Senior Program Development Officer - Moldova

Senior Program Development Officer – Moldova
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. 
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This Opportunity:
An upcoming project will establish and manage a three-year flexible, quick-response mechanism to implement activities that will support recovery and stability in Moldova. A more nuanced program objective will be articulated once the program is established and operational.

The Senior Program Development Officer (SPDO) plays a key role in supporting the COP to manage and implement small grant and activity programming, as well as aspects of financial, procurement, and budgeting management; subcontractor management; and Task Order start-up and close-out. The SPDO will coordinate with project staff responsible for all aspects of activity implementation while staying apprised of the evolution of the local political, legal, and economic situation and on how to continuously adapt the program.

This is a full-time position based in Moldova and contingent upon contract award. Moldovan nationals are encouraged to apply.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in quick response programming, 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!
Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 
The SPDO will be responsible for:

Programmatic aspects of the program. S/he or his or her designee will supervise the activity development staff and other MEL, procurement, finance, and senior management staff involved in activity development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
Ensuring appropriate implementation of program strategy.
In cooperation with the Chief of Party (COP), Operations Manager, and other relevant staff, ensuring that procedures are established and complied with for activity development, activity worthiness testing, activity implementation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and closing.
The SPDO will ensure that program implementation is in accordance with USAID and Palladium regulations and procedures and the specifications determined in the Task Order Statement of Work. This will include monitoring grantee worthiness, ensuring that all procurement processes are perceived as transparent by beneficiary communities, ensuring fair and transparent processes, review of financial management, and monitoring activity implementation.
Understanding and analyzing national, regional, and local politics, and guiding program staff in creatively designing grants that relate to the current political environment.
Working with the COP, Operations Manager, the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist, and regional offices to improve implementation processes throughout the program.
Serving as the COP and USAID’s primary point of contact for current information about the status of activity implementation.
In collaboration with other relevant staff, identifying program opportunities and potential local partners.
Ensuring that relevant staff use, maintain, and upload weekly to USAID’s database and that data is consistent and complete.
Working with the COP, Operations Manager, and other relevant parties to support security of persons, information, and goods directly related to implementation of individual activities.
Under the guidance of USAID and the COP, contribute to the design and implementation of the monitoring, evaluation, and learning system at the activity level and for ensuring that all activities are monitored and evaluated.
Key Competencies Required:
A minimum of five (5) years of relevant work experience and a bachelor’s degree or nine (9) years of relevant work experience without a bachelor’s degree. Relevant experience entails working in complex, high-speed, and/or challenging field operations in developing countries in a related role.
A minimum of one (1) year of supervisory experience.
Experience with activity design, as well as development and management of projects, involving activities at either the community level or national level.
Experience with grants management.
Strong written and oral communication and analytical skills.
Financial management experience, including budgeting, financial management (tracking, reporting and accounting, and procurement).
Fluency in written and oral Romanian or Russian.
Fluency in written and oral English.
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
Prior experience working in Moldova
Experience with a donor, contractor, or international NGO managing an office or program.
Experience supervising culturally and geographically diverse staff.
Experience with in-kind and/or small grants.
Experience working in complex political transition and/or conflict environments.
Demonstrated experience and knowledge in establishing systems and overseeing program start-up under limited time constraints.
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.
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