Vacancies at Palladium Group

Vacancies at Palladium Group

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Consultant – Family Planning Integration, PROPEL Health

Job Number: req22111
Location: Nigeria

Job Summary

• Palladium is seeking qualified candidates for the position of a Consultant who would collaborate with a Senior Consultant to develop state-specific policy documents to support the integration of family planning into the state health insurance scheme.
• The Consultant will report to the Director, Health Systems and Regional, and is expected to conduct quantitative and qualitative research and analyses to support the development of the policy documents. Additional technical support will be available through a Senior Consultant and from PROPEL Health global technical experts.

Deliverable-based Responsibilities

• Technical Report (approx. 30-40 pages, not including annexes): Roadmap to integrate family planning services in state health insurance benefit package.

Due: April 30, 2024 (7 months from expected start date)

• The Consultant is expected to support the Senior Consultant in development of this technical report, while co-leading some of the activities. Some potential activities will include:
  • Conducting a rapid landscape analysis of the state family planning program, including its financing challenges, and stakeholder convenings and discourse.
  • Conducting costing studies to estimate the financial requirements and funding gaps for family planning integration.
  • Supporting the Senior Consultant to identify and map the key stakeholders and analyze the existing policy environment for family planning integration.
  • Writing the technical report with guidance from the Senior Consultant, including addressing all technical comments and concerns and finalizing.
• Working with the Director, Health Systems and Regional, the Consultant is expected to engage with and support:
  • The state health insurance agency, ministry of health and parastatals, health providers and other family planning actors in advancing important engagements and processes for successful integration.
  • Multisectoral platforms like the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health Technical Working Group (RMNCAH TWG) and Civil Society Organization coalitions that will drive the implementation and monitoring of the Guideline.
• Organize a dissemination event with national and state-level stakeholders to showcase the successful domestication of the recommendations.

Timeline: March 30, 2025 (6 months from expected start date)

• Any other relevant tasks to accomplish the activity goals, as determined by the Director, Health Systems and Regional.

Requirements
Education and Experience:

•  Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Financing, International Development, Health Policy and Planning, or equivalent.

Knowledge and Experience:

• 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the area of family planning, national public health insurance, and/or health financing in Nigeria (preferred) or regionally.
• Proven experience of conducting qualitative and quantitative research, particularly desk reviews and costing studies for health programs and policies.
• Demonstrated experience in authoring technical reports in health.
• Understanding of areas relevant to PROPEL Health’s mandate such as policy, health financing, governance, and advocacy.
• Strong track record of producing demonstrable results.

Languages:
Fluency in English is required.

Evaluation Criteria:

• Technical (Interview) – 40%
• Knowledge and Experience – 40%
• Cost- 20% Interested individuals must submit their proposed daily rate along with applications.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Chief of Party, USAID / Nigeria Food Basket Activity

Location: Nigeria

This Proposal Opportunity

• Palladium seeks a Chief of Party for the upcoming USAID/Nigeria Food Basket Activity, which aims to sustainably reduce poverty, hunger, and malnutrition by strengthening Nigeria’s food and agricultural system (target value chains: maize, rice, and horticulture).
• The Activity will stimulate agriculture-led, inclusive growth, increasing employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, empowering women and youth, promoting innovation, advancing trade, and lifting people out of poverty.

Position Summary

• The Chief of Party will be ultimately responsible for the efficient and effective oversight of all elements of the Activity.
• Their primary responsibilities are to provide overall leadership, management, and technical direction of the program, ensuring an integrated vision across components, and a focus on achieving the desired results.
• This individual must act as the key liaison with USAID and all other counterparts, implementing partners and stakeholders involved with the program.
• The position requires significant coordination skills, broad general and technical knowledge, an ability to cope with multiple interests and challenges, experience in developing countries, and skills to ensure coherence and consistency in the face of urgent deadlines.
• This is an anticipated project, and all positions are contingent upon award from USAID.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and strategy development for the implementation of the Activity, including leading the development and implementation of annual workplans
• Ensure an integrated, market-oriented strategic vision across components and partners
• Serve as principal liaison with USAID staff, other implementing partners, host country government actors and other private and public sector stakeholders to exchange information and develop professional relationships
• Monitor program indicators, evaluate program results, and guide program implementation to deliver results and impact
• Oversee effective use of resources, on-time delivery of project activity reports and partner deliverables, and overall compliance with USAID regulations and Palladium policies and procedures
• Develop systems that support collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) approach, including establishing a culture of adaptive management
• Administer the program’s financial oversight and procedures, ensuring compliance with established Palladium’s accounting principles and USAID regulations
• Identify issues and risks related to program implementation in a timely manner and suggest appropriate program adjustments
• Represent Palladium and the program to the public and donor community

