Requirements:

• Donor and client management: strong reporting skills and confidence engaging donor and government counterparts, including drafting/quality-assuring formal reporting and responding to ad-hoc requests.
  
• Stakeholder engagement: demonstrated ability to build networks and trusted relationships across government, civil society, research bodies, private sector and (green) financial institutions, and communicate effectively with stakeholders at different levels of seniority.
  
• Programme / project / fund delivery leadership: 8+ years’ experience managing complex programmes or grant portfolios, with clear evidence of delivering results on time and to a high standard.
  
• Grant portfolio management: experience running competitive calls (e.g., calls for proposals), leading selection processes, contracting/set-up, and managing implementing partner performance across multiple workstreams.
  
• Team leadership: proven experience leading, coaching and line-managing teams to high performance (including remote/partnered ways of working).
  
• Adaptive management and risk: ability to navigate political economy and delivery uncertainty, identify risks early (delivery, safeguarding, fraud/compliance) and act decisively to mitigate/escalate.
  
• Budget stewardship: ability to oversee budgets/forecasts and value-for-money decisions (in collaboration with finance specialists).
  
• Professional fluency in spoken and written English; strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
  

Strategy Development and Engagement:

• Work collaboratively with BHC team, FCDO UK, the Palladium core team to implement an adaptive strategy for UK PACT-funded projects in-country drawing on the various types of funds, skill-shares and technical assistance available.
  
• Identifying complementary existing programmes (funded by the UK and other donors) to feed into UK PACT country implementation plans, theories of change and log-frames and avoid programme duplication.
  
• Provide technical advice and input for continuous context analysis and assessment of local market capacity to identify the most appropriate avenues for interventions and pathways to climate change impact within each key strategic sector, and flag policy, technological and commercial developments and risks that could influence the delivery of UK-Nigeria climate collaboration.
  

Stakeholder Relationships:

• Maintain an excellent working relationship with the BHC team and FCDO HQ lead, supporting them in engagement with partner country government agencies, civil society groups, research agencies, (green) financial institutions and relevant private sector firms in order to collaboratively design and generate buy-in for the programme’s strategy, plans, and resource requirements.
  
• Act as an ambassador for UK PACT in Nigeria, promoting funding opportunities to potential implementing partners, project and programme outputs to intended beneficiaries, and broader UK engagement on low-carbon development where relevant, and as agreed with FCDO.
  
• Understand political economy dynamics within climate transitions, government of Nigeria, and within FCDO.
  

Programme Management: Identification, Selection and Design of Interventions

• Coordinate grant funding windows in accordance with country implementation plans, and lead on market engagement to ensure the right local stakeholders are aware of, and well-placed to apply for, funding opportunities.
  
• Organise, manage and run call for proposals in collaboration with post, the Palladium team in the UK and the FCDO lead.
  
• Facilitate and lead the project selection process, particularly with regard to assessing deliverability and impact potential on the ground.
  
• Lead project set-up, coordinating with the Palladium PMU and Regional team to adhere to any local due diligence required and to support initial briefing to potential Implementation Partners.
  

Delivery Performance, Reporting and Financial Management:

• Lead high-quality partner performance management, including reviewing progress against outputs, deliverables and MEL requirements, and agreeing corrective actions where needed.
  
• Oversee and quality-assure implementing partner reporting to ensure it meets FCDO standards and can be used confidently for donor reporting.
  
• Own the in-country risk management approach across the portfolio (delivery, political economy, safeguarding, fraud and compliance), ensuring issues are mitigated quickly and escalated appropriately.