Manager - Economic Growth

Manager, Economic Growth & Green Economy | Job Description (UKEA)

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’s Economic Growth and Green Economy (EGGE) team is delivering large-scale economic development, capital mobilisation and climate transition programmes across Africa and Asia for the UK FCDO and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. We are expecting continued growth in 2025 and looking to bolster our team with highly motivated individuals with a proven track record in both business development and delivery of impactful programmes.

The Manager will play a pivotal role in driving business development as we identify, grow and expand our pipeline of new projects with the UK Government and other donors. They will also play an important role in delivering new projects in collaboration with our national, regional and global teams.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s London office.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver and doer, and you have a track record in impact-driven economic growth projects we are interested in hearing from you.

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

Reporting Lines: The role reports to the Director, EGGE.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

Business Development:

· Effectively develop strong new and maintain existing client relationships through interactions with clients at a technical level during the business development cycle.

· Effectively manage priority proposals, including identifying and recruiting key experts, negotiating with international and local partners and developing win themes.

· Play a significant role in the development and drafting of high-quality technical proposals, including designing methodologies and approaches to client challenges.

· Play a significant role in the development of the EGGE business development strategy and planning, including through research on issues, countries, clients, partners and competitors and market intelligence gathering.

Programme Delivery Excellence and Management

· Contribute to the successful implementation of Palladium’s programmes and delivery of lasting outcomes to complex development challenges.

· Lead the implementation of Palladium’s project management framework on selected programmes in the capacity of Project Manager. This includes both operational and technical aspects of the project (including but not limited to financial management, compliance and due diligence, risk management).

· Proactively identify and mitigate risks and stay attuned to political, social, economic and security developments in project countries and regions.

Sector Expertise and Thought Leadership

· Identify, build and maintain effective relationships with consultants, partners and thought leaders in key EGGE technical areas.

· Co-lead research, analysis and publication of case studies and other knowledge products to position Palladium as a thought leader in the EGGE space.

Essential Criteria:

· Proven ability to work on multiple activities/projects simultaneously and adapt to new work priorities as they change.

· Strong technical writing skills, and the ability to convey technical information in a clear and easily accessible format, in support of programme delivery and business development.

· Proven ability to effectively manage and train people.

· Proven experience identifying and applying complex program management processes.

· Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff, clients, and consultants.

· Financial acumen and the ability to generate, interpret, and analyse financial reports and forecasts using Excel and other financial reporting/forecasting systems as demonstrated by experience.

· Ability to travel and work in developing countries for extended periods of time if needed.

· Strong editing skills and demonstrated competence using Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Desirable Criteria:

· Track record in successfully implementing business development initiatives for major donor-funded programmes, ideally in the economic growth space.

· Experience working on large-scale FCDO-funded economic growth programmes.

· Experience developing financial proposals and effectively managing complex programme budgets.

· Professional working proficiency in another language, with priority given to Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic.

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 during the recruitment process (due to disability, neurodiversity, 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.