Data & Impact Senior Officer, Partnerships for Forests

Job Title: Data & Impact Senior Officer

Palladium grade: Senior Associate

Location: London or Bristol, UK

Reports to: Impact Data Lead, Partnerships for Forests

Contract Type: Full-time fixed term contract, 100%

Applications without a personalised CV or cover letter are unlikely to be successful.

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 3,200 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.

Programme context

The Investments in Forests and Sustainable Land Use Programme – Phase 2 (Partnerships for Forests, P4F) is the flagship programme in the Climate and Environment team at Palladium. P4F is split into three components, this position is primarily focused on Component 1, with collaboration and coordination opportunities for working with Component 3. P4F 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 will run for 5 years from 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.

Purpose of the position

The Data & Impact Senior Officer will support in the delivery of P4F systems strategy, PMIS development, insight and analytics, security and compliance. They will work closely and collaboratively with the P4F teams and across Palladium to understand user needs and assist colleagues in the design and implementation of information systems, data and analytics. A strong communicator, they will collaborate with colleagues to navigate change, and adopt and make better use of tools, while also clearly and coherently communicating findings and results. In all cases, the primary focus is on programmes and activities in the tropical forests and sustainable land use space, although there may also be opportunities for those more focused on temperate environments.

Location

The position is based in our London or Bristol office, and it is expected the person works from the office at least 3 days per week.

Reporting and supervision

The role reports to the Impact Data Lead, P4F, who is based in London.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support on data systems development and management:
  • Contributing to the ongoing maintenance, customisation, improvement and development of our Project Management Information System (PMIS) to capture, analyse and report project and programmatic data, for use by the P4F team, grantees and clients, and to support the delivery of the strategic objectives of P4F.
  • Ensure systems comply with all internal and external requirements and policies, improve access to information for teams and clients, and maintain system functionality and compliance.
  • Understand and embed Palladium IT policies and procedures and FCDO needs and requirements for audit and data protection purposes.
  • Ensure adherence to relevant data protection laws (GDPR & DPA).
  • Design and manage the P4F tech stack, suggesting, researching and piloting new technologies and software.
  • Maintain SharePoint sites, databases, and dashboards.
  • Troubleshoot and enhance existing processes and automations.
  • Ensure regional data processes remain aligned and consistent.
  • Conduct regular compliance assessments of programme tools.
  • Provide technical support for data quality.
  • Perform impact and operations analytics and visualisation for P4F.
  • Develop and maintain a strong understanding of P4F's end-to-end data lifecycle, from data generation and collection through to reporting and decision-making. Proactively identify opportunities to improve data flows, data quality, systems integration, reporting and analytics, leading the development of solutions that enhance programme performance and organisational learning.
  • Annual data analytics, performance and learning dashboards and reporting – prioritising insight from our programmatic and project data through the development of bespoke analytics tools, reports and dashboards.
  • Apply statistical and exploratory data analysis techniques to uncover trends and relationships and build predictive models and algorithms to forecast spending, outcomes, and performance.
• Support on capturing and sharing learning on project and portfolio impact, including learning about what works (and doesn’t), combined with a strong focus on quantitative and qualitative analysis and findings from P4F data. The combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches would provide a holistic overview of the programme impact.
  • Working across different teams to implement and refine data management systems, conduct qualitative research, ensure data quality, and facilitate learning and adaptation based on data insights.
• Research Analysis & Learning: Support the design and coordination of programme-wide qualitative and quantitative research approaches to capture insights from beneficiaries. Analyse data to identify trends and lessons learned, bringing together qualitative and quantitative information to generate insights.
• Quantitative Research & Learning: Analyse programme data to identify trends and translate complex quantitative findings into clear, actionable insights for various stakeholders, and lead capacity-building efforts within the team on quantitative methods and data interpretation, enhancing P4F’s data-driven decision-making processes.