Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director,

USAID Transforming Financial Markets for Agricultural SMEs in Africa (TFMAS) Activity

About Palladium: 
Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.  

This Opportunity:

Palladium is seeking a Chief of Party 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.

*This is an anticipated project, and all positions are contingent upon award from USAID.*

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Provide strategic guidance and technical support for successful MEL in keeping with the principles of collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA).Collaborate with the Communications team to maintain information sharing and unified messaging.Collaborate with COP, DCOP, and objective leads to use adaptive management to identify necessary changes to implementation approaches across the project.Supervise a team of MEL focused staff and actively collaborate with subcontractors and USAID in the development, implementation, and revision of the MEL Plan.Ensure the accurate and compelling reporting of results.Oversee the analysis and visualization of collected data to assess how the program is performing against its indicators.Maintain compliance with USAID’s policies and procedures, ensuring that standard operating procedures and work instructions are implemented.Provide timely and accurate inputs to monthly, quarterly, and annual technical reports as required.Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

At least eight years of relevant background and related job experience with MEL and CLA on donor programs of similar size, regional scope, and complexity, preferably focused on access to finance, with USAID, and/or in East Africa Experience as a direct supervisor including supervising teams in fast moving, multi-component programs. Degree in a related field of study (e.g., economics, finance and investment, business management, international trade, etc.) Experience with Gender Integration and Social Inclusion (GESI), gender analysis, and/or integrating the voices of women in business and government in the design and implementation of activities.Excellent interpersonal, diplomacy, and leadership skills, including the ability to manage high-level relationships and complex regional dynamics. Fluency in English required; and fluency in one or more regional languages preferred.Local candidates (i.e. residents of the five target countries) preferred.

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

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