned foods throughout the country through climate smart
agriculture, post-harvest handling, processing, trade and enterprise
development.
- Experience in training, provision of technical assistance and
public private facilitation among smallholders and value chain actors.
- Previous experience in Nigeria preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff and beneficiaries
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance
- Excellent communication skills are essential to write
effectively and persuasively and be able to present information in a
variety of settings and formats
- Develops concepts, methodologies, guidelines and indicators for
agricultural marketing and inclusive and sustainable agri-food value
chain development;
- Oversees and leads analysis of selected food value chains with
emphasis on growth opportunities and improvement of product quality,
value chain addition, feasibility of agribusiness investment projects.
Analysis should also include assessment of constraints/opportunities
related to agribusiness investment, support services, and private sector
engagement.
- Facilitates relationships between value chain actors including
smallholders, traders, financial institutions, buyers, processors and
agribusiness.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Crop Production, Agriculture, Agribusiness,
Agricultural Economics or related field. Knowledge of aquaculture a
plus.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with USAID or another donor agency.
- Seven years professional work experience in the specific value chains outlined above.
- This includes experience in crop/aquaculture production,
crop/aquaculture protection, food security, value chain development
including facilitation, agribusiness, marketing, and financial services,
private sector development, and enabling environment policy reforms.
- Fluency in English required
- Experience with gender mainstreaming a plus
- Preference will be given to local candidates.
Job Title: Agriculture Markets Alliance Director - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks Agriculture Markets Alliance Director for an
anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture
Competitiveness Project.
Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains strong partnerships with private sector
organizations, cooperatives, partners, collaborators and financial
institutions;
- Facilitates relationships between value chain actors including
smallholders, traders, financial institutions, buyers, processors and
agribusiness;
- Organizes and facilitates discussions on agribusiness
investment-related policy issues involving representatives of the
private and public sector, with a view to reach consensus on improved
policies;
- Facilitate high level market linkages to add value to specific
value chains. This includes cluster creation with value chain actors
from the smallholder field to anchor firm level.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Crop Production, Agriculture, Agribusiness,
Agricultural Economics or related field. Knowledge of Aquaculture is a
plus.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with USAID or another donor agency.
- Seven years professional work experience in crop production
and/or crop protection, or food security, value chain development
including facilitation, agribusiness, marketing, and financial services,
private sector development, and enabling environment policy reforms.
- Experience in training, provision of technical assistance and
public private facilitation among smallholders and value chain actors.
- Previous experience in Nigeria preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff and beneficiaries
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance
- Excellent communication skills are essential to write
effectively and persuasively and be able to present information in a
variety of settings and formats
- Fluency in English required
- Experience with gender mainstreaming a plus
- Preference will be given to local candidates
Job Title: Chief of Party - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium is recruiting for two anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria
opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness
Investment. The goals of these projects are to create a catalytic
investment mechanism which links smallholder farmers to the private
sector and to create a positive business enabling environments for
thriving agribusiness sector.
Responsibilities
- Provides overall project management, and strategic vision and technical leadership for the program.
- Serves as the public face of the project, representing the
project to USAID, and liaising with home office, the Deputy Chief of
Party and Technical leads to ensure project deliverables are achieved in
a high quality fashion.
- Provides an adaptive management approach, and work with staff,
home office and USAID to adjust programmatic approach, staffing and
resources if required based on continuous monitoring of the program
course.
- Directly supervises Senior Leadership Team members, who oversee and manage major work streams/departments including:
- Value chain development,
- Enterprise and markets development,
- Agriculture policy reform and general USAID contract management.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Prior USAID Chief of Party experience required, on complex agriculture and/or economic growth projects.
- Visionary leader with demonstrated ability to inspire others to achieve project goals.
- A Master's Degree in Agricultural Science, Business, Economics, Marketing, Trade or other relevant graduate Degree
- 10 years or more of progressively responsible work experience in managing complex development programs.
- Prior experience in Nigeria is required.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Substantial management experience and knowledge of project
management, private sector development, gender mainstreaming and working
in a multi-cultural environment.
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:
agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, public private partnerships,
market linkages, agriculture/rural finance, women?s empowerment
- A demonstrated ability to lead multi-faceted teams and solve problems when needed.
- Excellent communications skills.
Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party: Nigeria/Feed the Future Program
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and
monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support
the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development
programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating
positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+
project and home office staff.
