Country Fund Manager

Country Fund Manager

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop anddeliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around theglobe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; buildenduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems toaddress global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over90 countries and have a workforce of 4, talented, motivated, and diversestaff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

Palladium is recruiting a Country Fund Manager with a passion forcarbon reductions to join our UK PACT team in Kenya. The UK PACT programme aimsto improve the effectiveness of key institutions (public, private and civilsociety) in partner countries so that they can deliver accelerated emissionreductions and raise the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs) targets. 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
An increase in in-country buy-in to urgently facilitate low-carbon development

UK PACT is a complex, multi-country and multi-sector programme,which delivers impact through a combination of grant funding for longer-termcapacity-building projects and the rapid mobilisation of short-term expertisefor targeted skills and knowledge transfer.

Location:

The position is based in Kenya.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, anddoer, and you have expertise in programme andgrant management, with a proven track record of managing a complex portfolio ofgrantees in various sectors, we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organisation and provide growth opportunitiesfrom the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources,and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

PrimaryRoles and Responsibilities:

The UK PACT Kenya Fund Manager will be the‘on-the-ground' liaison for Palladium affirming and implementing the FCDOstrategy for UK PACT in Kenya, managing day-to-day activities from stakeholderengagement and providing key contextual insights and managing the ongoingportfolio of grants.

Specifically, the Country Fund Manager will:

StakeholderRelationships:

Maintain an excellent working relationship with the team at Post, supporting them in engagement with partner country government agencies, civil society groups, research agencies, (green) financial institutions and relevant private sector firms to collaboratively design and generate buy-in for the programme’s strategy, plans, and resource requirements
Act as an ambassador for UK PACT in Kenya, promoting funding opportunities to potential implementing partners, project and programme outputs to intended beneficiaries, and broader UK engagement on low-carbon development where relevant, and as agreed with FCDO

StrategyDevelopment and Engagement:

Work collaboratively with team at Post, FCDO UK, and the PMU to implement an adaptive strategy for UK PACT-funded projects in-country drawing on the various types of funds, skill-shares and technical assistance available
Identifying complementary existing programmes (funded by the UK and other donors) to feed into UK PACT country implementation plans, theories of change and log-frames and avoid programme duplication
Provide technical advice and input for continuous context analysis and assessment of local market capacity to identify the most appropriate avenues for interventions and pathways to climate change impact within each key strategic sector, and flag policy, technological and commercial developments and risks that could influence the delivery of UK-Kenya climate collaboration

ProgrammeManagement; Identification, Selection and Implementation of Interventions:

Coordinate grant funding windows in accordance with country implementation plans, and lead on market engagement to ensure the right local stakeholders are aware of, and well-placed to apply for, funding opportunities
Organise and manage a call for proposals in collaboration with post, the Palladium team in the UK and the FCDO lead
Facilitate and contribute to the project selection process, particularly regarding assessing deliverability and impact potential on the ground
Support project set-up coordinating with the PMU to adhere to any local due diligence required and to support initial briefing to potential Implementation Partners
Oversee timely implementation of projects and regularly ensure the feedback of results, impacts and learning through quarterly reports to FCDO covering overall progress, progress against outputs, main activities and deliverables for the next period, budget, spend and forecast, and risks
Advise FCDO on potential to extend, scale up or replicate successful projects, and work with successful Implementation Partners to do this with FCDO approval
Support defense against fraud, corruption and safeguarding risks, conducting spot checks and other processes to ensure FCDO grant funding is spent as intended and that Implementation Partners meet FCDO compliance requirements

Programme Reporting

Support Implementing Partners on project reporting, ensuring reporting meets FCDO requirements; providing a quality assurance function
Oversee country and project specific risk management, working with all parties, ensuring any issues identified result in quick mitigation strategies and/or are escalated as required
Contribute to programme governance and decision-making, both in-country and centrally, as required

Desirable Criteria:

Excellent programme and grant management skills, with a proven track record of managing a complex portfolio of grantees in various sectors
Strong reporting skills with proven ability to engage with and manage donor client formal reporting and ad-hoc requests
Good knowledge and/or willingness to learn more about the environmental / low carbon sector in terms of policy landscape, relevant state and non-state actors in relation to climate change, and low-carbon economic development
Demonstrated ability to build networks and communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders at different levels of seniority
Good knowledge and understanding of the local political economy and business operating context in India, including socio-economic context and development challenges and priorities
Excellent organizational, inter-personal administration and communication skills
An ability to see both the big (strategic) picture, identifying opportunities for innovation and value addition for UK PACT, as well as keeping alert to project delivery risks
Professional fluency in English
A high degree of personal resilience, flexibility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances
Highly collaborative and committed to close working and open communication with colleagues in post and in the UK, and other UK PACT partners
Commitment to neutrality in all dealings with stakeholders, including political stakeholders, to build trusted relationships and ensure maximum effectiveness of the programme

Equity,Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, andinclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections ofsociety and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity,success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achievediversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receiveequal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personalcharacteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economicbackground, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity,sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenousstatus.

Shouldyou require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability oryou are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please emailour team at and we willbe in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We defineSafeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect ourpeople, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committedto ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladiumare treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject toan enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and arigorous due diligence process.