Job Title: Country Partnerships Manager
Hiring Organization: Palladium
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: NGO
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Date Posted: 07/19/2024
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 governments, businesses, and
investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. With a team of more
than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of
over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most
importantly, people’s lives.
This Proposal Opportunity:
Palladium is seeking a Country Partnerships Manager
for an anticipated USAID-funded program across Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda,
and Zambia which is anticipated to begin in 2025. The USAID Transforming
Financial Markets for Agriculture SMEs is likely to be a 5-year program focused
on mobilizing private capital for agricultural small-and-medium enterprises
(SMEs) strengthen agriculture value chains. The activity will leverage
results-based tools used in USAID’s finance and investment mechanisms – supporting
a range of agricultural firms to expand investments and operations via a
blended finance approach.
Primary Role and Responsibilities:
- Lead Transforming Financial Markets for
Agriculture SMEs’ in-country activities under the direction of the COP and
DCOP.
- Develop a country-level partnership strategy to
maximize both private capital mobilization and development impact of
- Transforming Financial Markets for Agriculture
SMEs’ activities and oversee implementation of it.
- Lead annual work planning at the country level,
ensuring that learnings from prior years are integrated to adapt the
approach as needed.
- Maintain networks of financial institution (bank
and non-bank) partners and oversee implementation of Transforming
- Financial Markets for Agriculture SMEs
activities with partner financial institutions.
- Facilitate and coordinate technical design of
innovative grant, partnership and subcontracting approaches in conjunction
with the Innovative Grants Specialist.
- Ensure design of grants and partnerships are
aligned with the project’s technical strategy and results-based
methodology and in compliance with USAID rules and regulations.
- Lead negotiations of, in collaboration with
Palladium HQ, grant terms and agreements, with potential grantees.
- Oversee the administration, compliance, and
implementation of contracts and subawards, and ensure compliance with
USAID contract and grant regulations including procurement regulations.
- Facilitate and manage grants and subcontracts
close out and final reporting.
- Other tasks as deemed necessary.
Essential Criteria:
- Proven track record mobilizing agricultural
finance and/or SME finance in country and/or similar markets.
- Experience with results-based financing and/or
pay-for-results methodologies.
- Extensive networks in the financial sector,
including bank and non-bank financial institutions, and agricultural
sector.
- Demonstrated experience mobilizing financing for
underserved segments, including, but not limited to, women, youth, and
persons with disabilities.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and
collaborating with various stakeholders and grant awardees
- Experience in managing innovative sub-awards,
performance-based sub-awards, or other mechanisms aligning performance
incentives with an activity’s strategic objectives
- Knowledge of USAID rules and regulations around
grants and subcontracts.
- Prior experience in a management role on a USAID
funded program highly desired
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration,
finance or a related field in international business management or
economics.
- Advanced knowledge of computers and MS Excel
- Written and oral proficiency in English required
- Local candidates are preferred