- Palladium seeks a DCOP for two anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria
opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness
Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic
investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector,
while creating business enabling environments for a thriving
agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
Deputy Chief of Party:
- Supports the COP with providing day to day project management and technical or operations support.
- Provides leadership/oversight for finance, operations and administration of the program.
- Supports the adaptive management approach, and work with staff,
home office and USAID to adjust programmatic approach, staffing and
resources if required based on continuous monitoring of the program
course.
- This position may require technical leadership in agribusiness, agriculture policy, finance, marketing, enterprise development.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Prior USAID Deputy, Deputy Chief of Party experience strongly preferred.
- A Master's Degree in Business, Management, Agricultural Science, Economics, Marketing, Trade or other relevant graduate degree
- 10 years or more of progressively responsible work experience leading teams and managing development programs.
- Prior experience in Nigeria is required.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Substantial management experience and knowledge of project
management, private sector development, gender mainstreaming and
working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:
agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, public private partnerships,
market linkages, agriculture/rural finance, women?s empowerment
preferred.
- A demonstrated ability to lead multi-faceted teams and solve problems when needed.
- Excellent communications skills.
Job Title: Operations Manager - Nigeria Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs.
- Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating
positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+
project and home office staff.
- Palladium seeks an Operations Manager for two anticipated
USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and
Agribusiness Investment.
- The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic investment
mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector, while creating
business enabling environments for a thriving agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Ensures contracts, payments and deliverables are met on time
- Manages office and program financial resources while exercising
proper financial controls and adhering to both USAID and Palladium
policies and procedures
- Oversees operational and staffing requirements for the program in collaboration with the technical team
- Maintains oversight of procurement activities as needed
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting,
or related field. A Bachelor?s degree with more than 10 years of
experience in finance, accounting or a related field can be substituted
for a Master?s
- Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in administrative and
financial management of large-scale, complex, international and
donor-funded programs
- Demonstrated knowledge, skills, excellence in accounting,
financial management, human resources, procurement, and other management
support functions as needed
- Excellent leadership skills, including the ability to manage large budgets and client expectations
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff, donors andbeneficiaries
- Fluency in English required
- Nigerian Nationals Strongly Encouraged to Apply
Job Title: Agriculture Policy Specialist: Nigeria/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview And Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks an Agriculture Policy Team Lead for USAID-funded
Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness
Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic
investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector,
while creating business enabling environments for a thriving
agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Agriculture Policy Specialist
- Support the project with agriculture and food systems policy leadership.
- Provides mentoring and capacity building to the government and
civil society to inform issues around seed policy, trade policy, food
safety, phytosanitary standards are more.
- Provide leadership for advocacy initiatives around key policy
triggers to promote enhanced competitiveness for Nigerian agriculture
commodities.
- This position may require technical leadership in agribusiness, agriculture policy, finance, marketing, enterprise development.
- Legal and policy reform experience is preferred.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Prior USAID Deputy, Chief of Party experience required.
- A master?s degree in agriculture economics, policy, business,
agricultural science, economics, marketing, trade or other relevant
graduate degree
- 5-7 years? experience for the agriculture policy specialist is required.
- Prior experience in Nigeria is required.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:
agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, food safety, public private
partnerships, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance.
- A demonstrated ability to lead multi-faceted teams and solve problems when needed.
- Excellent communications skills.
- Nigerian Nationals Strongly Encouraged to Apply.
Job Title: Director of Communications - Nigeria/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and
monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support
the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development
programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating
positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+
project and home office staff.
- Palladium seeks a Director of Communications for anticipated
USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and
Agribusiness Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a
catalytic investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private
sector, while creating business enabling environments for a thriving
agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Supports project activities related to agriculture, nutrition and behavior change messaging and outreach
- Supports the development of project deliverables, including
coordinating information gathering for weekly, quarterly, annual
reports and annual work plans, one-pagers, reports, etc. Contributes to
the sections of deliverables related to M&E and Communications
- Ensures appropriate branding and marking for all communications tools
- Oversees the design and implementation of all tools to
effectively communicate project activities and results, (i.e. website,
videos, visual images, Investment Mapping System (IMS), press releases,
flyers, etc.)
- Maintains project library of all communications tools, photos and events in a digital format
- Conducts media relations for the project, including targeted
publicity for project activities and responses to queries from press.
