http://careers.gatesfoundation.org/feeds/director-seattle-wa-jobs/ Custom RSS Feed for director-seattle-wa-jobs Wed, 22 May 2013 16:03:08 GMT en-us /sites/gates/images/logo.png http://careers.gatesfoundation.org/feeds/director-seattle-wa-jobs/ 720 DivisionGlobal Development ProgramDepartmentWater, Sanitation and HygieneLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe goal of the Global Development Program (GDP) is to increase opportunities for people in the developing world to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty and to help deliver targeted healthcare solutions in these regions. Our strategies focus on Agriculture Development; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; Financial Services for the Poor; and Family Health which includes Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Vaccine Delivery and Integrated Delivery. GDP also has Special Initiatives that focus Urban Poverty, Emergency Relief, and Value for the Money.

ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Program Assistant (SPA) is a key member, acting in the lead administrative role for the team. The SPA provides executive level support to the Director, assists in managing operational issues for the team and acts as a lead to the Program Assistants. Primary responsibilities are listed below.

1. Optimize the use of the Director's time so as to maximize the efficiency of the team's operations. This requires providing support to ensure that their time is preferentially dedicated to the highest priority activities, that tasks and correspondence are rapidly delegated as appropriate, and that follow-up by the Director's office is ensured. This includes the following:
- Prioritize the Director's appointments, meetings and travel.
- Managing communication with and for the Director.
- Aid the Director in managing deadlines by keeping track of key dates and understanding the Director's assigned tasks.
- Complex calendar management, scheduling high volumes of appointments and meetings with internal staff and external parties. Assist with prioritizing and balancing Director's workflow and time, by successfully understanding dependencies and relationships.
- Work closely with the Business Officer and/or Project Manager to:

a. Ensure the Director's office facilitates the work of the team by providing timely responses to requests for review and/or decisions on team activities and grant proposals.

b. Aid the Director by ensuring they provide regular attention to strategic planning and that inefficiency due to miscommunication or lack of communication is minimized. The SPA should help ensure that the Director has regular communication with team leads and other Directors, and becomes aware of team issues and concerns as soon as possible.
- Travel Arrangements: Make complex, domestic and international travel arrangements for Director and/or team.
- Event Coordination: Assist in scheduling and planning of meetings, conferences and presentations for department or for external guests, which may include coordinating travel for participants, organizing logistics, preparing and disseminating materials.
- Expense Reconciliation: Compilation and processing of expense reports, reimbursements, and check requests in an accurate and timely manner.
- General Support: Creating, updating and/or maintaining organized files and records. Maintaining an organized system of tracking, monitoring and prioritizing tasks and projects.

2. Information resource and internal communications to team and cross-foundation liaison with regards to operational issues:
- Provide communications support and assistance to ensure timely responses to inquiries from external partners, grantees, government officials and consultants.
- Act as team liaison with internal operations and business partners such as human resources team.
- Work with operations teams to relay and fulfill facility's needs.
- Work with executive office and Human Resources information, maintaining confidentiality as required.
- Assist with onboarding of new team members.
- Team resource to communicate foundation policies.
- Provide input on new polices and guidelines, as well as help communicate changes in policies and procedures.
- Disseminate information from the Executive Office and/or Director Team.

3. Serve as the administrative lead for team ensuring efficient collaboration among the team's Program Assistants (PAs). This includes management of Program Assistant task coordination and workflow, capacity building for Program Assistants, harmonization of procedures, and serving as liaison to other administrative units as needed.


