Palladium International

Investment & Business Engagement Officer

Posted
29 May 2026 09:01pm
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South-East and East Asia
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Economic Development
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Summary

We are searching for an experienced Investment & Business Engagement Officer to work on the Katalis Phase II program in Jakarta, Indonesia.  

Palladium is in the business of making the world a better place, and we believe that collaborative models and systemic approaches are the Business and Partnership Manager way to achieve progress and success. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world's most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90-plus countries, we help improve economies, societies, and, most importantly, people's lives. Palladium is part of the GISI Consulting Group, a company that unites some of the world’s top project management and engineering consulting firms to innovate and accelerate solutions on a global scale. 

Program Overview  

Katalis Phase II (2026–2031) is a partnership between the governments of Australia and Indonesia, funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and implemented in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia. The program strengthens bilateral economic engagement under the Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA‑CEPA) through two mutually reinforcing pillars:  

• Pillar 1: IA‑CEPA institutional architecture & policy reform (secretariat and implementation support). 
• Pillar 2: Skills, Businesses & Inclusive Growth, including the Katalis Business Partnership Fund (KBPF) to test, scale, and commercialize inclusive, climate‑smart business models with Indonesian SMEs and Australian partners. 
 

Primary Responsibilities

Trade and Investment Analysis
· Produce regular analysis of bilateral trade and investment flows between Australia and Indonesia, covering Indonesia–Australia bilateral investment trends, gaps, opportunities, and barriers relevant to Katalis EOPOs.
· Monitor policy, regulatory, and market developments that affect Indonesia–Australia investment and assess their implications for the program.
Partnership Identification, Development, and Management
· Use trade and investment analysis to identify partnership opportunities with private sector partners.
· Assess the commercial viability of prospective partners and their potential to deliver inclusive growth outcomes.
· Develop partnership structures and contracts that are practical and suited to the Australian and Indonesian business contexts.
· Act as the primary day-to-day contact for directly managed partnerships, ensuring clear communication, effective coordination, and prompt resolution of issues.
· Monitor implementation progress, identify day-to-day delivery issues, and resolve or escalate as needed.
· Coordinate with the Investment & Business Engagement Manager to ensure that commercial insights and operational constraints from partnership delivery inform Katalis’ broader strategy.
· Monitor partnership budgets, including forecasting and expenditure tracking, and ensure timely financial reporting.
Performance, Results, and Impact Tracking
· Track and document results against agreed outputs and outcomes of the assigned partnerships.
· Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team to collect, validate, and document performance and impact data in line with the MEL Framework.
· Use evidence from partnership implementation to support adaptive management and continuous improvement.
Evidence-Based Analysis and Learning
· Document lessons from partnership implementation and use them to support learning and improvement across the program.
· Contribute to case studies, portfolio-level analysis, and learning products.
· Share investment and market insights across Katalis to support the program’s decision-making.
Risk Management, Compliance, and Safeguards
· Support partners to meet compliance requirements, including DFAT and Palladium safeguarding, environmental, and social standards.
· Identify compliance, safeguards, financial, and partnership risks early, and escalate them to the line manager in line with program requirements.

Description

Qualifications and Experience Required 

• Postgraduate qualification in business, economics, finance, international development, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. 
• Significant experience in partnership funds, private‑sector development, investment facilitation, or donor‑funded programs. 
• Demonstrated experience managing partnership or grant facilities, including pipeline development and partner assessment. 
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities and experiences in supervising staff  
• Experienced in managing multi‑stakeholder partnerships, particularly with private actors. 
• Strong understanding of inclusive business, SME development, and market system or private sector development approaches. 
• Experience working in Indonesia–Australia programs or trade and investment landscape is highly desirable. 
• Strong written and verbal communications in English 
 
While this role does not involve direct work with children, as part of Palladium’s commitment to being a child-safe organization, the successful candidate will be required to complete a police check. 
We strongly encourage people with disability to apply. Disclosing about your disability will not negatively affect your application. Please tell us as much as you feel comfortable for us to work with you about the appropriate adjustments that you might need. 

Salary and benefits: Competitive locally engaged salary and benefits. 

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status. 
 
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability, or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss. 
 
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as all the actions taken by Palladium to protect our people, communities where we work and our clients from harm, including Sexual Exploitation, Abuse or Sexual Harassment; Child Abuse in any form; Trafficking for sexual exploitation of adults or children and any form of Trafficking of children. We have zero tolerance for all forms of child abuse as well as sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment and zero-tolerance for inaction to prevent, protect against, respond to and report harm. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process. Our Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding and Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Guidelines have additional details. 

Application closes on 14 June 2026 at 23:59 Jakarta Time 

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage you to apply early as the position may close once a suitable candidate is found. Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.