Senior Program Officer, Program Advocacy and Communications, Malaria
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Seattle
Posted on: October 3, 2024
Job Description:
The FoundationWe are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty,
disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple
premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or
circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive
lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity
of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an
exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which
include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no
premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave,
foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and
opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a
workplace, we're committed to creating an environment for you to
thrive both personally and professionally.The TeamThe mission of
the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and
shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation's work,
build support for its major program and policy objectives, and
develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the
foundation's objectives nationally and globally. Because the
foundation's resources alone are not enough to solve the challenges
ahead, GPA also supports advocacy efforts to engage diverse
stakeholders and promote innovative solutions that advance our
program goals. We work in close partnership with grantees, our
colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth
& Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation
Communications to build the environment in which all people have
the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.The Program
Advocacy and Communications team works in partnership with program
teams and other teams in Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) to
achieve their policy and finance goals by:--- Developing and
coordinating the execution of advocacy and communications
strategies.--- Leveraging leadership and foundation voice to
implement advocacy strategies.--- Developing and managing a grant
portfolio dedicated to achieving advocacy outcomes. --- Directly
advocating with sector leaders, influencers, media, and government
officials in order to achieve advocacy outcomes.--- Leading
issue-specific communications in service of advocacy goals.---
Developing policy recommendations or proposals in partnership with
programmatic and regional offices.Your Role The Senior Program
Officer (SPO) will serve as the global PAC strategy lead for
Malaria. You will be responsible for leading efforts in partnership
with the PAC Malaria team and with teams across the foundation to
refine, implement and evaluate advocacy and communications
strategies that support the foundation's Malaria strategies. This
includes engaging policy and financing agencies globally,
regionally in Sub-Saharan Africa, South-East Asia and Latin
America. You will support the foundation's Malaria strategies and
be a partner across Program and Strategy Team (PST) strategies
which focus on R&D for vector control, malaria chemoprevention
and treatment, and systems to equitably, sustainably deliver tools
and interventions that can drive down malaria burden in high burden
countries and in countries nearing malaria elimination.You will
work within the PAC Infectious Diseases team that also includes
advocacy portfolios for NTDs, HIV and TB and their related
financing entities, and will be expected to allocate approximately
10% of your time to advocacy beyond Malaria. You will also be
accountable for participating in both individual and group learning
and work to increase the diversity, equity and inclusion of the
foundation and our work. What You'll Do
- Partner with the PAC Malaria team, programmatic teams, country,
and regional offices (in particular, Africa Regional Office, India
and China Country offices, Europe, Middle East and East Asia team,
and North America Team team), and the GPA division to update,
implement and evaluate PAC Malaria strategies that include
market-specific approaches and assessments of political economies,
ensure long-term sustainability and impact, and are synergistic to
other foundation strategies.
- Work individually and with other program officers to develop,
refine, implement and evaluate advocacy and communications
strategies that support the foundation's Malaria strategies.
- Work individually and with other program officers to develop,
negotiate, and manage a portfolio of investments, including
conducting research and analysis to strengthen investment
recommendations, oversight of portfolio budget and all related
grant making processes (e.g., investment reviews, strategic
alignment, grantee engagement, etc.)
- Develop medium-term portfolio execution plans aligned with
Malaria PAC and PST strategies.
- Conceptualize and lead high impact and complex partnerships,
grants, coalitions, and advocacy campaigns, including relationship
and partnership building within and outside the Malaria community
at global, regional and country levels.
- Serve as the initiative lead for the Malaria GPA initiatives,
and drive linkages between Malaria and other health and development
priorities.
- Serve as a point of contact on strategy and portfolio for
internal and external partners and form partnerships with people
and organizations - in both the public and private sector - to
improve implementation of the Malaria strategies.
- Represent the foundation and our strategies to external
constituencies. This could include formal and informal
presentations such as making speeches, attending conferences,
committee representation and other meetings. May serve on boards
and working groups.
- Identify and assess key risks at the portfolio level; develop
and manage mitigation and contingency plans.
- Proactively work with peers/fellow SPOs to ensure a consistent
approach as well as application of appropriate rigor to portfolio
management across PAC Infectious Diseases.
- Consult with partners regularly to maximize the impact of
projects and ensure optimal learning to inform our work. This may
include site visits, providing operational guidance and convening
meetings of key stakeholders.
- Write and produce clear, concise, and insightful briefings,
reports, email updates, and other materials on key Malaria and
other relevant issues for foundation leadership.
- Participate in and learn from the program strategy team, and
GPA and PAC Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts to ensure
that we are continuing to make progress towards realizing .
- Participate in cross PAC efforts to enhance our integration,
accelerate impact, and maintain a cohesive and dynamic culture.
Your Experience
- Bachelor's degree in public policy, international relations,
public health, development, or a related field with significant
(10+) years of progressive senior level experience leading advocacy
strategies in global health and development.
- Understand the role of advocacy and communications efforts to
increase awareness of global health/development issues and shape
political and financial support for these issues with governmental
and non-state organizations.
- Experience working on advocacy globally and in partnership with
organizations in donor countries and in sub-Saharan Africa and
South & Southeast Asian countries with high infectious disease
burden, including interaction with senior level policy makers,
civil society organizations, coalitions, and governments.
- Understand the issues driving the Malaria epidemics and broader
global health issues, and an understanding of the networks and
communities supporting malaria programs at global, regional, and
country levels, desirable.
- Experience designing and leading resource mobilization
strategies and initiatives is desirable.
- Understand bilateral and multilateral institutions and
mechanisms (US Presidential Malaria Initiative, the Global Fund to
Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the World Health Organization)
including how they make policy and fund development programs at
national and regional level.
- Proven ability to provide vision and influence others in a
constructive, optimistic manner, while building and sustaining
collaborative relationships.
- Outstanding project and team leadership skills including
ability to lead strategy development through execution, develop
shared goals and execution plans, prioritize, facilitate meetings,
manage budgets, developing consensus, and work both autonomously
and collaboratively.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to
effectively synthesize information to reach diverse audiences and
build consensus, ideal.
- Experience managing a grants portfolio either as a grantee,
receiving and reporting on a grant or as a grant manager, with
direct responsibility for grant making and management.
- Experience developing and managing complex projects and/or
grants in support of policy initiatives, advocacy programs and
events at the global, regional, and national level.Other Attributes
- Experience working in an environment with ambiguity while
helping teams adapt to change.
- Ability to work with flexibility and a high level of rigor,
collaboration, and diplomacy, both individually and as part of a
complex team effort.
- High standards of personal integrity.
- Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time when health and
safety protocols allow.The salary range for this role is $166,300
to $249,500 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in
Seattle and Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The
range for this role in these locations is $181,200 to $271,800 USD.
As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive
pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the
range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in
the range will depend on a candidate's job-related skills,
experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview
process.#LI-CM1Hiring RequirementsAs part of our standard hiring
process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon
successful completion of a background check.Candidate
AccommodationsIf you require assistance due to a disability in the
application or recruitment process, please submit a request
.Inclusion StatementWe are dedicated to the belief that all lives
have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace
that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion - of
voices, ideas, and approaches - and we support this diversity
through all our employment practices.All applicants and employees
who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of
opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age,
religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender
identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information,
veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.
Keywords: Disability Solutions, South Hill , Senior Program Officer, Program Advocacy and Communications, Malaria, Accounting, Auditing , Seattle, Washington
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