Qualifications- A minimum of five years experience in an office setting, preferably in an administrative role for a complex and fast-paced organization, interacting intensively with internal and external contacts preferred.
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Ability to work well and respectfully with extremely diverse internal and external colleagues.
- Previous work supporting senior level executives.
- Experience setting priorities and meeting deadlines while balancing the needs of providing support for multiple individuals, including calendar management, travel arrangements, and event planning coordination.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in an environment requiring diplomacy and good judgment in managing interactions with individuals at all levels inside and outside an organization.
- Demonstrated effectiveness meeting deadlines in a role requiring continual attention to detail in composing, typing, and proofing materials.
- Experience establishing organizational systems to improve efficiency and functioning in a changing environment.
- Previous experience managing and/or leading and mentoring people is preferred.
- Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office Suite with extensive experience using Outlook and MS SharePoint. Experience in web-based research, and learning and mastering new software applications is required.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.


Requisition Number3739BR

]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Assistant-Job-WA-98101/2554330/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Assistant-Job-WA-98101/2554330/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Development ProgramDepartmentVaccine DeliveryLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.


Group SummaryThe goal of the Global Development Program (GDP) is to increase opportunities for people in the developing world to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty and to help deliver targeted healthcare solutions in these regions. Our strategies focus on Agriculture Development; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; Financial Services for the Poor; and Family Health which includes Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Vaccine Delivery and Integrated Delivery. GDP also has Special Initiatives that focus Urban Poverty, Emergency Relief, and Value for the Money.

ResponsibilitiesThe Vaccine Delivery team is responsible for developing, implementing and supporting global strategies to strengthen routine immunization programs in developing countries and introduce new vaccines. The team works closely with the foundation's Polio and Integrated Delivery teams, as well as the communication, policy and advocacy teams. Externally, the Vaccine Delivery team works with multiple partners including the GAVI Alliance, WHO, UNICEF, CDC, Civil Society Organizations and national immunization programs. The team is comprised of individuals with varying backgrounds in global public health, epidemiology, immunization, and program management.

Located in Seattle, WA, the Program Officer (PO) will work closely with the Deputy Director, Country Immunization Programs and be responsible for assisting with ongoing strategy implementation within the Routine Immunization initiative and broader Vaccine Delivery team.

Specific areas of work include:
- Manage a small portfolio of grants, and support others in the management of their grants-includes monitoring and evaluating the progress of key grants.
- Regularly engage with key Immunization partners, and support others who engage with partners, to ensure that partner and foundation expectations are being met.
- Collate and draft briefing notes for foundation engagement in the GAVI Alliance.
- Support development of materials for learning trips and draft responses to leadership requests for information, or questions related to immunization.
- Support the development and implementation of analytics required to answer critical strategic or learning questions about immunization.


QualificationsA minimum of five years' experience in global health; ideally within developing countries required.
-MPH or other post-secondary degree with relevance to public health and immunization.
-Experience developing and managing projects within a matrix team environment.
-Knowledge of global health issues and institutions, and experience working with global partners and developing country governments.
-Ability to organize/prioritize work and meet deadlines within a fast paced environment with multiple and competing demands.
-Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a complex organization.
-Strong quantitative/financial knowledge, including experience creating complex models, with a demonstrated ability to extract appropriate data to convey complex information through the use of supporting tables, graphs and other visual representations.
-An analytical background with excellent written and oral communication skills.
-Demonstrated capacity and initiative to solve problems with energy and positive attitude.
-Ability to work effectively and with sensitivity across barriers such as language, culture and distance.
-Excellent software skills with Microsoft Office applications. Ability to quickly learn new software modules.
-Commitment to the foundation's core values, mission, and programs.