Writes press releases, organizes press conferences, schedules
interviews for spokespersons for the project, etc.
- Oversees gathering of all news for digital clipping booklet highlighting the work of the project and partners
- Maintains a close and collaborative relationship with USAID and
the U.S. Embassy teams on all outreach and communications efforts
- Supports development of project events and workshops in collaboration with project teams
- All other duties deemed necessary, including support to the Chief of Party as required
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in English, Communications, Journalism or a related field. Master's Degree preferred
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in communications required
- Knowledge of the full range of communications approaches,
tools, and methodologies essential to planning and executing effective
campaign strategies and programs, e.g. media operations, marketing and
promotion, audience outreach, message targeting
- Experience in international development and understanding and knowledge of USAID or donor organizations a plus
- Knowledge of website development and design is preferred
- Ability to manage and satisfy competing priorities from multiple stakeholders
- Ability to rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information from varied sources
- Strong communications and writing skills are required
- Fluency in English required.
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the
design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development
programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating
positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+
project and home office staff.
- Palladium is recruiting for two anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria
opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness
Investment. The goals of these projects are to create a catalytic
investment mechanism which links smallholder farmers to the private
sector and to create a positive business enabling environments for
thriving agribusiness sector.
Responsibilities
- Designs and implements Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) approach for the Activity
- Manages M&E across all components, assuming responsibility for operational decision-making as necessary
- Designs and implements the M&E system to track activity progress, and report on results and impact of technical programming
- Oversees data collection efforts and ensure all program requirements are met
- Ensures project scope and activities are compliant with USAID policies.
- Coordinates closely with implementing partners to build cohesive measurement and results systems
Requirements
Qualifications:
- MA or higher in Business Administration, International Development, Economics, Statistics, or a related field
- Seven (7) years of progressively more responsible work with experience supervising a team
- Experience designing and overseeing M&E data collection and
reporting for agriculture/food security projects. Feed the Future
reporting experience is also preferred
- Demonstrated research design and analytical skills with five (5) years of agriculture research or M&E experience in Nigeria.
- USAID or other international donor experience required
- Demonstrated ability to implement, operationalize, and manage information collection and assessment systems
- Demonstrated ability to create and manage information databases using appropriate software applications
- Ability to work in team environment and work with and train non-direct reports to implement initiatives
- Strong writing, reporting, and presentational skills
- Familiarity with gender issues in M&E and an understanding
of the Women?s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) would be a plus.
- Nigerian Nationals Strongly Encouraged to Apply
Job Title: Agriculture Innovation Fund Director - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development.
- Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks Agriculture Innovation Fund Director for an
anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture
Competitiveness Project.
Responsibilities
- Ensures that innovation funds identify and catalyze new
investment in Nigeria agribusiness and agriculture value chain
development.
- Liaises with the value chain development team to identify
companies/enterprises with potential to contribute to a stronger
Nigerian food system through provision of agriculture inputs, expanded
processing and trade, linkages to post-harvest handling and storage; and
promotion of domestic consumption of key value chains.
- Develops a systems to track social impact of the agriculture fund on key target populations;
- Oversees a grants management team, ensuring that grants are in
compliance with USAID and Palladium policies and procedures, and
ensuring that grants manual and related program documents are compliant
with USAID regulations.
- Oversees development of a grant tracking system to ensure the timely and correct execution of all grant agreements
- Maintains communication with recipients to ensure smooth administration of sub instruments;
- Reviews recipient reports and documentation for compliance with agreement/sub-agreement terms and conditions
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in Business, Finance, Agriculture Economics or any other relevant field.
- Experience with USAID innovation funds and grants required
- Demonstrated effectiveness in communicating with clients and project stakeholders
- Previous experience in Nigeria preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff and beneficiaries
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance
- Excellent communication skills are essential to write
effectively and persuasively and be able to present information in a
variety of settings and formats
- Fluency in English required
Job Title: Innovative Finance Expert - Nigeria/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development.
- Our work covers Health, Education, Economic Growth, Governance,
Environmental issues, Informatics, Workforce Development, and Monitoring
and Evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs.
- Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating
positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+
project and home office staff.
- Palladium seeks an Innovative Finance Expert for two anticipated
USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and
Agribusiness Investment.
