Deputy Chief of Party– USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity

Deputy Chief of Party– USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity
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 Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) for the anticipated USAID/Indonesia Urban Climate Change Adaptation Activity, which is a 5-Year USAID-funded program which aims to improve climate and disaster resilience in Indonesia. The Activity will support the GOI at local, district, provincial, and national levels; working directly with communities and the private sector; and helping key stakeholders to mobilize financing and develop, disseminate, and utilize better climate change information. The programs objectives may comprise the following four areas:

• Support GOI efforts to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in sub-national core development plans and investments;
• Mobilize financing to advance urban climate resilience;
• Strengthen systems for collection and application of climate data, services and decision support tools to improve planning processes in target cities;
• Advance Urban Nature-Based Solutions to Promote Climate Resilience.

The Deputy Chief of Party will serve as a co-leader in achieving project objectives and will be based in Indonesia. The DCOPs will play key roles in supporting the COP in managing Palladium’s field presence of the project in Indonesia. The DCOP will have a firm understanding of programmatic aspects of the project in the context of evolving political, legal, and economic contexts and contribute to a continuous adaptive management approach. The DCOP’s responsibilities include oversight and coordination of financial, procurement, and budgeting management, human resources, local recruitment, and possible grants management. The DCOP will work with Palladium HQ to ensure compliance with USAID rules and regulations. Primary responsibilities:

• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team of the program and supports the COP in leadership and oversight of project staff and activities. As such, provides senior leadership, management oversight, and coordination on all matters project wide.
• Collaborate with different stakeholders, particularly the Indonesian government, to foster country-driven, inclusive, locally relevant strategies to improve and assure forest and orangutan conservation and resource management practices.
• Work with the COP and other project staff to continuously refine implementation processes by integrating lessons learned and best practices.
• Lead and/or reviews and monitors programmatic functions, i.e., development of work plans and budgets and quarterly/annual reports and ensures effective implementation of program strategy as articulated by in the work plan.
• Ensure that program implementation is in accordance with Palladium’s and USAID’s regulations and procedures.
• Serve as the COP’s primary point of contract for current information about the status of activity implementation.
• In collaboration with local staff in-country, identify program opportunities and potential local partners as needed.
• In collaboration with the M&E officers ensure relevant staff use, maintain and regularly upload data to the project M&E system.
• Participate in and/or prepares necessary project-related reports, including presentations and white papers.
• Provide analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, consider, and resolve issues or problems.
• Participate, and represent the organization as needed, in outside associations, conferences, and symposia.
• Work with the COP and other relevant parties to support security of local and short-term expatriate staff.
• Serve as acting as COP when s/he is unavailable.
• Undertake other duties as assigned by the COP.

Key Competencies Required:

• Master’s degree in in business administration, project management, public policy and/or urban planning, climate change, or natural resource related fields and at least 5 years of experience in USAID funded projects.
• Experience with activity design as well as development and management of projects, preferably including both community-level and national-level activities, with experience in USAID-funded projects.
• Experience with a donor, contractor or international NGOs in a relevant sector such as natural resources management, environment/biodiversity, forestry, land use management, or agriculture.
• Proven ability to leverage and manage partnership and cooperate with host country governments and international partners in implementing donor-funded projects preferred. Experience working with the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry and BAPPENAS preferred.
• Demonstrated financial management experience (including budgeting) and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing program start-up.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation experience to high-level audiences, fluency in English. Fluency in Indonesian preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and management skills.
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to think and plan strategically, ability to manage a culturally and linguistically diverse staff, consultants, and counterparts.
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities, often within a required timeframe.
• Professional and diplomatic demeanor and conduct, especially during interactions with the client and its constituents, particularly regarding the Indonesian government.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Bahasa Indonesian proficiency preferred.
• Indonesian nationals with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.

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. 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.