Reports to Deputy Director, Country Immunization Programs

This is a Limited Term Employment (LTE) position

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check


Requisition Number3942BR

]]>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer%2C-Vaccine-Delivery-%28Limited-Term-Employee%29-Job-WA-98101/2489001/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer%2C-Vaccine-Delivery-%28Limited-Term-Employee%29-Job-WA-98101/2489001/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionUS ProgramDepartmentAdministrationLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe foundation's U.S. Program works with a range of partners toward greater opportunity for all Americans largely through the attainment of secondary and postsecondary education. By making college and other forms of education both accessible to and successful for all, we hope to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty that prevents families and communities from opportunities to reach their full potential. The U.S. Program works to advance:
- College Readiness and Success. Education is the broadest avenue to opportunity and the most influential factor in ensuring that children will grow up to do as well or better than their parents. Today, a postsecondary education is the most important requirement for jobs that pay a family wage. Our goal is to ensure that 80 percent of students will graduate from high school prepared for college, with a focus on low-income and minority students reaching this target, and to double the number of low-income young adults who earn postsecondary degrees or certificates by age 26 each year.
- Strong Communities in the Pacific Northwest. As a family foundation, we are committed to strengthening our communities and providing new avenues of opportunity for those most in need in Washington State, the foundation's home. Our main goal in the state is to help all children begin kindergarten ready to succeed and cut family homelessness in half over the next decade.

ResponsibilitiesThe Foundation is seeking a director to serve as an extension of the United States Program (USP) President within USP and across the foundation. He/she will drive the communication and execution of the President's objectives within the program and with external partners, working to ensure alignment of the leadership team with President's strategic goals and priorities.

The successful candidate will:
- Support the US Program (USP) President in follow-through on management, operational, and leadership development priorities, working in partnership as needed with USP leadership team, key USP business partners, other operational leaders, Executive Office staff, and Global program leaders.
- Represent a programmatic point of view to inform the development and implementation of foundation-wide Operational Excellence projects.
- Provide leadership to USP Operations team to achieve goals of providing value-added service to the USP strategy teams in project management, resource management and productivity management.

Major Responsibilities
- Serve as key advisor and thought partner to the USP President and act as a representative internally and externally on his behalf as requested/needed on programmatic matters.
- Lead strategic projects for which the President is taking responsibility
- Support the USP President in the articulation of a cross-USP strategic agenda, in collaboration with the USP leadership team; manage the USP strategy meeting agenda.
- Work with the President to support critical grantee and partner relationships
- Support the President's workload by managing information flow, resolving and prioritizing issues, and providing analysis and advice on key issues.
- Maintain knowledge of USP Strategies and participate as needed on behalf of the Office of the President at grant review meetings.
- Manage and oversee the Senior Project Officer who is responsible for:
- Serving as the programmatic liaison to the CEO and Co-Chair's offices
- Coordinating strategy reviews and refreshes
- Strategically driving the use of the President's leadership voice, internally and externally, in partnership with Advocacy and Communications
- Managing the Program Advisory Panel and supporting grantee and partner communications.
- Manage and oversee the Deputy Director of Operations Management responsible for providing value-add service to program staff in project management, resource management, and productivity services.
- Manage other critical functions including a research analyst, senior fellow and other roles essential for the president's office.
- Serve as the primary formal contact and thought-partner for USP Business Partners, with a focus on issues critical to USP President and overall management of USP
- Provide input and direction of foundation-wide Operational Excellence projects and priorities, representing US Program's perspective through participation in working groups, steering committees, or providing ad hoc guidance and direction.
- Support USP President in implementation, communication, and change management related to USP's management, leadership and operational priorities.
- Serve as the primary advisor to USP President focused on improving USP leadership and overall management, including planning and managing Annual Executive Team Retreat, Quarterly Extended Leadership Meetings, Monthly Executive Tactical Meetings, Monthly Strategy, Planning and Management.
- Develop and oversee budget for USP Administration and Operations.

Qualifications- A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible leadership/management experience in the US Education sector preferred (K-12 and/or higher education).
- An advanced degree (Masters or MBA strongly preferred)
- Experience running a complex organization as part of a management team
- Fluency (not expertise) across key operational areas such as financial analysis, HR, IT, legal, and knowledge of what foundations do and how they typically work.
- Experience using quantitative and qualitative data to present options for decision-making, highlight trade-offs and propose recommendations.
- Track record of developing strong partnerships internally and externally and using influence, (rather than direct authority), to make change.
- Experience hiring talent, ensuring successful on-boarding, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, and supporting employee development through feedback and coaching.
- Energy and a desire to work collaboratively; team oriented temperament.
- Able to represent the Foundation and its benefactors effectively with strong character, integrity, and the highest ethical standards.
- Deep commitment to serving disadvantaged individuals.
- Communicates in a compelling way, both verbally and in writing.
- A balance of confidence and humility; a sense of humor

