Palladium Hiring for Team Leader, Gender Inclusive Value Chain Finance – MCC Indonesia at Washington, DC  Full Time

Team Leader, Gender Inclusive Value Chain Finance (Activity 3.1) – MCC Indonesia

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 Team Leader for an anticipated MCC-funded Access to Finance for
Women-owned / Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises Project. The Team Leader
must have the leadership, depth, and breadth of technical expertise and
experience, professional reputation, supervisory and program management
experience, interpersonal skills, and professional relationships that demonstrate
her or his ability to be a thought leader in their field.

Duration: 5 years
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Reporting and Supervision:

The Team Leader will report to the Project
Director for the MSME Finance Project and will liaise with MCA Indonesia. The
Team Leader will also oversee all Activity 3.1 staff, including technical leads
and other key personnel.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The Team Leader will be the
primary point of contact for the MCA with the Consultant’s team for Activity 3.1: Gender Inclusive Value Chain
Finance. They will be responsible
for overseeing the work of all of the experts on the team and leading client
relationship management. The Team Leader should be a finance and
capacity-building expert with experience of working the financial services
sector in Indonesia. Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead the project team in setting and
  achieving project lifetime and annual goals, ensuring that it is
  effectively staffed and performing at the highest levels
  
• Maintain effective and open communication
  throughout the project with MCA, project operations teams, subcontractors,
  and other relevant stakeholders
  
• Achieve project goals and objectives in a
  timely and cost-effective manner
  
• Liaise and represent the project at
  meetings and events with the Government of Indonesia, MCC, private sector,
  local organizations, and other stakeholders
  
• Liaise with the Palladium DC and Australia
  offices
  
• Ensure technical and administrative
  excellence and compliance
  
• Ensure effective communication of project
  successes and results to broad audiences
  
• Supervise all activities of the project,
  and ensure compliance with MCC regulations and Palladium procedures,
  including procurement, finance and administration, human resources, and
  sustainability
  
• Travel to various regions of Indonesia as needed
  
• Any and all other project-related tasks as required by the Palladium HQ

Key Competencies Required:

• Extensive experience working in the financial services sector, comfort with a wide range of financial instruments (debt, equity, blended finance), private sector investments in SMEs, particularly WSMEs
  
• Extensive experience facilitating investments and mobilizing finance through blended financing mechanisms
  
• Significant management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and assembling teams working on multifaceted, complex international development programs
  
• Proven track record liaising with investors, financial institutions, SMEs, government, MCC, and other key project stakeholders
  
• Substantial experience with MCC (or similar client) as a Team Leader, Project Director, Deputy Director, etc., on project(s) of similar scope, scale, and complexity preferred (USD +25M)
  
• Demonstrated experience working in partnership with and building capacity of local organizations
  
• Demonstrated experience in building partnerships to achieve mutual goals and objectives, including with U.S. government agencies, host-country governments and counterparts, international donors, multilateral organizations, and civil society and private sector partners in developing countries
  
• Strong management skills to guide all project human, technical, and financial resources
  
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills
  
• Strong analytical and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web-based research)
  
• Fluency in English and Indonesian required
  

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 [email protected] 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.