Delivery Manager, UK PACT

Palladium is recruiting for a

Delivery Manager to join the Programme Management Unit (PMU) for the UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) programme.

This is a senior programme delivery role responsible for leading the effective delivery, governance and oversight of UK PACT’s portfolio of climate‑focused technical assistance grants and expert deployments.

We are seeking candidates with a proven track record in programme delivery, grant management, portfolio oversight, risk management and stakeholder engagement, ideally within complex donor‑funded or publicly funded programmes.

Candidates with significant relevant experience, including those with 7+ years’ experience, are particularly encouraged to apply.

The Delivery Manager will line manage Regional Activity Managers and a Contracts Manager, while working closely with the FCDO HQ Lead, Regional UK PACT teams, Fund Managers and implementing partners to ensure high‑quality, compliant and timely programme delivery.

This role is based in Palladium’s London or Bristol office on a hybrid working basis and reports to the Deputy Team Lead, UK PACT.

About Palladium

Palladium is a global company that designs, develops and delivers positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people worldwide.

It broadens access to health, water, power, and infrastructure, builds sustainable institutions and market systems to address global challenges, and conserves the natural world.

Palladium operates in over 90 countries and employs 4,000 staff of diverse backgrounds.

About UK PACT

UK Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT) is a USA‑government funded programme that supports countries in accelerating low‑carbon development.

It delivers capacity‑building activities and leverages UK expertise to create lasting impact through short‑ and long‑term projects.

Role Purpose

The Delivery Manager is the programme management lead responsible for the effective delivery, governance and oversight of UK PACT’s portfolio of climate‑focused technical assistance grants and expert deployments.

The role ensures activities are delivered on time, within compliance requirements, and in line with FCDO expectations, while maintaining high standards of risk management, safeguarding, value for money and programme performance.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder Relationships

• Maintain an excellent working relationship with the FCDO HQ team and the FCDO Programme Manager for UK PACT on all relevant activities.
• Collaborate with workstream leads, regional teams and fund teams to ensure clear communications between programmatic layers.
• Portfolio development – leading grant selection processes.
• Oversee grant funding windows per fund implementation plans, ensuring compliance with centralised processes and providing surge support as required.
• Facilitate and contribute to project selection guidance, ensuring evaluation criteria are appropriate and tracking any potential conflicts of interest.
• Ensure compliant project set‑up, including reviewing local due diligence and providing guidance for kick‑offs.

• Portfolio oversight and grant management

• Ensure the timeline delivery of all active projects, including escalation and mitigation of risks, underspend, and delivery delays by ensuring teams comply with appropriate processes.
• Support defence against fraud, corruption and safeguarding risks; conduct spot checks and other processes to ensure FCDO grant funding is spent as intended and that implementing partners meet FCDO compliance requirements.
• Support grant agreement contract finalisation, negotiations and approvals; oversee risk committee processes to approve projects (both grants and EDs) and ensure grant agreements are accurately prepared, reviewed and signed in a timely manner.
• Lead on all grant processes from competition through to closure, providing teams with relevant guidance and support on contracting and compliance requirements.
• In case of the programme’s closure, lead the preparation of exit strategy and closure processes, including upskilling and dissemination to teams and overseeing the sustainable closure of the programme.

• Information management

• Accountable for the data quality of client‑facing reporting Power BI dashboards (Insights) and internal Information Management System (IMS).
• Product owner of the IMS, overseeing prioritisation and budgeting of development; act as the key point of contact for the senior Palladium development team and oversee the RAMs and Programme Officer in their timely escalation and management of IMS bugs and improvements.
• Lead the continuous improvement of the Insights dashboard suites, ensuring they are fit for purpose and completing any enhancements.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of the programme’s KPI 1b (timeliness of delivery) and the quality of its relevant data and reporting.