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

Requisition Number3847BR

]]>Thu, 02 May 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Director%2C-Office-of-the-President-and-Chief-of-Staff-Job-WA-98101/2411332/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Director%2C-Office-of-the-President-and-Chief-of-Staff-Job-WA-98101/2411332/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionCommunicationsDepartmentN/ALocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe Communications team advances the foundation's goals by protecting and extending its reputation. We are responsible for unifying and strengthening the foundation's voice, raising public awareness of the issues we work on, and building the public will to address those problems.


ResponsibilitiesThe Deputy Director, Innovation is part of the Global Brand & Innovation (GB&I) team within Communications. This role is a member of the senior leadership team of both the GB&I group and the broader Communications team.

This position is responsible for leading the communications innovation function by incubating new programs, developing cross-platform strategic partnerships and creating processes that will enable the organization to significantly improve its ability to respond to emerging trends and new opportunities. This role works with all groups within communications and other stakeholders across the foundation to be an advocate and evangelist for new ways of thinking that generate engagement on critical issues in global health, development and education.

Successful execution will include identifying emerging trends, applying to foundation target outcomes, incubating ideas and measuring success.

Key Candidate Attributes

Understands foundation goals at a broad level and can translate that into new ideas and methods that drive impact.

Provides the necessary critical thinking to determine the right approaches to get things done. Offers good judgment about which creative ideas and suggestions will work; has a sense about managing the creative process of others; can facilitate effective brainstorming. Understand target audiences and uses design thinking to help determine the best route forward.

Learns quickly when facing new problems. Is a constant learner and embraces change. Learns through successes and failures. Enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks and can quickly discern the underlying structure of anything.

Sees ahead clearly and can anticipate future consequences and trends. Is future oriented and offers broad knowledge and perspective. Can articulately create visions of possibilities and outcomes.

Comfortable using data to inform decisions and build consensus for ideas. Experience in product development or business development, negotiating complex partnerships that bring value to both sides, investment decisions, deal structuring and organizational design.

Responsibilities
- Create an innovation culture within communications – identify, prototype and test new ideas
- Manage an investment grant portfolio, working closely with the Strategic Partnership team.
- Provide counsel and recommendations on reactive opportunities that present themselves and develop a proactive plan to innovate across key priorities
- Establish a sustainable innovation lab for communications for developing new ideas – incubate those projects with a plan for transitioning to core business or stopping the project
- Work closely with our Insights function to use data to inform innovation decisions
- Lead efforts to develop innovation competencies in management and staff
- Ability to identify measurable objectives and track projects toward a specific outcome
- Manage one senior team member on innovation initiatives

Qualifications- 10-15 years' experience in product development, start-up investing, deal structuring, innovation leadership.
- MBA or relevant Master's degree preferred
- Multinational experience a plus, with preference for experience in Europe, Africa, India, and/or China.
- Technology native with Microsoft suite, the web and mobile devices.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, flexible and dynamic environment with numerous priorities.
- Readily able to forge consensus across varying groups.
- Intellectually curious & culturally aware with a natural interest in global and social issues.
- Proven track record of selling in new ideas and bringing them to market.
- Ability to collaborate and interact successfully with all levels of staff.
- Commitment to the foundation's core values and mission.
- A fantastic sense of humor.

