Private Sector Engagement and Partnerships Lead, USAID/El Salvador Roots for Prosperity
About Palladium:
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 foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities, and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental, and financial benefits.
For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.
Palladium is a child-safe organization, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran, or marital status.
Duration: 5 years (anticipated start in March 2025)
Location: San Salvador, El Salvador
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The Private Sector Engagement and Partnerships Lead will be responsible for the following:
Be responsible for primary coordination, management and support to private sector partners.
Liaise with identified partners to ensure agreement on objectives for the partnership and alignment with R4P objectives.
Lead co-design, prepare and negotiate partner agreements with R4P team and potential partners, including preparing detailed assistance packages, determining leverage commitments, and clearly defining results, targets and means of verification for each partner agreement.
Ensure success of program partnerships from inception through close out.
Direct and oversee a team of business advisors responsible for managing a portfolio of partners.
Mobilize resources and technical assistance in response to partner demands and needs
Matchmaking with BDSPs, specialized technical assistance and service providers.
Oversee implementation of climate integration and gender mainstreaming strategies.
Proactively seek opportunities to ensure partnerships are inclusive of priority groups, including women and youth.
Proactively orient partners to achieve core R4P objectives to the greatest possible extent.
Develop plans to prioritize partnership-supported activities that are locally led and generate benefits for marginalized communities, including indigenous populations, women, youth, and persons with disabilities.
Facilitate and coordinate technical design of innovative grant, partnership and subcontracting approaches to meet R4P objectives.
Prepare, organize, and maintain partnership records and files documenting awards, modifications, performance, and compliance
Key Competencies Required:
Degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or relevant field.
Demonstrated experience working to identify and broker strategic partnerships.
Experience working with and negotiating agreements between multi-sector stakeholders including the private sector, not-for-profit sector, civil society, the international aid and development sector, and government.
Experience in working with catalytic funding including USAID-funded grants preferred.
Ability to effectively interact and manage relationships across a range of cultures and organizational levels.
Experience engaging with the private sector including C-suite executives and aligning corporate and commercial objectives with donor funded project objectives.
Well organized, able to work independently, skilled in handling multiple tasks, able to adhere to deadlines.
Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, including ability to develop and communicate a common vision and foster collaboration across an interdisciplinary team in multiple locations.
Supervisory experience managing decentralized teams.
Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in Spanish and English.
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 accommodation 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.