Gender Strategy Consultant

Gender Strategy Consultant

About Palladium:

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 foundations, investors, governments,
corporations, communities, and civil society to formulate strategies and
implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental, and financial
benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive
Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in ninety
plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts,
Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies,
societies and most importantly, people's lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organization, and screens
applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal
employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color,
religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran, or marital
status.

Purpose of
Position:

We are seeking a
highly motivated Gender Strategy Consultant to support Palladium's newly formed
Center of Technical Excellence (CoTE). The CoTE is based in the Americas
Regional Business Partnership and primarily serves USG and private
sector-funded clients. Gender empowerment is a key component of the new CoTE. One
of the primary goals of the CoTE is to facilitate knowledge exchange and
learning and ensure technical excellence in gender-transformative approaches across
Palladium's projects and proposals. Through this consultancy, we aim to develop
a gender strategy that supports CoTE's mission to increase awareness of
Palladium's gender transformative capabilities and expertise, consolidate best
practices and approaches, and facilitate high-quality program implementation,
proposal development, and thought leadership.

Position
Summary

The consultant will work
closely with Palladium CoTE staff and gender experts. The Palladium team will
provide technical guidance and input to facilitate the development of the
gender strategy. The consultant will communicate frequently with the Palladium
team on deliverables and progress.

Anticipated Period of Performance and Level of Effort:

• Estimated Period of Performance: May 1, 2024 - July 31, 2024
• Estimated LOE: 20 - 30 days

Primary Activities

Phase 1 - Consolidation and Analysis:

• Analyze Current State: Based on Palladium's gender transformative capabilities, approaches, and models, analyze Palladium's strengths, differentiators, and areas for growth in the gender space. Assess which aspects of Palladium's gender expertise are transformative and innovative and benchmark our gender expertise against the industry.
• Develop a Learning Agenda: Research USAID's key learning questions related to gender. Based on Palladium's strengths, USAID's priorities and market trends, develop a learning agenda to include in the gender strategy.
• Recommend External Tools: Research and recommend external tools, approaches, and case studies on gender empowerment to complement and enhance Palladium's expertise.

Phase 2 - Strategy
Development and Dissemination:

• Develop Gender Strategy for Palladium: Based on Phase 1 deliverables and in close coordination with the CoTE team, develop a gender strategy for Palladium, including guiding principles, pillars, approaches, tools, and illustrative activities.
• Internal Dissemination: Present the new gender strategy at an internal kick-off event.
• External Dissemination: Contribute to an external event showcasing the new gender strategy. Draft communications piece(s) highlighting Palladium's thought leadership in gender transformative approaches.

Key Capabilities and Professional Expertise Required:

• Proven experience leading the development of organization-level gender strategies
• Progressive experience in gender and social inclusion, preferably with USAID programs
• Demonstrated understanding of USAID's gender approaches and priorities
• Outstanding facilitation skills and ability to adapt methodology based on audience
• Customer service orientation
• Excellent project management skills
• Proven experience in collaborating with different stakeholders and effective communication
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts and findings to diverse stakeholders and coach others to do the same
• Self-reflective, ability to work independently, and seeks and actions feedback

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 accommodation 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.