Governance Lead at Palladium International

Job Description

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Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations.

Background of the Programme

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kenya is commissioning a trusted intermediary party to manage a ‘Think-and-Do-Tank’ and act as a facilitator to harness opportunities for private sector in water, food security and energy sectors to contribute to resilience building and economic development in selected ASALs. Its purpose is to make smart use of (mostly) existing data, analyse this and translate it into actionable information. This information needs to be effectively disseminated for application. It is also important to bring together more effectively government, private sector, development partners, research institutions and civil society. It is also envisioned to form the ‘glue’ between several Dutch funded programmes with strong climate resilience and private sector angle, i.e. LISTEN, DESIRA, FLOCCA, and CRAFT. They are to engage with the Think and Do Thank to strengthen and create complementarity between these programmes.

The intervention is aiming to adhere to the following principles:

 Kenya owned and demand driven. Building on past and present efforts Action and implementation oriented, while contributing to policy improvement where needed. Promoting evidence based decision making Utilising and strengthening relevant existing fora and platforms. Contributing to improved sector coordination. Alignment to national and international calendars (e.g. budget cycle, COP) Selected ASALs as main geographic focus Strong focus on economic potential of ASALs, role of private sector and economic development. Strong focus on sustainability of the project Contributing to strengthening ASAL and Drought related Government Institutions both at National and County level. Contributing to strengthening Kenyan research, analysis and adaptation capacity. Contributing to strengthening an integrated water, food security and energy approach for climate resilience.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Proven network of partners in the knowledge and academic world with focus on agriculture, water and energy Good understanding of issues and opportunities in the above sectors for resilience building in the ASALs of Kenya. Excellent communication skills and ability to translate academic knowledge into materials that can be used for dissemination for specific target groups (private sector and government). Stakeholder mapping, stakeholder analysis and coordination and identification of new and existing governance structures related to building partnerships and opportunities in different sectors.