• Capacity building and continuous improvement

• Facilitate cross‑regional learning and knowledge exchange through leadership in the global activity community of practice.
• Lead team capacity building visits to fund or regional teams as required.
• Lead development, preparation and implementation of training and capacity building sessions.
• Lead continuous improvement of UK PACT delivery and programme processes, identifying and implementing process improvements, developing new tools, and delivering training sessions.
• Lead on Value for Money initiatives, improvements and reporting.

• Risk, Compliance and Safeguarding

• Maintain oversight of risks, ensuring risks are documented within the IMS and escalated to FCDO and the programme leadership promptly.
• Oversee country and project‑specific risk management, working with all parties to ensure issues identified result in prompt mitigation strategies and/or escalation as required.
• Chair the monthly programme risk committee and update the programme risks log for submission to FCDO, leading risk discussions at monthly FCDO Delivery Meetings.
• Ensure teams and implementing partners are aware of FCDO safeguarding requirements; any concerns escalated immediately regardless of working day.
• Line Management
• This role will line manage three Regional Activity Managers and a Contracts Manager.
• Provide clear day‑to‑day direction, prioritisation, coaching, workload oversight and performance support to direct reports.
• Set clear objectives, hold regular one‑to‑ones and support formal performance review processes in line with organisational requirements.
• Ensure direct reports are supported to deliver high‑quality, compliant and timely programme delivery across UK PACT’s portfolio.
• Additional Information
• This is a fast‑paced role requiring strong prioritisation, resilience and the ability to manage competing delivery demands across multiple workstreams.
• The postholder will need to work flexibly, respond quickly to emerging programme priorities and maintain strong attention to detail in a complex delivery environment.
• Location and Duration

This role will be full‑time hybrid, based in London or Bristol office, starting from September/October 2026 initially through to March 2027.

The UK PACT programme anticipates an extension to the programme for up to two years, so this contract may be extended based on performance and programme extension up to March 2029.

• Candidate Specification – Role Requirements
• Strong track record in programme delivery, grant management, portfolio oversight, risk management and stakeholder engagement, ideally within complex donor‑funded or publicly funded programmes.
• Experience in a senior programme management or delivery management role within a complex donor‑funded environment.
• Proven experience working in a managerial, client‑facing role on a complex donor‑funded programme.
• Proven experience of effectively motivating and managing teams to deliver results in a fast‑paced environment.
• Proven experience as a grant management professional in an international development sector context; experience working with FCDO is welcome.
• Strong programme management skills and ability to operate with limited supervision in a multicultural workforce.

Strong risk management, FCDO compliance, safeguarding and fraud mitigation experience is welcome.

• Commitment to neutrality and diplomacy in all dealings with stakeholders, including political stakeholders, to build trusted relationships and ensure maximum effectiveness of the programme.
• A high degree of personal resilience, flexibility, and ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
• Knowledge of Power BI and information management platforms.
• Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken.
• Key Competencies
• Programme delivery and portfolio oversight: ability to manage complex, fast‑paced programme delivery across multiple countries, workstreams and implementing partners, ensuring activities remain on track and aligned with client requirements.
• Grant management and compliance: demonstration of understanding grant lifecycle management, contracting, due diligence, risk controls and donor compliance requirements, ideally within FCDO or other publicly funded programmes.
• Leadership and line management: proven ability to line manage and support direct reports, including Regional Activity Managers and a Contracts Manager, through clear direction, prioritisation, coaching, performance management and workload oversight.
• Stakeholder engagement: excellent relationship management skills, with confidence to work closely with FCDO, regional teams, fund managers, implementing partners and internal programme teams in a professional and solutions‑focused way.
• Risk management and problem solving: ability to identify delivery risks early, escalation of issues appropriately and development of practical mitigation actions to maintain delivery quality, compliance and value for money.
• Data, systems and reporting: comfortable using programme management systems, dashboards and performance data to monitor delivery progress, improve data quality and support evidence‑based decision making.
• Adaptability and resilience: ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, evolving programme environment, balancing competing priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail and professional judgement.
• 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.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup. com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding

We define Safeguarding as the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm.

We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse.

All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding‑focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.

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