Project/Deployments Manager

Project/Deployments Manager

Company Overview:

About Palladium – 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.

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.  

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com 

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.

Project Overview and Role:

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

  PurposeofPosition

TheHumanitarianandStabilisationOperationsTeam(HSOT)iscontractedthroughPalladiumbythe Foreign,CommonwealthandDevelopmentOffice(FCDO)toprovidesupportservicesandanoperational teamdeliveringadviceandassistanceonhumanitariandisastersandemergencies.

The Project Manager will be working in the Humanitarian Projects team (HPT) and will be responsible for managing end to end deployments of consultants overseas delivering technical expertise to support UK government humanitarian objectives and global emergency response capability.

The role also involves managing a portfolio of strategic relationships to deliver emergency response capability and humanitarian engagement on behalf of FCDO. This includes the following: UN Standby Partnership (SBP) mechanism; UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) roster; UK International Search & Rescue (UKISAR) Coordination and Hostile Environment & Safety (HEST) Training.

PrimaryResponsibilities

TheprimaryresponsibilitiesoftheProjectManager are:

·       Responsible for undertaking all activities necessary to support efficient project start-up and closeout in line with company, client and HSOT guidance

·       Manage full deployment cycle including managing contractors travel and deployment arrangements, and liaison with the Security Adviser on duty of care requirements and advice on specifics of security kit to issue;

·       Ensure compliance with company policies, SOPs and Guidelines and client rules and regulations

·       Managing relationships with the client during deployment dealing with any welfare concerns and evaluating and addressing client feedback.

·       Manage and resolve active contractor queries and concerns and escalate to project leadership as required;

·       Manage and process contractors’ expenses and invoices in a timely manner, escalate to project leadership (line manager or Deputy Director level) any significant delays;

·       Ensure pre-deployment briefing and end of contract debriefs are complete and appropriate;

·       Assume overall accountability for project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered in line with budget and forecast and that they deliver the required financial return;

·       Manage project cost, revenue and accruals in line with client expectations good financial management;

·       Oversee of project invoicing and debt, ensuring projects are billed in a timely manner

·       Report against project and client financial metrics;

·       Contribute to Emergency Response capability and deploy in event of rapid humanitarian response;

·       Undertake effective administration of the assigned specific portfolio;

·        Responsible for leading on Portfolio Strategy workplan actions and reporting regularly on outputs;

·       Responsible for submitting recommendations to FCDO regarding specific portfolio funding requests, in line with FCDO policy and priority areas and in liaison with HSOT advisers;

•  Manage
  budget approvals and finance reporting, 

·       Responsible for accurate data management and tracking of partner communication, where applicable

Required Qualifications:

·       Proven experience in project administration including budgets, invoices and forecasting

·       Experience of deploying or dealing with staff working overseas would be an advantage

·       Experience of managing induction processes would be an advantage

·       Outstanding organisational skills such as prioritising, planning, managing information, and meeting deadlines

·       Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and proven experience of building excellent working  relationships, both internal and external

·       Ability to communicate complex procedures and situations to varied stakeholders

·       Proven ability to deal with a varied workload and often conflicting deadlines

·       Be able to work shifts when the business requires it (i.e.: some weekends or late evenings)

Closing date: 21st November 

Applicants need to have the right to work in the UK. Palladium does not sponsor visas