Global Portfolio Manager, Partnerships Forests; P4F); Maternity Cover

Global Portfolio Manager, Partnerships for Forests (P4F) (Maternity Cover)

Palladium is a global consulting and implementation company working in partnership with governments, businesses, investors, and communities to design and deliver solutions that create lasting positive impact. We address some of the world’s most complex challenges across infrastructure, economic growth and natural capital, health, energy, climate and environment, and digital transformation—strengthening systems, institutions, and markets to support inclusive and sustainable development.

Our more than 2,100 staff worldwide work as trusted advisors across diverse contexts, combining deep technical expertise, implementation techniques, and innovative technology to deliver locally informed, client‑focused solutions that help organisations achieve measurable, sustainable impact.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, 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.

Partnerships for Forests (P4F) is one of the flagship programmes in the Climate and Environment practice area  is a grants and technical assistance facility that supports businesses and investment models in which the private sector, public sector and communities can achieve improved returns from forests and sustainable land use whilst protecting existing forest, restoring degraded land and improving agricultural land management and production practices.

All this work is focused across the tropical forests belt.

P4F is a 5-year programme that began in February 2025. Depending on performance and subject to funding, the programme may be extended for a further 5 years (up to 2035). The programme is funded by the UK government.

Palladium and Partnerships for Forests (P4F) are seeking a Global Portfolio Manager (Maternity Cover) to lead the programme’s cross‑cutting global work, including the Demand Side Measures (DSM) and Enabling Conditions (EC) portfolios. The role will further develop a focused investment portfolio aligned with regional priorities and designed to drive systemic change in sustainable land‑use markets. Based primarily in the UK, you will manage grants that advance policy and market change, engage the global private sector, and strengthen regional delivery through collaboration and scalable models.

You will oversee projects against the programme strategy and results framework, ensuring value for money, additionality, and measurable impact. Working with corporates, investors, governments, civil society, and regional teams, you will build partnerships, unlock finance, support inclusive value chains, and promote learning across P4F’s priority themes: policy and market access; carbon and corporate claims; smallholder inclusion and risk; resilience; and capital mobilisation.

This is an 11-month, full‑time maternity cover role (40 hours per week with benefits), with an anticipated start date of 1 November 2026. The contract could be extended for a further 2 months depending on return‑to‑work agreement.

The position will be based in either Palladium’s London or Bristol office
. Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Palladium follows a hybrid working model, with three days in the office and two days remote. Flexible working arrangements are available to help staff balance work and personal commitments.

The Global Portfolio Manager reports to the Team Leader, P4F, who is…