- The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic investment
mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector, while creating
business enabling environments for a thriving agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical guidance on access to finance related issues
and work closely with stakeholders to identify gaps and devise solutions
for value chain finance options that are accessible, appropriate and
affordable
- Ensure that financial services meet the needs of women
entrepreneurs and producer groups to maintain and expand value-added
activities
- Establish strong relationships and work closely with informal
and formal banking institutions to develop financial products and
services appropriate to target groups and VCs
- Provide training and mentoring to banks and other financial
institutions on lending to the agricultural sector and risk managements
of agricultural portfolios;
- Leverages and develops private and public sector relationships to overcome value chain constraints
- Provides technical and management support to the implementation
of the market access and value chain development components of the
program.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Economics, Business, Finance, International Development, or other relevant field required
- Prior experience with USAID or other donor-funded access to finance projects strongly preferred
- Knowledge of and experience with institutions supported by USAID
Development Credit Guarantees (and similar mechanisms) strongly
preferred
- Minimum 7 years of experience in Banking or Financial services
- Experience in Agricultural Value Chain Finance is preferred
- Professional proficiency in English required
- Nigerian Nationals Strongly Encouraged to Apply
Job Title: Director of Finance and Administration - USAID/Feed the Future Nigeria
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks a Director of Finance and Administration for two
anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture
Competitiveness and Agribusiness Investment. The goal of these projects
are to create a catalytic investment mechanism which links smallholders
to the private sector, while creating business enabling environments for
a thriving agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, management, and direct supervision for the project?s finance/accounting staff.
- Oversees the implementation of systems and processes required to
support project implementation, ensuring compliance USAID contracts,
rules and regulations.
- Ensures the accurate tracking and recording of project expenditures and financial reports
- Guides and assists accountants and other program staff in preparing, revising and monitoring budgets for ongoing activities
- Manages the financial operations and financial reporting of the
project, providing guidance and technical assistance to financial
management personnel.
- Manages project advances to staff and maintaining a strong internal control environment to safeguard assets
- Ensures integrity of accounting information by reviewing account
balances for compliance and establishing quality control over
accounting transactions and financial reporting.
- Oversees maintenance of supporting documentation for a reliable and easy to follow audit trail.
- Develops and implements accounting and reporting systems for
project expenditures, and provide guidance and training to project staff
and partners on financial procedures
- Manages the timely submission of the monthly field expenses to the headquarters office.
- Supervises accounting staff in effective performance within agreed standards of conduct and reporting
- Provides additional support to the COP/DCOP as required
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business
Administration or related field. Master's degree in business or finance
preferred
- 8-10 years' experience in accounting and finance functions including 3-5 working on USAID contracts.
- 2-5 years' experience overseeing or administering grants under contract
- Demonstrated experience managing staff
- Knowledge of local labor and tax laws and reporting procedures
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills in English
- Advanced knowledge of computers and MS Excel
Job Title: Enterprise Development Director - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and
monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support
the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development
programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating
positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+
project and home office staff.
- Palladium seeks Enterprise Development Director for an
anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture
Competitiveness Project.
Responsibilities
The activity will achieve this by promoting enterprise development:
- Provides technical and management support to MSME level agribusiness;
- Leverages and develops small, medium and larger scale agribusiness;
- Designs and leads activities to improve target populations; access to finance, employment and business advisory services;
- Strengthens business skills of target groups, and facilitates linkages along the value chains;
- Master's degree in business, economics, marketing, finance, or other closely related field preferred;
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Business, Agribusiness, Agriculture, Food Safety/Processing, Finance or a related field.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with USAID or another donor agency.
- Seven years professional work experience in agribusiness
development, marketing, and financial services, private sector
development.
- A bachelor's degree plus 12-15 years of experience in economic
growth, enterprise development, access to finance would also be
considered in lieu of a Master's Degree;
- Experience in training, provision of technical assistance in
marketing, business planning, or a technical area such as: food safety
and processing, financial access, or agronomy.
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff and beneficiaries
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance
- Excellent communication skills are essential to write
effectively and persuasively and be able to present information in a
variety of settings and formats
- Fluency in English required.
Job Title: Value Chain Development Director - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview And Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks a Value Chain Development Lead for an
anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture
Competitiveness Project.
Responsibilities
- Provides overarching vision in value chain development across
several staple food crops, including nutrition sensitive value chains.
- Provides technical leadership to value chain specialists,
trouble shooting as necessary any challenges to specific value chain
development
- Advises on best practices for value chain development throughout
the country through climate smart agriculture, post-harvest handling,
processing, trade and enterprise development.
