Project Director, USAID/Advancing Digital Democracy
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 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions,
races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
The Digital Solutions and Transformation Portfolio within the Data Informatics and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) Community of Practice is seeking a Project Director to lead an upcoming global project to support USAID's Advancing Digital Democracy activity.
The Program aims to
support the development of digital innovation that respects human rights in
partner countries. It will provide comprehensive assistance to stakeholders,
including governments, civil society and the private sector, to achieve this
goal. The DIAS Practice is a dynamic
and innovative group with talented and passionate members, working together to
strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development
investments and outcomes and create positive impact.
The Project Director will provide strategic,
managerial and technical leadership to the project. The Project Director will help
advance USAID's digital democracy agenda, leading a team of equally passionate
digital development and democracy professionals and program managers to
implement a wide range of activities that promote open, secure, and inclusive
digital democracies in which data-driven technologies advance, rather than
undermine, democratic values and respect for human rights. The Project Director will have
experience developing and implementing organization wide strategies, with
strong interpersonal skills to develop and manage complex relationships across
various stakeholders in various sectors. Finally, the Project Director will have demonstrated project
management experience to ensure delivery of wide variety of technical
activities in service of advancing USAID's Digital Strategy.
This is a
full-time, key personnel senior position based in Washington, DC and is
contingent upon award
You and Your
Career:
If you are a
problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in strategic
planning, leading global projects with USAID, or relevant digital democracy and
human rights experience, 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 and
Supervision:
The Project
Director will report to the Palladium Home Office Program Manager and will work
closely with USAID/Washington D.C. and USAID Missions.
Primary Duties and
Responsibilities:
Key Competencies Required:
Professional Expertise:
Experience leading USAID activities that catalyse democracy, governance, or economic growth outcomes world-wide; prior experience as Chief of Party, Project Director, Deputy Director, Team Leader, etc., on project(s) of similar scope, scale, and complexity preferred.
Experience cultivating and managing relationships across multiple technical sectors, digital development, policy and strategy, democracy, digital rights, digital inclusion, and/or digital transformation.
Demonstrated experience in building partnerships to achieve mutual goals and objectives, including with U.S. government agencies, host-country governments and counterparts, international donors, multilateral organizations, and civil society and private sector partners in developing countries.
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.
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.