Deputy Chief of Party, 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 Deputy 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. 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 Deputy Director will provide managerial
and operational support to the project. The Deputy Director will lead a team of passionate democracy, digital rights and digital
development 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 Deputy 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 Deputy Director will have demonstrated management experience of large global USAID programs to
ensure delivery of wide variety of technical activities in service of advancing
USAID's digital democracy agenda.
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 Deputy Project
Director will report to the Project Director and will work closely with
USAID/Washington D.C. and USAID Missions.
Primary Duties and
Responsibilities
Key Competencies Required
Professional Expertise
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.