Amazon Grants Associate

Amazon Grants Associate

Programme overview

UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) is a UK Government
programme funded through International Climate Finance (ICF) that has been
running since 2018. The programme's overall objective is to alleviate poverty,
working primarily through reducing greenhouse gas emissions. UK PACT is a
flexible technical assistance (TA) programme that is designed to support ODA
eligible countries to increase their future climate ambitions, reduce their
emissions, and accelerate just transitions to clean growth. A key feature of UK
PACT is that it aims to respond explicitly to partner government demand for
capacity building interventions, and that it shares UK expertise (for example
in areas such as climate legislation, green finance, and smart energy).

Reporting

The position will report and be accountable to the UK PACT Amazon
Regional Fund Manager (and in their absence, the Latin America Regional Lead).

Location

This position can be based in Bogota, Colombia or Sao Paolo,
Brazil.

Primary Duties and
Responsibilities

Specifically, the Amazon Grants Associate
will:

• Work closely with the LATAM Regional Grants Manager to ensure that all aspects of grant management are fully compliant with UK Government codes of conduct and good practice;
• Assist with budget, due diligence, grants agreements and reporting from implementing partners in the Amazon Fund Countries (Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Guyana);
• Support the grant management process, ensuring high quality grant agreements;
• Support on establishing harmonised systems for reporting and documentation for grantees (including risk management);
• Support the LATAM Regional Grants Manager to identify, manage and monitor strategic and operational risks associated with grant processes and disbursements;
• Assist with the monitoring of grants at contractual and programmatic levels, working alongside the programme technical, MEL and communications teams;
• Support the oversight of project expenditures, assist with preparing budget analytic documents and expenditure forecasts, amendments, assist in the preparation of financial reports, provide the interface for project internal and external audits;
• Support Implementing Partners on project reporting (financial and risk), by reviewing and requesting additional information, where required, to ensure reporting meets FCDO requirements
• Support
  identification of country and project-specific risk management, working
  with FCDO in post and in the UK, the Team Leader and PMU.

Key Competencies and Professional Expertise/Competencies
Preferred:

• Programme
  and grant management skills, with experience supporting the deliver and
  management of projects, grantees or subcontracts (At least 4 years)
• Strong
  reporting skills with proven ability to contribute to client formal
  reporting and ad-hoc requests
• Good
  knowledge and/or willingness to learn more about the environmental / low
  carbon sector in terms of policy landscape, relevant state and non-state
  actors in relation to climate change, and low-carbon economic development
• Some
  knowledge and understanding of the local political economy and business
  operating context in Kenya, including socio-economic context and
  development challenges and priorities
• Strong
  organisational, inter-personal administration and communication skills
• Strong
  financial management and administration skills, with the ability to review
  and quality assure the financial reports of projects
• Professional
  fluency in written and spoken English. Fluency in Spanish is desirable but
  not mandatory.
• Shows
  flexibility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances
• Highly
  collaborative and committed to close working and open communication with
  colleagues in post and in the UK, and other UK PACT partners
• Commitment
  to neutrality in all dealings with stakeholders, including political
  stakeholders, to build trusted relationships and ensure maximum
  effectiveness of the programme

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.