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Business Administration, International Development, Agriculture, or related field required; master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in enterprise development and competitiveness, market systems development, value chain development, private sector engagement, trade, finance, or investment.
• Previous experience as a Chief of Party for projects with similar magnitude and complexity.
• Knowledge of and experience with USAID rules and regulations.
• Proven ability to collaborate successfully with host-country government officials, international donors, and private sector stakeholders.
• Knowledge of agriculture enterprise competitiveness and value chain development; experience working with actors at all levels of agricultural value chains (smallholder to lead firm exporter).
• Experience designing, promoting, and implementing multi-stakeholder led, market-driven approaches.
• Demonstrated ability to build staff leadership and management capacity.
• Experience working in similar contexts.
• Fluency in English with demonstrated excellence in written and oral communication skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Senior Intervention Officer – Sustainable Land Use

Job ID: req22163
Location: Nigeria
Supervisor: Director, Program Management

Description

• We are searching for an experienced Senior Intervention Officer at our Abuja facility.

About Propcom+

• Propcom+ is a new FCDO-funded eight-year (2023-2030), rural and agricultural market development programme supporting climate-resilient and sustainable agriculture and forestry that benefits people, climate, and nature.
• The programme is implemented by The Palladium Group, and it aims to transform Nigeria’s rural economy by addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in the country’s food and land-use system. It will do this by (i) increasing productivity, improve nutrition and food security; (ii) enhancing climate resilience, pursue lower emissions, and protect and restore nature, and (iii) helping to tackle some of Nigeria’s underlying drivers of conflict and insecurity.
• It does this by working as a ‘market facilitator’, identifying constraints in markets systems and facilitating changes to enable rural markets to work better for the benefit of poor and climate-vulnerable smallholder farmers and rural small-scale entrepreneurs.
• Propcom+ has a target of increasing the incomes and climate resilience of 3.9 million poor and vulnerable people in Nigeria, 50% of whom will be women, through a “3Ps” approach of interlinked components:
  • P1: Scaling-up a focused basket of Proven climate-smart interventions around agricultural and primary processing / storage practices and models to get these adopted by millions of poor and vulnerable smallholder farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs.
  • P2: Building markets by developing and Piloting new business models that improve productivity, enhance resilience to climate change, reduce emissions, and improve nutrition outcomes.
  • P3: Enabling Policies that support a strengthened enabling environment for sustainable food and land-use system.

Purpose

• The Senior Intervention Officer will lead and manage key interventions on Sustainable Land Use and Forestry ensuring activities are implemented effected to deliver results and impact under the Propcom+ program.
• The role includes overseeing project activities, coordinating with stakeholders, applying a broad range of market development tools to stimulate changes in the behaviour of market actors and structures, leading to more inclusive, “green” and sustainable market growth and providing technical expertise to drive the program’s success.
• S/he will work closely with the SLU and Forestry Lead and collaborate with the GESI Advisor, MEL, P2 and P3 teams to ensure alignment with key reporting indicators.

