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.  

Project Background

This Opportunity:

Palladium International, LLC is implementing the $250 Million, 5-year USAID CATALYZE contract which offers a facilitated partnership model that will craft solutions to crowd in $2 Billion in blended finance (i.e., blended concessional and commercial finance) to USAID partner countries; it can work in any development sector or region. Launched in October 2019, CATALYZE is a buy-in mechanism that allows USAID Bureaus and Missions to efficiently deploy investment facilitation solutions that respond to the needs of specific sectors, issues, and geographies. 

USAID CATALYZE Market Systems for Growth (MS4G) focuses on creating transformative outcomes in the food security and WASH sectors to benefit all Ethiopian people. To achieve these goals, the activity engages youth, mobilizes capital, increases access to finance, connects enterprises to markets, and supports stakeholders to self-advocate towards policy change which will promote opportunities for the private sector community. The project supports activities in Addis Ababa and secondary cities.

 To strengthen the private sector in the food security and WASH sectors, MS4G uses a market-based approach to enhance enterprises’ performance, product/service delivery, and inclusion. The activities are designed to build institutional capacity, enhance knowledge and skill transfers through workforce development initiatives, advance the business enabling environment, accelerate digital transformations and scale best practices to increase productivity and quality.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Office

Estimated Start Date:  

This assignment is expected to commence in July 2023. 

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in supervising program activities, 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 Communications Specialist will report to the CATALYZE: MS4G Communications Manager.  S/he will be responsible for developing and disseminating marketing materials, social media content, and other communications products, ensuring that MS4G's knowledge management system is functional and regularly updated, coordinating MS4G events, and other duties as listed below. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Specific responsibilities of MS4G Communications Specialist include, but are not limited to: 

• Identify and capture content from MS4G’s activities, based on MS4G’s learning questions.

• Lead the development and dissemination of marketing materials, social media content, and other communications products to amplify content generated from project activities. 

• Develop and edit digital content (social media posts, video success stories etc.).

• Produce graphics and visual elements for communication materials.

• Oversee the design of banners, posters, backdrops, and other graphic products.

• Ensure that MS4G’s knowledge management system is functional and regularly updated (on the SharePoint platform) 

• Ensure branding and marking guidelines are applied to all communication materials (print and digital) and across all MS4G activities. 

• Coordinate and contribute to MS4G events and oversee all communications responsibilities for event.

• Develop and manage MS4G’s photo bank (repository).

• Serve as the point of contact for graphic designer and photographer consultants. 

• Other duties as assigned.

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.

Job Requirements

Key Competencies Required: 

• Understanding and experience working with a market systems project and knowledge/experience of USAID Communication rules.  

• Ability to synthesize complex documents into a language that is accessible and compelling to external audiences.

• Ability to synthesize and simplify information and communicate it in a lively, accurate and understandable manner.

• Knowledge and understanding of USAID branding and communications style.

• Excellent English verbal, written and presentation skills.

• Excellent editing skills

• Excellent attention to detail and track record of designing and implementing a dynamic communications and knowledge management strategies.

• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven with strong organizational skills, and ability to work in a dynamic and agile environment with changing requirements and priorities.

• Strong cross-cultural, interpersonal, management, diplomacy, and collaboration skills in highly complex structures involving multiple teams and stakeholders.

• Ability to meet deadlines under extreme pressure, build consensus, engage a variety of stakeholders, and work with diverse groups of people.

Professional Expertise Preferred:

• A bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a relevant field.

• At least 4 years of experience in project communications, knowledge management and learning including 3 years in a communication role on a USAID-funded project.

• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders, including governments, civil society, and international donors.

• Ability to transform technical concepts into content that is relevant and will achieve strategic objectives.

• Strong interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.

• Creative problem-solving skills.

• Demonstrated ability to manage and oversee multiple complex tasks simultaneously.

How to Apply

Please apply using the following link: CLICK HERE