Team Leader, MSME Capacity Building - MCC Indonesia

Team Leader, MSME Capacity Building (Activities 3.2 and 3.3) -

MCC Indonesia

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

Palladium is seeking a Team Leader for an anticipated MCC-funded Access to Finance for Women-owned / Micro-, Small and Medium Enterprises Project. The Team Leader must have the leadership, depth, and breadth of technical expertise and experience, professional reputation, supervisory and program management experience, interpersonal skills, and professional relationships that demonstrate their ability to be a thought leader in their field.

Duration: 5 years

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Reporting And Supervision

The Team Leader will report to the Project Director for the MSME Finance Project and will liaise with MCA Indonesia. The Team Leader will also oversee all Activity 3.2 and 3.3 staff, including technical leads and other key personnel.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

The Team Leader will be the primary point of contact for the MCA with the Consultant’s team for Activities 3.2 and 3.3: Digital and Financial Literacy Enhancements and MSME Capacity Enhancement. They will be responsible for overseeing the work of all of the experts on the team and leading client relationship management. The Team Lead should be both a seasoned leader and a finance, digital, and capacity-building expert with experience working in Indonesia. Specific responsibilities include:

• Lead the project team in setting and achieving project lifetime and annual goals, ensuring that it is effectively staffed and performing at the highest levels
• Maintain effective and open communication throughout the project with MCA, project operations teams, subcontractors, and other relevant stakeholders
• Achieve project goals and objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Liaise and represent the project at meetings and events with the Government of Indonesia, MCC, private sector, local organizations, and other stakeholders
• Liaise with the Palladium DC and Australia offices
• Ensure technical and administrative excellence and compliance
• Ensure effective communication of project successes and results to broad audiences
• Supervise all activities of the project, and ensure compliance with MCC regulations and Palladium procedures, including procurement, finance and administration, human resources, and sustainability
• Travel to various regions of Indonesia as needed
• Any and all other project-related tasks as required by the Palladium HQ
  

Key Competencies Required

• Extensive experience working in the finance and digital sectors, capacity building and technical assistance work with MSMEs, particularly women MSMEs
• Extensive knowledge of the financial sector in Indonesia and experience working with financial institutions in Indonesia
• Significant management experience, including direct supervision of professional and support staff and assembling teams working on multifaceted, complex international development programs
• Proven track record building and implementing financial education programs that increase uptake and usage of financial services, as well as overseeing the provision of business advisory services to MSMEs
• Proven track record liaising with financial institutions, MSMEs, government, MCC, and other key project stakeholders
• Substantial experience with MCC as a Team Lead, Project Director, Deputy Director, etc., on project(s) of similar scope, scale, and complexity preferred (USD +25M)
• Demonstrated experience working in partnership with and building capacity of local organizations
• Demonstrated experience in building partnerships to achieve mutual goals and objectives, including with U.S. government agencies, host-country governments and counterparts, international donors, multilateral organizations, and civil society and private sector partners in developing countries
• Strong management skills to guide all project human, technical, and financial resources
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills
• Strong analytical and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web-based research)
• Fluency in English and Indonesian required
  

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 [email protected] 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.