Reports to: Director of Global Brand & Innovation

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check


Requisition Number3994BR

]]>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Deputy-Director%2C-Innovation-Job-WA-98101/2506559/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Deputy-Director%2C-Innovation-Job-WA-98101/2506559/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Health ProgramDepartmentDiscovery & Translational ScienceLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryMillions of people - most of them children - die each year in developing countries from diseases that are preventable and treatable. Moreover, tragically little research is done to prevent or cure some of the world's biggest killers, such as malaria and tuberculosis. The foundation is guided by the belief that all lives, no matter where they are lived, have equal value. The mission of our Global Health Program is to encourage the development of lifesaving medical advances and to help ensure they reach the people who are disproportionately affected. We focus our funding in two main areas:
- Access to existing vaccines, drugs, and other tools to fight diseases common in developing countries
- Research to develop health solutions that are effective, affordable, and practical


ResponsibilitiesThe SPO - Endocrinology &Metabolism works as part of the Translational Science group within our Discovery and Translational Sciences (DTS) functional team. As part of a collaborative team of innovative physician scientists, they have a vision for how basic and preclinical research can be applied to generate new vaccine, drug or diagnostic solutions, and a demonstrated capability to think and work across traditional disciplinary boundaries. They engage deeply with our strategic program teams, product development partners, and other key external partners and participate actively in the broader biomedical scientific community. They serve as timely sensors of novel opportunities and unforeseen synergies that might be applied to our strategic priorities. The overarching aim of this group is greater mental and temporal agility, shorter time to decisions on projects and better decisions as to which projects advance into and through clinical development.

We are looking for an individual to join the translational sciences group with expertise in endocrinology and metabolism. Applicants should be physician scientists with the capabilities described above and an established track record of success. He/she will help to create a productive and collaborative culture of innovation in and translation of basic research into practical health solutions and be passionate about solving problems and addressing questions relevant to our mission.

Responsibilities:
- Help to conceptualize and shape priorities in key technology strategy areas
- Monitor and provide analysis on technology trends, innovations and policy issues relevant to initiatives/portfolios
- Provide subject matter and technical expertise
- Collaborate with colleagues within the Global Health and Global Development programs of the Foundation

in strategic planning and project initiation
- Form key partnerships with our PDPs and other key external partners to enhance implementation of program strategy and tactics
- Develop and manage grants and contracts portfolios to meet strategic objectives
- Develop and implement competitive solicitations
- Develop the scope and strategy for selected grants and contracts
- Plan and organize convenings to inform strategic planning
- Assist in developing strategies, contribute to review of grant proposals and write proposal summaries
- Manage substantial portfolio of complex grants requiring high-level grant management skills, including applying and evaluating milestone-based performance objectives and helping to make go/no-go decisions about specific projects and product candidates
- Review interim and final reports and write final evaluations
- Serve as a partner and resource to grantees to facilitate accomplishment of strategic objectives
- Contribute to foundation knowledge capture, evaluation, learning, and dissemination
- Keep Director and Foundation colleagues informed of progress on individual grants and sets of grants that may constitute solution sets for specific global health problems
- Synthesize and document learnings across related grants and contracts
- Prepare briefings and portfolio reviews
- Assist in preparation and present reviews and information/reports to Directors, President, Co-Chairs and other leadership
- Partner within Global Health and Global Development to share learnings and expertise
- Represent the foundation and program to the external world
- Be a recognized thought leader through speaking and participation in public events and meetings related to area of expertise and position responsibilities, as well as through written work in relevant journals and publications
- Serve on relevant advisory and working groups
- Leverage opportunities to disseminate knowledge and products developed by grantees in order to extend their impact
- Represent foundation interests in building networks