- Develops concepts, methodologies, guidelines and indicators for
agricultural marketing and inclusive and sustainable agri-food value
chain development;
- Oversees and leads analysis of selected food value chains with
emphasis on growth opportunities and improvement of product quality,
value chain addition, feasibility of agribusiness investment projects.
Analysis should also include assessment of constraints/opportunities
related to agribusiness investment, support services, and private sector
engagement.
- Facilitates relationships between value chain actors including
smallholders, traders, financial institutions, buyers, processors and
agribusiness.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master's degree in crop production, agriculture, agribusiness,
agricultural economics or related field. Knowledge of aquaculture a
plus.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience working with USAID or another donor agency.
- Seven years professional work experience in crop production
and/or crop protection, or food security, value chain development
including facilitation, agribusiness, marketing, and financial services,
private sector development, and enabling environment policy reforms.
- Experience in training, provision of technical assistance and
public private facilitation among smallholders and value chain actors.
- Previous experience in Nigeria preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff and beneficiaries
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance
- Excellent communication skills are essential to write
effectively and persuasively and be able to present information in a
variety of settings and formats
- Fluency in English required
- Experience with gender mainstreaming a plus
- Preference will be given to local candidates.
Job Title: Agriculture Policy Team Lead-Nigeria/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks a DCOP for two anticipated USAID-funded Nigeria
opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and Agribusiness
Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a catalytic
investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private sector,
while creating business enabling environments for a thriving
agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Agriculture Policy Team Lead
- Support the project with agriculture and food systems policy leadership.
- Provides mentoring and capacity building to the government and
civil society to inform issues around seed policy, trade policy, food
safety, phytosanitary standards are more.
- Provide leadership for advocacy initiatives around key policy
triggers to promote enhanced competitiveness for Nigerian agriculture
commodities.
- This position may require technical leadership in agribusiness, agriculture policy, finance, marketing, enterprise development.
- Legal and policy reform experience is preferred.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:
- Prior USAID Deputy, Chief of Party experience required.
- A masters degree in Agriculture Economics, Policy, Business,
Agricultural Science, Economics, Marketing, Trade or other relevant
graduate degree
- 10 years or more of progressively responsible work experience in agriculture and food policy.
- Prior experience liaising or working with the Ministry of Agriculture and related departments in Nigeria is required.
- Fluency in English is required.
- Technical expertise in one or more of the following areas:
agriculture, enterprise and agribusiness, food safety, public private
partnerships, market linkages, agriculture/rural finance.
- A demonstrated ability to lead multi-faceted teams and solve problems when needed.
- Excellent communications skills.
- Nigerian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Job Title: Grants Manager - Nigeria USAID/Feed the Future
Location: Lagos
Project Overview and Role
- Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying
rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our
work covers health, education, economic growth, governance,
environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring
and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design,
planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our
presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact
over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home
office staff.
- Palladium seeks a Grants Manager for two anticipated
USAID-funded Nigeria opportunities in Agriculture Competitiveness and
Agribusiness Investment. The goal of these projects are to create a
catalytic investment mechanism which links smallholders to the private
sector, while creating business enabling environments for a thriving
agribusiness economy.
Responsibilities
- Ensures that grant management activities are carried out in compliance with USAID and Palladium policies and procedures
- Drafts grants manual and related program documents
- Develops and implements a grant tracking system to ensure the timely and correct execution of all grant agreements
- Maintains communication with recipients to ensure smooth administration of sub instruments;
- Prepares and reviews grant documents
- Reviews recipient reports and documentation for compliance with agreement/sub-agreement terms and conditions
- Collaborates with technical teams as required
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or any other
relevant field. Or Bachelor Degree with at least 10 years of experience
in Finance, Accounting, or any other relevant field can be substituted
for a Master
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience managing grants for
donor organizations. Experience with USAID grants management system
highly preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to manage large budgets and client expectations
- Demonstrated effectiveness in communicating with clients and project stakeholders
- Previous experience in Nigeria preferred
- Strong interpersonal skills required for working with project staff and beneficiaries
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure with limited guidance
- Excellent communication skills are essential to write
effectively and persuasively and be able to present information in a
variety of settings and formats
- Fluency in English required
- Preference will be given to local candidates
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline: 5th May, 2017.