Country Partnerships Manager – USAID Transforming Financial Markets for Agricultural SMEs in Africa at Palladium International

Primary Role And Responsibilities

• Develop a country-level partnership strategy to maximize both private capital mobilization and development impact and oversee implementation of it, making adaptation as needed
• Oversee the administration, compliance, and implementation procedures of contracts and subawards, and ensure compliance with USAID contract and grant regulations including procurement regulations
• Design and conduct contracts, subaward and consulting assignment solicitations and advertisements.
• Facilitate and coordinate technical design of innovative grant, partnership and subcontracting approaches to meet the technical strategies of the program
• Support designing and conducting grants solicitation and advertisements utilizing Palladium’s Pay for Results methodologies
• Support the design, planning, outreach, implementation, and maintenance of partnerships for the program, including with internal and external partners
• Manage grants commitments, taking into account probability-weighted pipelines and other tools to manage grant agreements against obligated amounts
• Ensure design of grants and partnerships are aligned with the project’s technical strategy and results-based methodology and in compliance with USAID rules and regulations
• Facilitate pre-award risk assessments and due diligence checks
• Develop and execute all aspects of the GUC process, including development of the GUC manual utilizing Palladium’s approved GUC manual templates and guidelines
• Support designing, preparing, and negotiating partner strategies with internal staff and potential partners
• Assist in negotiating, in collaboration with Palladium HQ, grant terms and agreements, with potential grantees
• Lead negotiations with contractors and applicants on awards, processes, and execution.
• Facilitate and manage grants and subcontracts close out and final reporting
• Other tasks as deemed necessary

Key Competencies Required

• Knowledge of USAID grants policies, procedures, and reporting requirements
• Knowledge of USAID subcontracts regulations
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, finance or a related field in international business management, finance, accounting and/or auditing experience.
• Experience in managing grants under contract for USAID-funded programs of a similar size
• Experience in managing innovation grants, performance-based grants, or other mechanisms to algin performance incentives with an activity’s strategic objectives
• Experience in managing partnerships, interacting with stakeholders, collaborating on meetings and workshops, and overseeing partnership activities
• Experience in designing and managing subcontracts, preferably under USAID-funded programs
• Prior experience in a management role on a USAID funded program highly desired experience managing staff
• Demonstrated experience coordinating and collaborating with various stakeholders and grant awardees
• Advanced knowledge of computers and MS Excel
• Local candidates are preferred
• Written and oral proficiency in English required