Qualifications- MD/PhD or MD with deep knowledge and experience in metabolism, endocrinology, and nutrition and working knowledge across biomedicine
- Minimum 15 years of experience in academic, industry or similar position, preferred
- Experience in technology assessment and matching novel technologies with biomedical or public health applications preferred
- Experience in project monitoring and evaluation, including development of conceptual frameworks, management of monitoring systems, implementation and supervision of evaluations and reporting of evaluation findings
- Experience in the execution, conduct and/or management of performance based grants, contracts or cooperative agreements preferred
- Experience working with the health community and with governmental and non-governmental organizations
- Commitment to the Foundation's core values, mission and programs and to Global Health Program's core values
- Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication skills in positions requiring communications in a broad and diverse audience on a range of complex technical issues
- Strong planning and analytical skills
- Experience in a role requiring collaboration within an organization and with external partners, as well as a demonstrated ability to work with efficiency and diplomacy as part of a team effort
- Demonstrated capacity and initiative to solve problems with energy and positive attitude
- Willingness to work in a flexible environment
- Ability to organize/prioritize work and meet deadlines within a fast paced environment with multiple and competing demands
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Proactive and flexible nature with reliable follow-through and attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and in a cooperative and collegial fashion
- Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally
- Scope of work will require primary residency in the Seattle, Washington area

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.


Requisition Number3951BR

]]>Sun, 05 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Endocrinology-and-Metabolism-Job-WA-98101/2470066/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Endocrinology-and-Metabolism-Job-WA-98101/2470066/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionUS ProgramDepartmentEducation - College ReadyLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe foundation's education work in the United States is focused on ensuring that all students graduate from high school ready for college. With our partners across the country, we have demonstrated that with the right opportunities, the most disadvantaged young people can achieve at high levels. Yet today, only 71 percent of students earn a high school diploma, fewer than six in 10 minority students' graduate with their peers, and many graduates are unprepared for college. A core lesson from our work is that we need to dramatically accelerate academic performance to achieve results. We have set an ambitious goal for our work and investments: to help ensure that 80 percent of high school students graduate fully prepared for college, with a focus on low-income and minority young people reaching this target.

There are three main strategy elements:
- Empowering Effective Teaching
- Next Generation Models
- College Ready Work


ResponsibilitiesThe College Ready Work Team is focused on improving the work that teachers and students do together. Our investments seek to help teachers teach to college ready standards and to provide new ways for them to get the support they need, including via digital technologies (i.e. use of video, e mentoring/coaching and by linking evaluation systems to more effective supports.) In addition, we have portfolio of investments focused on what students need to be CR and new ways for them to demonstrate college readiness. On the student supports side we are investing in games as learning and assessment; proficiency pathways; and academic tenacity/engagement research and practical applications.

This job description is for the teacher supports program officer. The teacher supports position will manage a portfolio of investments related to our teacher engagement and networks strategy.

Three years ago we made a set of investments in tools to help teachers implement the Common Core. We invested in a set of states, districts and networks. We found the most powerful voices for the work were teachers and began to see a viral spread of the work via teacher networks (formal and informal ones). This position will hope grow these networks from a couple hundred thousand teachers to over a million. We have also launched a broader teacher engagement strategy and this position will manage grants related to that work as well.

The ideal candidate has:
- Managed complex systems/programs
- Understands curriculum and instructional issues (and the shifts required by the Common Core)
- Familiar with the strategies that use social media to scale ideas/tools
- Familiar with existing teacher networks and interested in building new ones
- Familiar with the latest teacher accountability systems and research on teacher effectiveness
- Has been a teacher or worked closely with teachers and understands their realities
- Specific duties include: Managing a set of teacher network grantees and significantly growing that network over the next three years. Developing a teacher network among our iPD grantees.
- Managing new opportunities related to our teacher engagement strategy.
- Working independently and collaboratively to undertake rigorous analysis in support of recommendations about investments, scaling strategies and partnerships

Actively collaborating with other teams at the foundation (including the Advocacy and Communications teams)
- Proactively identifying and vetting promising opportunities and creating a grant pipeline
- Collaborating with grantees to develop projects and define key outcomes and milestones that pilot, incubate, and robustly assess replicable approaches to support teachers in preparing students for college, such as the implementation of assessments through teacher networks, and the design and implementation of professional development strategies.
- Consult with grantees to achieve desired impact of grants; conduct site visits, provide technical guidance, convene meetings of key stakeholders, and apply and evaluate milestone-based performance objectives.
- Reviewing letters of inquiry and grant proposals; provide recommendations for funding including drafting and editing proposal summaries for submission to the Foundation's Director of Education, President of US Programs, CEO, and Co-Chairs.
- Managing internal processes and portfolio progress, while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting.
- Publicly representing the Foundation with broad stakeholders including both public and private entities, grantee organizations, other funders, universities, think tanks, and other valued partners.

