Team Leader - Overseas Territories Climate Finance Support Programme

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 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

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 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Palladium is part of GISI’s Consulting Group, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are engaged in projects across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

The Climate Finance Support Programme (CFSP) is a proposed FCDO programme designed to support UK Overseas Territories (OTs) to strengthen climate resilience, address infrastructure vulnerabilities and improve access to climate finance. The programme is expected to provide technical assistance, project preparation support and advice on the strategic use of a capital allocation for climate resilient infrastructure.

The programme is expected to support priority investments in energy security, water security and food-system resilience, with nature-based solutions and biodiversity safeguards embedded where relevant. It will aim to strengthen local project development capability and support OTs to develop investible propositions and sustained public, private and philanthropic finance relationships.

Palladium is seeking an experienced Team Leader for the CFSP. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a high‑profile programme at the intersection of climate finance, resilient infrastructure, blended finance and technical assistance. The Team Leader will provide overall strategic direction and delivery leadership for the Programme Delivery Unit (PDU), working closely with FCDO, OT governance, technical experts, investors and delivery partners to develop investible climate‑resilient projects and support decision‑making on capital allocation.

The successful candidate will bring senior programme leadership experience, strong climate finance and infrastructure expertise, and the ability to manage complex donor‑funded delivery in politically nuanced, multi‑stakeholder environments. This role will be subject to project award.

The position is hybrid based in Palladium’s London office.

• Provide overall strategic leadership and accountability for delivery of CFSP, ensuring the programme meets agreed objectives, milestones, quality standards and contractual commitments.
• Act as the senior point of contact for FCDO, OT stakeholders, consortium partners and technical experts, representing the PDU in programme governance, advisory and stakeholder forums.
• Build strong relationships with OT governments, Governor’s Offices, delivery bodies, utilities, project sponsors, investors and funders, while respecting OT government…