Resonance is seeking candidates to join our dynamic team in the role of PSE Manager on our USAID-funded Promoting Excellence in Private Sector Engagement (PEPSE) project. The PSE Manager will provide critical implementation support and play a vital role in assisting the project in the development of private sector assessments, PSE engagement strategies and customized PSE trainings for various Bureaus, Missions, and Independent Operating Units (MBIOs)
This is a full-time position based in Washington, DC, reporting to the PEPSE Technical Director.
Background and Objectives
As the prime implementer of the PEPSE Project, Resonance Global supports a range of activities under the auspices of the U.S. Global Development Lab’s Center of Transformational Partnership (CTP) and the Agency’s Mission, Bureaus, and Independent Offices (MBIOs) and facilitates access to communications, technical and institutional support services that facilitate building partnerships with the private sector to achieve sustainable development impact.
PEPSE, in collaboration with CTP/PCM and relevant PSE POCs, delivers technical services to MBIO clients to integrate PSE into programs and strategies and to operationalize the new PSE Policy. PEPSE also delivers advisory services to field Missions and pillar/technical Bureaus. Examples of specific service delivery include: Mission-focused Private Sector Landscape Assessments (PSLAs); Project Appraisal Document (PAD) design workshops; and post-award project PSE support models. Other support includes PSE and partnering strategy design and contributing to curriculum and design for a ‘PSE champions’.
Task and Responsibilities:
In their role as the PSE Manager, the selected candidate will collaborate with CTP’s Activity Manager and PEPSE’s Sr. PSE Analyst to perform a range of tasks that include (but are not limited to):
Strategy Development
Program Design and Implementation/Management
Travel Requirements:
The selected candidate will be required to travel approximately 30-40% of the time as a part of this role.
Preferred:
Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and three references to jobs@resonanceglobal.com. Please include “PSE Manager, PEPSE” in the email subject line, and save documents (cover letter, resume, and references) in one PDF as ‘Last Name_First Name.pdf’. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls please. Resonance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Resonance is an award-winning frontier market solutions firm based in Burlington, Vermont that helps a variety of donor, commercial and investor clients around the world to catalyze lasting impact. We envision a prosperous and just world of thriving markets, healthy ecosystems, and vibrant communities where business, governments and citizens work together creating a better world for all.
Resonance seeks to catalyze large-scale social, environmental, and economic change by fostering new and dynamic forms of collaboration. We do this by fostering public-private partnerships, facilitating sustainable investment, and providing deep analytical insights in frontier markets. We strive to merge strategic insight with practical on-the-ground knowledge into an integrated approach that emphasizes results.
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