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Project Officer – West and Central Africa
Partnerships for Forests
The Company:

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.

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The Programme

Partnerships for Forests aims to support the emergence of a new investment model in which the public sector, private sector companies and wider communities can achieve better returns from sustainable forestry and land use than they are able to from deforestation and land degradation.

The main objective of the programme is to support a set of public-private-partnerships (PPPs) and initiatives which demonstrate how the private sector can contribute to a reduction in rates of deforestation, as well as a range of related enabling activities to address the policy environment.

Outcomes will include improved and more sustainable prevention of deforestation, reforestation of degraded land and leverage of private finance. The programme also aims to support a transformation to sustainability in markets for commodities associated with deforestation, including timber, palm oil, soya, beef, paper and board. The programme is currently operating in four regions (East Africa, West and Central Africa, South-East Asia and Latin America).
For more information, please visit www.partnershipsforforests.com
The Position

Partnerships for Forests is looking for a Project Officer who will be responsible for managing projects in the West and Central Africa regional portfolio and supporting the region achieve its goals and targets. They will work closely with the Regional Manager and other Project staff in WCA.

The role is offered full-time (40 hours), at 5 days per week, based out of the Accra, Ghana office. We have flexible working conditions, to enable our team to balance their work and home commitments.

Primary responsibilities
Specific duties may include, but are not limited to:

Develop project concepts and accelerate for grants approval in the WCA region;
Ensure effective management of projects under implementation and ensure timely reporting and monitoring to achieve project outcomes and impacts;
Ensure projects under implementation achieve P4F milestone targets as planned;
Share lessons and impact stories around projects under implementation;
Lead and actively participate in team problem solving sessions and provide data insight and trends;
Conduct regular monitoring visits to project sites for successful implementation of activities;
Actively participate in relevant stakeholder meetings to build knowledge and engage with key stakeholders in the region;
Assist regional work streams in generating client reports, internal reports and updated project reports/updates ;
Identify opportunities to improve on own competency by undergoing trainings to build ability to contribute to program delivery; and
Any other duties as reasonable requested by the Regional Manager or Regional Director.
Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate has the following skills and attitudes:

Essential
Demonstrable experience in projects/programme development or management;
Relevant experience in sustainability or markets/supply chains for agricultural or forest commodities associated with deforestation, such as palm oil, soya, timber products etc
Proven track record in working on projects or programmes involving local and regional stakeholder engagements and public-private partnerships.
Experience in working with private sector and businesses ; facilitating and mainstreaming complex processes amongst civil society, private sector and governments
Demonstrated experience in outreach, networking and partnership building across a range of stakeholders, particularly in regard to the development of new innovative initiatives involving the private sector
People skills, with the ability to work effectively with multi-disciplinary team members and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds and cultures
Ability to work flexibly, and to tight deadlines, maintaining consistently high standards and attention to detail
Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
Advanced Microsoft Office user (in particular PowerPoint and Excel)
Fluency in French.
Desirable
University degree or equivalent in a relevant subject, such as business, economics, politics, agriculture, forestry, environmental management or other relevant field.
Experience with FCDO-funded or other large international development programmes
The deadline for applications is 23:00 2 September but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, therefore we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

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