REnew Pacific - Business and Investment Adviser

Job Description

REnew Pacific
Palladium is a global leader in the design, development, and delivery of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors on the world's most pressing challenges. With more than 4,000 employees in 90 countries, we help improve economies, societies, and people's lives.

REnew Pacific is a $75m investment by the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) under the Pacific Climate Infrastructure Financing Partnership (PCIFP), that will help deliver off-grid and community scale renewable energy in remote and rural parts of the Pacific. The goal of REnew Pacific is to demonstrate Australia's role as a climate infrastructure partner of choice in the Pacific, by increasing access to affordable and reliable electricity, creating opportunities for improved human development.

Purpose of Position
Reporting to the Partnerships a nd Portfolio Lead, the Business and Investment Adviser will oversee business model and financial sustainability across the program pipeline of off-grid renewable energy projects in the Pacific region and nurture the program’s co-finance network of investors and donors in close coordination with DFAT.

The role is a full-time role.

Pacific Island nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Primary Responsibilities

• Oversee and advise on business models and financial sustainability of the REnew Pacific pipeline of off-grid renewable energy projects.
• Develop the program’s co-finance network of investors and donors in close coordination with DFAT.
• Keep abreast of trends in development and climate finance and conduct training and information sessions for REnew and program partner staff
• Develop a Co-finance Strategy for the program, consulting with potential investors, donors, partner governments and DFAT
• Represent REnew at finance-related and other events

Reporting Requirements

This role reports to the Partnerships and Portfolio Lead. Reporting requirements include:

• Attendance at team meetings and other requested meetings;
• Regular (minimum of monthly) one to one meetings with the Partnerships and Portfolio Lead;
• Reporting to the Team Leader during Partnerships and Portfolio Lead absences.

Minimum Education and Experience Required
Qualifications

• A degree in a relevant field (for example, business, finance, audit, or international development related discipline)

Skills and Experience

• Experience working in finance in the business environment. Experience in the Pacific region highly desirable. Experience working in the off-grid renewable energy sector desirable.
• Experience in co-finance and investment in the international development sector. Experience with climate finance desirable.
• Experience working with Australian Government and/or DFAT-funded programs.
• Excellent skills in networking.
• Strong cross-cultural, interpersonal, communication, stakeholder engagement and capacity strengthening skills

Personal Attributes

• Responsive and committed team member with the ability to work confidently under pressure
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent attention to detail
• A professional commitment to principles of gender equity, diversity and social inclusion, safeguards and anticorruption.

Core Capabilities
Palladium’s Core Capability Framework for APAC Projects outlines the standard of performance and behaviours expected at each level within the organisation. It also provides benchmarks for assessing areas of potential strength and the identification of potential skill gaps or areas for development and improvement.

The Capability Framework forms the basis of how we recruit, how we lead and the behaviours we exhibit, how we manage performance excellence and develop our future workforce.

Our capabilities link to a number of other processes, policies and guidelines including:

• Performance management/ performance excellence - setting and maintaining standards and helping employees excel and develop
• Career Pathways including our Career Progression Framework
• Organisational design – identifying any skills gaps, outlining job roles and responsibilities
• Development, growth, learning, and training
• Sustainable business – going beyond compliance to ensure sustainable and ethical considerations are woven throughout everything we do. This aligns equity, diversity and inclusion; safeguarding; and environmental objectives.

Applications will be open until 24th January 2025.

Our company provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.