Project Officer - Colombia

We are searching for an experienced Project Officer at our Bogota office.  

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

Palladium is looking for a Project Officer who will be responsible for managing projects in the LATAM regional portfolio and working closely with other Project staff in the region to support the region achieve its goals and targets.
The role is an Associate position offered full-time (40 hours) based out of our Bogota office, and it is expected the person works from the office at least 3 days per week.
We have flexible working conditions to enable our team to balance their work and home commitments.

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 3,200 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Programme context
The Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Programme – Phase 2 (IFSLU2) is the flagship programme in the Nature Based Capital and Climate, Environment and Natural Resources practice area at Palladium. IFSLU2 is split into three components, this position is primarily focused on Components 1 and 2, with collaboration and coordination opportunities for working with Component 3. IFSLU2 is a grants and technical assistance facility that supports businesses and investment models in which the private sector, public sector and communities can achieve improved returns from forests and sustainable land use whilst protecting existing forest, restoring degraded land and improving agricultural land management and production practices. All this work is focused across the tropical forests belt.
IFSLU2 will run for 5 years from Q1 2025. Depending on performance and subject to funding, the programme may be extended for a further 5 years (up to 2035). The programme is funded by the UK government.
IFSLU2 also feeds into the strategy and programme design of other programmes undertaken by Palladium Nature Based Capital and Climate, Environment and Natural Resources practice areas – IFSLU2 is an important programme in this regard.

 

Primary responsibilities

Key responsibilities and tasks may include, but are not limited to:

Accelerating the development of projects for grants or Technical Assistance approval in the LATAM region;
Conduct initial assessment of the potential of new projects to fit into P4F2’s mandate;
Support project analysis and design to bring it to the right approval level at the programme’s
Committees;
Ensure effective management of projects under implementation and ensure timely reporting and monitoring to achieve project outcomes and impacts;
Ensure projects under implementation achieve P4F2 milestone targets as planned;
Share lessons and impact stories around projects under implementation;
Bring data together in a consistent way and perform analyses based on agreed questions for insights;Facilitate and participate in team problem solving sessions and provide data insight and trends and analytics;Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites for successful implementation of activities;Contribute to relevant stakeholder meetings to build knowledge and engage with key stakeholders in the region;Assist regional work streams in generating client reports, internal reports and updated project reports/updates;Any other duties as reasonable requested by the Country Manager, Colombia, Regional Manager or Regional Director;Providing line management support to the Senior Associate, Data & Impact.

The role may include national and international travel.

Reporting
The role reports to the Country Manager, Colombia based in Medellin, Colombia.

 Required Qualifications:

The ideal candidate has the following skills and attitudes:

Essential

Demonstrable experience in projects/programme development or management;Relevant experience in sustainability or markets/supply chains for agricultural or forest commodities associated with deforestation, such as palm oil, soya, timber products etc;Proven track record in working on projects or programmes involving local and regional stakeholder engagements and PPPs;Experience in working with a broad range of stakeholders; facilitating and mainstreaming complex processes amongst civil society, private sector and governments;Demonstrated experience in outreach, networking and partnership building across a range of stakeholders, particularly in regard to the development of new innovative initiatives involving the private sector;People skills, with the ability to work effectively with multi-disciplinary team members and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and cultures;Ability to work flexibly, and to tight deadlines, maintaining consistently high standards and attention to detail;Entrepreneurial spirit with the drive to identify opportunities and new initiatives and turn them into reality;Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Spanish;Advanced Microsoft Office user (in particular PowerPoint and Excel).

Desirable

Experience with FCDO-funded or other large international development programmes;
Fluency in Portuguese. 

Fixed-Term

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.