Palladium

Technical Lead, USAID/Burma Higher Education Scholarships Program

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 Technical Lead is a full-time position for an upcoming award being solicited through USAID/Burma to promote higher education scholarships. This Activity will expand the reach of USAID’s current higher education portfolio in Myanmar and support current and future community leaders to gain access to quality higher education learning opportunities by offering regional and local scholarships and a variety of higher education opportunities via multi-modalities that strengthen the higher education landscape. This position is contingent upon contract award to Palladium. 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Serve as a member of the senior leadership team of the program and supports the Chief of Party in oversight of project staff and activities
• Provides technical leadership and oversight to technical staff and partner organizations
• Support programmatic functions, i.e., development of work plans, quarterly/annual reports, and ensure effective implementation of program strategy
• Ensures quality delivery for each stage of the scholarship cycle including promotion, assessment, selection, pre-departure, placement and on-award activities
• Directs and coordinates technical team across all three objectives (increase access to higher education scholarships, support student completion of scholarships and promote service-learning) to ensure that project goals and objectives are met 
• Maintain effective and open communication throughout the project with Chief of Party, USAID, Component Leads, and other relevant stakeholders
• Work with the Chief of Party and other project staff to continuously refine implementation processes by integrating lessons learned and best practices
• Ensure that program implementation is in accordance with Palladium’s and USAID’s regulations and procedures
• In collaboration with the local staff in-country, identify program opportunities and potential local partners as needed
• In collaboration with the M&E team, ensure relevant staff use, maintain and regularly upload data to the project M&E system
• Fluent writing, reporting, and presentational skills in English

Key Competencies Required: 

• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in implementation of projects with a focus on education and higher education, scholarships, service learning, youth engagement, or community development.
• Demonstrated experience in senior management positions for USAID programs or programs of similar scope and complexity 
• Regional experience in the Southeast Asia region: Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, etc.
• Excellent communication skills and experience of working effectively across cultures with a diversity of clients
• Experience in relationship building with stakeholders including non-governmental, and civil society organizations, private higher education institutions, and/or other private educational entities in Myanmar and the Southeast Asia region
• Experience working with vulnerable groups including people with disabilities, ethnic and linguistic minorities, internally displaced populations, women, and youth

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.