Qualifications-Bachelor's degree in an education related field and an advanced degree or equivalent work/leadership experience in a school district and/or state educational agency preferred.
-5-8+ years of professional leadership experience directly supporting, managing and implementing complex systems change in education. Has a track record of using data to support continuous improvement in those systems.
-Knowledge of latest curriculum (including middle and high school accelerated Math and English programs), assessment tools and school reform models, teacher evaluation, with a deep understanding of the policy landscape about educational standards, as well as how curriculum, instruction and assessment fit together at the classroom level.
-Deep knowledge of professional development, instructional leadership, and how teacher networks operate.
-Ability to think/work at scale as well as in white space to create new ideas; strategizes with passionate commitment, and strongly executes to meet deadlines and deliver results.
-Excellent written and oral communication skills in positions requiring communication with a broad and diverse audience.
-Experience in a role requiring collaboration in complex internal and external organizations, as well as a demonstrated ability to work with efficiency and diplomacy, particularly as part of a team effort.
-Ability to travel 40% of the time.

The position will be located in Washington, D.C. or Seattle, WA.

Reports to: Lead SPO for Teacher Practice/Tools, College Ready Work

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.


Requisition Number3614BR

]]>Sun, 19 May 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer-Job-WA-98101/2203195/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer-Job-WA-98101/2203195/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Development ProgramDepartmentIntegrated DeliveryLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe goal of the Global Development Program (GDP) is to increase opportunities for people in the developing world to lift themselves out of hunger and poverty and to help deliver targeted healthcare solutions in these regions. Our strategies focus on Agriculture Development; Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene; Financial Services for the Poor; and Family Health which includes Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Family Planning, and Nutrition. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Vaccine Delivery and Integrated Delivery. GDP also has Special Initiatives that focus Urban Poverty, Emergency Relief, and Value for the Money.

ResponsibilitiesLocated in Seattle, WA, the Senior Program Officer for Innovation Introduction will provide strategic & technical expertise to inform the design of innovations/products to optimally meet system & user requirements & drive toward fast & appropriate launch working in collaboration with internal & external partners. The portfolio could include various innovations – drugs, diagnostics, health commodities, consumer product goods, vector control, sanitation technologies, behaviors/practices, other. The SPO will need to be able to consider the use cases for which the innovation can be cost-effective, scaled, & sustained & translate those system requirements into the design of the innovation during the development phase. In addition, the role will require identifying & sequencing problem-solving again the range of activities

– clinical, regulatory, manufacturing, policy evidence, etc.

– to drive toward fast launch. Moreover, the role will require being able to assess external analytics regarding the market landscape on production technologies and costs, cost reduction strategies, manufacturer market strategies, competitive landscape, buyer/procurer dynamics, demand forecasting, etc. – to collaborate with our procurement/supply chain experts, financing team, and/or Life Sciences Partnership team to determine if and how the foundation could improve specific markets to better serve the needs of the poorest countries in the world. The SPO will bring depth & breadth of experience & knowledge in business new product design, launch/commercialization experience, & business strategy, ideally with experience/knowledge of developing country markets. This position will report to the Deputy Director for the Innovation Introduction team.Key areas of work will include:

