Chief of Party, USAID/IDEAL WSSH Activity

Chief of Party – Support Services for the Informing Decisions through Evidence and Analytics-Led WSSH (IDEAL WSSH) 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 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:
The Chief of Party is a full-time position for an upcoming award being solicited through USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, Center for Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene (RFS/CWSSH). The purpose of the Support Services for the Informing Decisions through Evidence and Analytics-Led WSSH (IDEAL WSSH) Activity is to support USAID stakeholders to make evidence-informed routine WSSH related decisions. To achieve this goal, USAID has four primary objectives: Objective 1: Compile decision support systems that transform raw data inputs into decision-ready insights for specific USAID or implementing partner decisions. Objective 2: Support decision-makers in transforming insights into action. Objective 3: Provide customized data solutions to USAID OUs through buy-ins. Objective 4: Strengthen WSSH data creation, standardization, harmonization, and analysis efforts to fill critical gaps.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in water, data analytics, food security, and/or WSSH, we are interested in hearing from you. We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting & Supervision:
The Chief of Party will serve as the primary liaison with USAID and will report to the home office Project Director. The Chief of Party will have ultimate supervisory authority over the project team.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Provides overall leadership, strategic guidance, vision, and management to staff and the overall project team, including staff, consultants, and partner organizations
Plan, direct and coordinate technical and operational activities to ensure that project goals and objectives are met and prescribed timeframes and funding parameters follow USAID regulations and Palladium’s policies
Provide overall technical and administrative leadership to the project implementation team, including development of strategies, budgets, work plans, MEL plans and reporting
Ensures the strategic and functional integration of all technical areas as well as strong collaboration with donors, private sector, and other implementing partners
Coordinates with other local USAID representatives, USG projects, Palladium’s home office as well as other development partners to ensure collaboration, integrated approach, and complementarity of the interventions
Serve as the project’s primary point of contact with USAID, other implementing partners, and other stakeholders; ensure alignment and harmonization with other programming where appropriate
Responsible for meeting contractual obligations, producing deliverables and targets, and achieving project results as specified by USAID
Provides strategic vision on program sustainability and resilience
Ensure interventions reflect high technical quality and are in line with the project’s scope of work.
Fluent writing, reporting, and presentational skills in English
Key Competencies Required:
15+ years in water security, data analytics, WSSH, and/or food security programs are required
Graduate degree in international relations, data analytics, political science, or a related field
USAID program experience is a must with experience as a Chief of Party on a USAID funded project or other donor-funded development project
Experience in systems strengthening and partnership building, particularly with the private sector
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with USAID or other donor planning and reporting systems, operations, programming, and structure
Experience managing and leading technical and administrative teams for complex development projects
Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe
Effective written and oral communication skills
Professional and diplomatic demeanor and conduct, especially during interactions with the client and its constituents
Ability to anticipate, respond and adapt quickly to changing requirements and competing demands.
Ability to take initiative and/or respond independently to situations
Fluent written and spoken English required
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
Fluency with WSSH-sector open data tools and platforms created by USG agencies, European Space Agency, WRI, among others
Experience with WSSH-sector decision-making at both policy and implementer levels

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – 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, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
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