Palladium

Operations and Finance Manager

We are searching for an experienced Operations and Finance Manager at our Accra facility.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme 2 – Operations and Finance Manager, Ghana

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 TDDAP2 (Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme Phase 2), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), will enhance health security across Africa. The programme will contribute to the reduction of illness and death from infectious disease threats in African populations and globally, with a particular focus on women and girls. Building on the COVID-19 pandemic and previous outbreak responses, it establishes partnerships between African, UK, and global public health institutions, such as Africa CDC and WHO-AFRO. TDDAP2 provides technical assistance to national governments and regional bodies and includes an Africa Rapid Response to Outbreaks (ARRO) Fund to facilitate swift responses to disease outbreaks across Sub-Saharan Africa.

TDDAP2 is structured around four components. This contract will focus solely on Component 1 below.

1. Component 1: National and Community Technical Assistance (this programme): Provides long-term technical assistance to DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Uganda to strengthen the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR). It supports national priorities through the delivery of National Action Plans for Public Health (NAPHS), One Health and All Hazard Plans, and pilot innovative approaches to public health security.

2. Component 2: Regional Technical Assistance: Supports African regional institutions, networks, and initiatives with a health security mandate by providing technical assistance, facilitating peer-to-peer learning partnerships, and offering discreet financial support.

3. Component 3: ARRO Fund: Provides early and rapid funding for outbreak responses and supports coordination across the UK government for effective deployment of expertise, logistics, and monitoring.

4. Component 4: Monitoring and Evaluation: An independent third-party monitoring, evaluation, and lesson-learning function to ensure adaptability and improvement throughout the programme lifecycle.

Location: This position is based in Ghana.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have in-depth knowledge of the African health security architecture and expertise in health systems strengthening, global health security, and infectious disease, 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 Lines:

This position will report to the Country Lead, Ghana.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities:

• Act as a key point of contact for any operational or financial concerns in respective country
• Liaise and coordinate with wider team across other programme countries and head office management staff
• Ensure adherence to and compliance with all Palladium and FCDO policies and procedures
• Coordinate logistics for country workshops and meetings
• Coordinate all travel arrangements for relevant programme staff and visitors, in line with corporate and client security standards
• Oversee and manage human resource requirements in country
• Lead on processing of local payroll, expenses and all other relevant financial administration
• Contribute to the tracking and logging of country operational and financial risks
• Contribute to audit processes
• Any other duties as relevant

Required Qualifications:

Key Competencies Required:

• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail
• Experience in supporting project recruitment and HR processes
• Experience in supporting project operational planning and financial processes
• Demonstrated effective stakeholder engagement experience with strong interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated strong analytical thinking and pro-active problem solving
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and ability to research information and present it concisely

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.

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Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.