What are the responsibilities and job description for the Natural Capital Business Intern position at Palladium?
Natural Capital Business Intern
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 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Palladium's Natural Capital Business (NCB) team is seeking an
intern to provide support for research, business development, portfolio management
focused on work with mining companies and agribusinesses.
Location:
The position is based in Palladium's
Washington D.C. office.
You and Your Career:
If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer with interest
and experience in inclusive growth, economic growth, and/or market systems, we
are interested in hearing from you.
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities
from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources,
and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
- This internship will report to a Senior Associate within the NCB
team.
Primary
Duties and Responsibilities:
About the
Team: Palladium's Natural Capital
Business team implements projects with the private sector to catalyze inclusive
growth and development, thus achieving positive business, social and
environmental outcomes. The NCB team is an emerging global business line at Palladium
that collaborates with all three Palladium headquarters offices, implementing
innovative approaches to diversify Palladium's business beyond foreign aid. The
NCB team engages with private companies, especially in food, agriculture, and mining
to implement projects working towards achieving positive business, social and
environmental outcomes (particularly nature-based solutions, climate smart
agriculture, community resilience and economic development).
About the
Role: This position will be exposed to a variety of
different assignments in fast-paced environments, including business
development, client work, and thought leadership. They will work with a diverse
team across Palladium's global network to contribute to defining a potential
client's needs and the value proposition of implementing inclusive growth
strategies. They will gain exposure to a diverse set of clients, project roles,
and industries to help organizations all over the world implement inclusive
growth strategies at scale.
Sample Tasks: subject to team needs at time of
start
Business Development
- Conducting research on potential clients with newly released ESG/impact reports
- Preparing a concept note to approach a potential client (includes research, proposing a strategy & collaborating with our administrative team)
Client Work
- Conducting relevant research
- Contributing to client-ready presentations
Thought Leadership
- Preparing presentations for internal knowledge sharing (lunch & learns, team calls, etc.)
- Research & drafting of external blog posts
Key
Competencies Required:
- Must be authorized to work in the United States. Palladium will not consider work visa sponsorship for this position
- Prior work or research experience in economic growth, market systems, competitiveness and/ or enabling environments in an international context
- Proficiency in Spanish or French is a plus
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 "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from 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.
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, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
