Program Officer: Gender Equality

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Gates Foundation

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Humanitarian or Development: Development
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Philanthropy
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: $114,600 USD-$213,200 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 02/11/2023
  • Location: United States 
Generic (e.g. 'gender focal point' role
Your Role 
The Program Officer, Gender Equality (GE) Office of the President will be responsible for discrete grants across teams and/or providing research and analysis work in support of grant-making, strategy development, coordination, communications and advocacy. This work may be at the division, team, or portfolio level. This role will report to Director, Gender Equality Office of the President.

What You'll Do: 
  • Plans, manages and executes a wide range of activities in support of strategic planning, prospect and develop complex investment opportunities, grant management and external relationship management.
  • Review letters of inquiry and grant proposals; provide clear, concise and insightful written analyses and recommendations for funding, including drafting and editing proposal summaries and progress reports for existing grants for review by foundation leadership.
  • Consult with grantees to achieve desired impact of grants; conduct site visits when appropriate, provide technical guidance, convene meetings and apply and evaluate milestone-based performance objectives.
  • Manage internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting.  Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
  • Prepare and write briefs and synthesize existing literature.  Provide written analysis of key topics for foundation management.  Fulfill data requests from leadership.

Your Experience
  • Bachelor’s or other advanced degree with 5+ years of experience, or equivalent experience. 
  • Strong knowledge across relevant technical areas/expertises.
  • Leadership abilities to work with multiple stakeholders, including government, other donors, grantees to create a common vision and visualize simple and effective but implementable solutions to complex problems.
  • Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic and operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behavior with a diverse range of people.
  • Strong understanding of shaping and managing sustainable and scalable ventures.
  • Understanding of strategies for automating the process of data collection in a variety of settings and sites.
  • Experience with research methodologies and deployment of data strategies.
  • Strong analytical, writing and verbal skills for communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
  • Effective as a collaborator in complex internal and external orgs.
  • Extensive project contribution and management experience.
  • Works with efficiency and diplomacy.

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