Reportinh and Line Management:

• This post will report to a Portfolio Manager to be determined. The post holder will work to the lead of the SLU Adviser on a day-to-day basis.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the SLU Lead in developing a strategic and balanced pipeline; and in managing Technical Assistance portfolio while regularly updating the FSLU strategy and corresponding workplans to achieve P+ and FCDO priorities.
• Identify and design intervention opportunities, maintaining coverage, and fulfilling programmes commitments in priority states.
• Manage multiple partner and potential partner relationships to help them secure technical assistance and funding from Propcom+ and monitor and evaluate impact.
• Periodically assess Programme/intervention assumptions in the light of the changing environment; identify emerging priorities, refine, and adapt intervention strategies accordingly.
• Perform periodic industry analyses on the broader forest-risk agriculture commodity markets and targeted subsectors to keep the programme strategy responsive.
• Support investor engagement into sustainable commodities and partnerships.
• Lead in supporting the development of business plans with project partners to meet expected financial investment and traction from the private sector.
• Conduct business investment potential and readiness assessment, develop factsheets as may be required, that provide an overview of financial and technical updates for value chains that our intervention actors are engaged in.
• Contribute to strategic planning, effective management of interventions and timely reporting to meet programmes priorities, milestones and outcomes and alignment with client’s expectations. Assist regional work streams in generating FCDO and internal project reports/updates.
• Ensure interventions under implementation achieve P+ SLU milestone targets as planned and share lessons and impact stories around interventions under implementation.
• Lead in establishing contacts with state and non-state actors that may contribute to the successful implementation of market activities and maintain relationships with key players with common interests as Propcom+.
• Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of intervention activities.
• Provide a range of project management support related to the projects, including due diligence, budgeting, monitoring and reporting, as well as contracting, procurement MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirement for the interventions.
• Provide periodic report to support decision making.
• Engage in developing and sharing knowledge products relating to own interventions

Teamwork:

• Work as a part of P+ team towards delivering programme results.
• Deploy consultative approach while working with both team members, consultants and partners foster good relationship among team members and demonstrate through attitude maintenance of a respectful workplace.
• Whenever tasked with management responsibility, ensure that good management practices are deployed.

Location:

• The post is primarily located in Abuja; however, the candidate will be required to travel frequently to states in both Northern and Southern Nigeria.

Required Qualifications
The Senior Intervention Officer should have:

• A Degree, or equivalent qualification in Economics, Agribusiness, Land Use, Natural Resources and Climate, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of previous experience in similar work, developing market systems or designing bottom of the pyramid models, funded by FCDO or other large donor agencies, including in a management role.
• Experience working in agricultural or forest commodities associated with deforestation, such as palm oil, cocoa, timber products etc.
• Relevant experience in sustainability in markets and supply chains;
• Proven experience in applying quantitative, conceptual, and analytical problem-solving skills;
• Experience in working with a broad range of stakeholders; facilitating and mainstreaming complex processes amongst civil society, private sector and governments;
• Comfortable with significant client interaction and managing multiple partners;
• Understand private sector investor mentality and needs to help shape projects and promote private sector investment in them.
• Solid experience in delivering high quality results against tight deadlines;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English;
• Strong personal qualities, including integrity, results oriented, commitment to excellence, equality, openness, inclusiveness, collegiality and solving problems even in very difficult situations.
• Knowledge and experience working in the South of Nigeria.
• Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director, Integrated Health Service Delivery Activity Nigeria

Ref No: req20932
Location: Nigeria

This Proposal Opportunity

• Palladium is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation Director Integrated Service Delivery for an anticipated USAID funded program in Nigeria, titled Integrated Health Service Delivery Activity.
• The purpose of the activity is to strengthen service delivery and integrated primary health care at primary and secondary health facilities in the country through healthcare service and health data quality improvement at health facilities improving access to care at community levels as a continuum of integrated primary health care.
• This activity will provide relevant training for health care workers and is expected to build awareness and equip current and future facility-based and public health practitioners with the necessary multi-sectoral skills and capacities to address old and emerging infectious diseases, maternal, newborn and child health diseases.
• This activity will also strengthen the interoperability between paper-based and electronic health information management systems and improve surveillance and public health functions of primary and secondary health care facilities.
• The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director is a full-time position and will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of the program monitoring and evaluation framework and information system to track delivery against targets/projections, indicators, outcomes, and impact.
• They will be responsible for ensuring valid and verifiable data collection, reporting and analysis, and communicating program results to USAID and external stakeholders. They will link M&E data to a process of learning and iterative adaptation.
• This is a proposal position and is contingent upon an award from USAID.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Work closely with Technical Leads as part of the senior leadership team to determine and support the project’s strategic objectives.
• Lead the development and monitoring of annual MEL workplans, and review and update the project’s MEL plan on an on-going basis.
• Develop and implement a framework for project results measurement, accountability, learning and development effectiveness to measure and report project success, including articulation of Theories of Change (ToC).
• Work closely with the technical leads of project components to ensure compatibility and coordination within the M&E framework and ensure that the MEL system adheres to USAID guidelines and meets the needs of the program for learning, analysis, and reporting.
• Focus on strengthening the M&E system, building capacity of partners and staff, and improving alignment and support to host-country M&E systems.
• Institute routine data reviews as part of an adaptive management process including analysing, interpreting, and presenting data to project management and technical leads
• Responsible for developing and designing project systems to track program progress against indicators, collecting and verifying information and maintaining performance monitoring plans, reports, work plans and monthly reports.

