Team Leader at Palladium Group
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 governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges.
- With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people's lives.
Position Details
The Team Leader will oversee the implementation of the WISH Dividend P&S programme across its focus countries, reporting to the Programme Director.
- Specifically, as the central programme representative and accountable party, the Team Leader will oversee and guide Country Leads in the development and full implementation of annual, demand-driven technical workplans.
- The Team Leader will likewise shepherd the programme delivery and management function along with the Regional Finance and Operations Manager and Programme Management Unit.
- Within their remit, s/he will ensure timely and high-quality completion of technical deliverables; robust financial and programme management; the achievement of payment KPIs; progress against logframe targets; the realisation of value for money commitments; and other duties/responsibilities.
- The Team Leader serves as FCDO’s primary point of contact for programme strategy, technical leadership, and overall day-to-day management and oversight.
Primary Roles And Responsibilities
Strategic and Technical Leadership
Provide strategic leadership and technical oversight of WISH P&S across all countries and workstreams - from technical delivery, monitoring, evaluation and learning, to programme and financial management.
- Guide and oversee Country Leads towards the effective development and implementation of annual workplans (AWP); ensure delivery is on time, within budget, and meets Client and government partner expectations.
- Ensure principles of problem-driven iterative adaptation, institutionalisation, and sustainability are central to AWP development and implementation.
- Monitor implementation progress via the TA Tracker and work to resolve delivery bottlenecks with Country Leads.
- Own the programme’s live risk register, working closely with Country Leads who are responsible for assessing risks, devising mitigation strategies, tracking, and resolution.
- Oversee achievement of programme KPIs, logframe targets, and value for money commitments.
- Lead routine programme reporting and learning.
Required Skills And Experience
Proven senior-level experience leading large, complex, donor-funded international development programmes, including multi-country TA and/or health systems strengthening programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa. Strong preference for previous experience delivering FCDO programmes specifically.
- Proven experience in senior programme leadership roles (e.g., Team Leader, Chief of Party, Country Director, Deputy Team Leader) with accountability for technical and financial delivery.
- Strong technical expertise in SRHR, demography/population dynamics, and health systems strengthening.
- Experience applying PDIA, and proven success driving institutionalisation and sustainability agendas.
- Strong track record of leading the development and implementation of annual or multi-year workplans, overseeing high-quality deliverables, and ensuring progress against logframes, KPIs, and contractual obligations.
- Proven ability to manage large, multidisciplinary, and geographically dispersed teams, including routine line management, performance management, mentoring, and fostering a collaborative one-team culture.
Extensive experience managing consortium partners and external technical experts, ensuring coordinated delivery, strong partner relationships, and high-quality technical inputs across programme components.
- Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders, including donors, government counterparts, civil society, and development partners, and to represent programmes credibly at high-level meetings and forums.
- Strong financial and operational management skills, including oversight of large budgets, forecasting, contract amendments, budget revisions, and ensuring delivery in line with donor and organisational policies and procedures.
- Excellent communication, reporting, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to produce high-quality donor-facing reports, synthesise complex information clearly, and build trusted relationships.
- Strong judgment, problem-solving, and adaptive leadership skills, with experience operating in politically and operationally complex environments and responding effectively to changing priorities and emerging risks.
Demonstrated commitment to safeguarding, gender equality and social inclusion, and rights-based programming, with experience embedding these principles in programme design, delivery, and team leadership.
Deadline: Not Specified
Location: All 36 State's
How to Apply
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