Uganda: Deputy Team Leader

Company Overview

Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported by four key pillars:

• International Development


• Strategy Execution Consulting


• Impact Investment


• Training and Events

We create positive impact through more than 100 current projects with more than 2000 employees operating in over 90 countries.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. Wealso provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

Project Overview and Role

NU-TEC MD is a five year DFID funded programme that aims to increase the incomes and climate resilience of poor men and women in northern Uganda by stimulating sustainable, pro-poor growth in selected agricultural markets and improving the position of poor men and women within these market systems, to make them more inclusive for poor people.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the successful design and implementation of M4P market development activities within the primary and interconnected markets that the project works in.


• Accountable for providing effective leadership and management of the market development group, which is expected to consist of 9 technical staff: 3 Market Managers and 6 Intervention Managers.


• Accountable for ensuring strong linkages between the Market Managers and the Monitoring and Results Management (MRM) team of the programme to enable collection and analysis of data to support effective programme decision making.


• Accountable for providing budgets, projections for results, implementation updates, and other information as needed to relevant field office and home office units to support effective implementation and reporting on project outcomes.


• Accountable to represent the company and the project to the client and stakeholders as needed.

Essential Education and Experience Required

• Relevant masters’ degree in business, agriculture, economics or related field;


• At least 10 years’ experience in private sector agriculture/agribusiness development, with demonstrated experience in market development/making markets work for the poor (M4P);


• At least 5 years’ experience in a mid- or senior management position in large donor funded international development projects, preferably DFID, in client facing roles with budget responsibility;


• Ability to identify viable commercial opportunities;


• Excellent report writing and oral presentation skills;

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with results chains, intervention guides and other M4P tools;


• Experience working in post-conflict or fragile states.


• Experience of working in Uganda and/or Ugandan language skills an advantage.

Competencies Required

• Excellent leadership, representation and organizational skills;


• Strong management and people skills;


• Strong financial acumen and the ability to develop, interpret and analyze budgets and financial reports;


• Ability to operate in complex situations;


• Ability to foster successful partnership approaches and relationships among a variety of organizations/institutions;


• Excellent English language communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across technical disciplines;


• Ability to communicate effectively and negotiate persuasively with high level decision makers;


• Results oriented.