Social Protection and Private Sector Engagement Consultant (Philippines)

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 3,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities. 

Palladium Americas:

Our Americas’ business team has brilliant and passionate colleagues working in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and North and South America as well as the Caribbean, fulfilling projects and assignments for clients from institutions, corporations, governments, and foundations based in the Americas. We have offices in Washington, DC, New York City, and Raleigh-Durham, NC.

This Opportunity:

CATALYZE is a $250 million 5 to 8-year program, designed to catalyze $2 billion in private capital, especially to underfinanced social sectors and higher risk countries (especially low-income and post-conflict countries) around the globe, complemented by a cross-cutting inclusion of gender-lens investing. CATALYZE will provide services to many missions and bureaus that “buy in” to tap the CATALYZE investment and pay-for-results project management expertise. Our aim is for investors to explore and find commercially viable opportunities and approaches to creating jobs, developing sustainable social services, tightening and rationalizing supply chains, and advancing inclusive growth.

The CATALYZE “Improved Social Protection and Economic Empowerment of Women in Asia” activity will assess best practices and possible innovations, and co-design, test, and implement social protection platforms that are context-specific in two to three Asian countries. After empirical and rapid assessment of 12 countries, the Philippines has been selected for intervention design.

Location:

The position is based in the Philippines.  

Reporting and Supervision:

The consultant will report to the CATALYZE Asia Health Financing Associate.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

The consultant will be engaged for approximately 6 weeks from until May 2022 to undertake the following tasks and functions. The anticipated level of effort is 5-10 days.

Carry out local research about technical issues directly relevant to the potential in-country activities being developed in the concept notes
Reach out to potential local partners to explore opportunities for collaboration
Facilitate in-country co-creation session(s)
Assist in planning and logistic for co-creation session(s)
Provide timely responses to inquiries from CATALYZE team
Be available for phone calls and regular updates with CATALYZE team

Key Competencies Required:

Master’s degree in business administration, public policy, health, economics, finance, or a related field.
Experience with social protection issues, economic empowerment and health insurance required
Extensive experience conducting key informant interviews and focus group discussions
Experience conducting literature reviews
Experience working with private health and non-health sectors, and networking with a diverse range of stakeholders in one of the three countries outlined in project overview.
Ability to coordinate and effectively conduct meetings with key stakeholders as a representative of the CATALYZE program
Demonstrable experience supporting stakeholder engagement and other co-creation processes for USAID- or other donor-funded projects desired
Extensive knowledge and familiarity of one of the three identified countries and the local context
Evidence of strong interpersonal and written communications skills
Oral and written fluency in 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 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.

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