Key Competencies Required

• Master’s Degree or higher in M&E, Statistics, Economics, Public Health or related field.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in developing and implementing MEL and Continued Learning and Adaptive Management preferably for a USAID or similar donor funded programs.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and utilizing monitoring tools related to program and project monitoring.
• Proficiency in using large national health-related and service delivery databases.
• Proficiency in using data collection, cleaning and analysis software.
• Demonstrated experience in establishing and managing MEL systems that track project performance and results and
• USAID’s standard foreign assistance indicators.
• Demonstrated analytical skills to measure the outcomes of the project’s activities and support project supervision
• Demonstrated experience in gathering, organizing, and analyzing large amounts of data as well as the ability to design manageable, transparent M&E systems that report progress against indicators throughout the life
• Prior experience developing, implementing, and managing performance monitoring plans (PMPs).
• Excellent organizational and management skills to manage MEL teams and activities
• Demonstrated experience with complex donor-funded development projects
• Strong understanding of USAID regulations and M&E reporting requirements, preferably in the [the proposal and envisioned project/activity] sector.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Nutrition Advisor, Integrated Health Service Delivery Activity Nigeria

Ref No: req20933
Location: Nigeria

This Proposal Opportunity

• Palladium is seeking a Monitoring and Evaluation Director Integrated Service Delivery for an anticipated USAID funded program in Nigeria, titled Integrated Health Service Delivery Activity.
• The purpose of the activity is to strengthen service delivery and integrated primary health care at primary and secondary health facilities in the country through healthcare service and health data quality improvement at health facilities improving access to care at community levels as a continuum of integrated primary health care.
• This activity will provide relevant training for health care workers and is expected to build awareness and equip current and future facility-based and public health practitioners with the necessary multi-sectoral skills and capacities to address old and emerging infectious diseases, maternal, newborn and child health diseases.
• This activity will also strengthen the interoperability between paper-based and electronic health information management systems and improve surveillance and public health functions of primary and secondary health care facilities.
• The Nutrition Advisor is a full-time position and will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of the activity’s nutrition program to improve maternal, newborn and child health outcomes.
• The Nutrition Advisor will be responsible for providing leadership in nutrition capacity building, clinical mentoring and supportive supervision in the technical area of nutrition for an upcoming USAID award in Nigeria.
• They will provide technical assistance at the country-level and state nutrition advisors to support nutrition-related activities including integrated primary health care activities and support to strengthen community-based services to enhance access, referrals and linkages to the formal PHC system.
• This is a proposal position and is contingent upon an award from USAID. *

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on nutrition-specific interventions through Primary Healthcare and community-based platforms.
• Guidance must be sound, evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the Nigerian Government and USAID.
• Provide technical leadership and build local capacity using proven training approaches on promotion of exclusive breastfeeding through the revised WHO guidelines for Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative and Community Initiatives, as well as
• Comprehensive Infant and Young Child Feeding practices.
• Provide curriculum review, revision, and master training oversight and follow-up clinical mentoring to promote maternal nutrition (nutrition in pregnancy, nutrition while breastfeeding, management of diarrhea), and nutrition through the lifecycle with emphasis on complementary feeding (6-23 months) and dietary diversity.
• Provide guidance on how to incorporate high impact nutrition services into antenatal, intra and post-partum care, as well as integrated management of childhood illness and integrated community case management protocols.
• Provide guidance to facilities (PHC) and community-based structures to enhance community-based nutrition counseling and case detection and referral of MAM/CMAM cases for appropriate treatment and counseling.
• Liaise with M&E and SPHCDA staff to encourage case management, follow-up, and surveillance of nutritional status.
• Contribute to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.
• Contribute to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results.
• Ensure quality program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines, global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions.
• Evaluate program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis
• With other technical area leads, collaborate on program design, implementation, quality assurance and monitoring of work plan.
• Coordinate with the other NGO partners to develop and implement feasible facility and community-based approaches.

Key Competencies Required

• Master’s Degree or higher in Human Nutrition, Public Health or related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience working in Nutrition in Africa, preferably in Nigeria.
• Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in nutrition and MNCH.
• Experience working with host-country partners, organizations, and institutions
• Strong skills in design, implementation and monitoring of program components; e.g. services, training, supportive supervision, clinical mentoring, patient counseling, advocacy and coordination.
• Experience with technical leadership for programs funded by USAID and/or other donor programs in developing countries, with significant Nigeria experience.
• Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Fluent in English, (written and oral communication)
• Willingness to travel throughout Nigeria as necessary.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Communications Officer

Job Number: req22126
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Communications Officer are detailed below. These are not exhaustive and may change as the programme grows and evolves.
Digital Communications:

• Support the development of digital communications strategy that aligns with the overall communications and knowledge management strategy of the programme.
• Develop and design tailored digital content plans for the programme social media channels including but not limited to X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Youtube and ensure consistency of messaging across channels.
• Curate and source appropriate and compelling content including infographics and videos, while engaging with staff and partners to generate on-demand content.
• Co-design and deliver social media campaigns (in line with the programme campaign calendar) to support the programme’s wider objectives and help raise awareness and drive action on key thematic issues.
• Support with identifying and working with influencers among staff, partners and the wider public across the themes of agriculture, climate change, environmental action, forestry, and biodiversity.
• Plan and produce multimedia and audio-visual content including infographics, short compelling videos and blogs for the programme digital channels and work with the wider programme team to grow an online photo and video library.
• Support the planning and delivery of virtual events organised by the programme such as webinars and X spaces and manage the setup and live streaming of hybrid events.
• Support the development and production of quarterly e-newsletters and other interactive resources on the programme’s digital channels including social media and the programme website.
• Co-manage the programme website and ensure regular updates of relevant content on the website.
• Support in monitoring trends and tracking of engagements on the programme’s digital channels (social media, website, e-newsletter) and to analyse relevant communications data and insights to inform workplans, content curation and quality assurance.

Knowledge Management:

• Support the development and design of communications and knowledge products including but not limited to success stories, blogs, learning papers, case studies, factsheets, etc.
• Liaise with the MERL and KM Managers to harness data and insights to inform design of evidence-based content suitable for the various digital channels, particularly posts for social media.
• Support the planning and delivery of learning events and other knowledge sharing events organised by the programme.
• Contribute to the development/refinement of information management systems (i.e. email systems, electronic and hard-copy filing and retrieval systems, intranet, extranet and other ICT solutions appropriate to Propcom+’s needs) to meet current internal knowledge management and adaptive learning needs.
• Develop monthly/quarterly/yearly work plans with other members of the MERL, Communications and Knowledge Management Team.
• Carry out additional tasks as requested by the Communications and Knowledge Management Managers and the MERL Director.

Required Qualifications

• The Communications Officer should have: A degree in a relevant discipline such as Communications or another related field.
• At least 3 years of communications experience in agricultural-related programmes.
• Excellent graphics design skills. Proficiency in the use of various graphics and infographic design apps (E.g. Canva, Adobe Creative Suite) is highly desirable.
• Ability to use basic video editing software tools to produce short videos.
• Proven knowledge and experience in digital content curation and website management.
• Great skills in MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (in English) to manage project communications and disseminate project information are required.
• Fluency in speaking and understanding Hausa is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online