Strategic & technical expertise in technology introduction/commercialization
- Collaborating with foundation colleagues sponsoring innovation development to design specifications of the innovation (technology, services, or other intervention) to meet user, system & market needs
- Assessing market (segments, consumer preferences, market size, demand projections, competitive landscape, product supply projections, etc.) to inform strategic planning
- Applying information to refine user requirements/target product profiles, optimize portfolios, & define go/no-go criteria
- Developing critical path for innovation launch & ensuring timely execution of necessary activities in partnership with internal and external partners (regulatory planning, manufacturing plans/price, costing/financing, guideline development, support for policy decision-making – e.g. cost-effectiveness analysis, program design/demonstration projects, developing awareness/commitment/demand, etc.) to drive toward fast launch

Investment management
- Scope, shape, propose, & manage investments (grants and/or contracts) to execute activities to support programmatic goals
- Develop projects with clear, measurable outcomes & milestones that clarify expectations up-front & enable nimble course-correction
- Analyze & synthesize lessons & results

Partner relations
- Scan the area to find promising opportunities to advance strategies
- Develop effective relationships & collaborate with internal & external partners & grantees to ensure implementation of the launch plans

Strategic planning/performance management/team participation
- Provide objective, evidence-based input to design strategic plans & participate in annual planning
- Contribute in identifying & gathering quantitative/qualitative information to measure progress against strategic goals

Communications/external representations
- Communicate effectively with senior management through memos, meetings, & field visits
- Represent the foundation to key external constituencies, including participation in conferences & meetings


Qualifications- 10+ yrs experience in assessing market in order to define user requirements/target product profile, managing activities to plan and drive technology implementation or commercialization strategies to introduce innovation in global context, and managing against milestones/results preferred
- Experience with strategic planning for marketing/launch of different types of innovation (services, medicines, water technology, drugs, vector control, diagnostics, other) ideal
- MBA, MA/MSc. in business, Engineering, Sciences, Planning or equivalent experience
- Development experience ideal – preferably interacting with key global health institutions and stakeholders
- Knowledge of government and health systems, rural agriculture, and/or finance health systems in developing countries ideal
- Experience collaborating with private sector service delivery systems preferable
- Ability to orchestrate effective decisions across a broad range of issues and stakeholders, assess progress, analyze gaps, and make necessary changes
- Experience developing and managing projects in a matrix team environment – ideally including oversight of team
- Innovative and open-minded approach; ability to question and challenge colleagues including managers and partners in constructive manner
- Demonstrated ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, and diplomacy in a complex, fast-paced environment
- Ability to think/act like an investor
- Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic and operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behavior with a diverse range of people
- Excellent written and oral communication skills to convey complex situations in a clear and concise manner, in positions requiring communication with a broad and diverse audience
- Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally
- Self-motivated and self-managing
- A sense of humor

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.


Requisition Number3241BR

]]>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Innovation-Introduction-Job-WA-98101/2219625/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Innovation-Introduction-Job-WA-98101/2219625/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Development ProgramDepartmentStrategy, Planning and ManagementLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe Strategy team was created in 2009 to provide internal strategy consulting support via projects such as:
- Development and updates of individual program team strategies
- Development of cross-program strategic topics
- Leading analysis to inform program-wide decisions
- Managing strategic direction of cross-program partnerships
- Development of tools to support quality decision-making

Although the Strategy team initially supported the Global Health program, a recent foundation reorganization effort has expanded its role to provide support to the Global Development and Global Policy & Advocacy groups as well. The Strategy team works with the various program strategy teams, data & analytics units, and other Strategy Planning and Management teams within the foundation.


ResponsibilitiesLocated in Seattle, WA, the Senior Program Officer will report to the Deputy Director of the Global Development Strategy team. Key responsibilities include:
- Strategy design and development:

o Provide oversight to ensure projects aimed at answering key strategic issues for global program are analytically and logically sound

o Provide leadership in the design of the strategy process with the strategy support team

o Ensure strategy support team is optimally interacting with the program staff team and key stakeholders to advance project effectively and maintain positive client relations

o Act as thought partner to the program staff/clients/leadership requesting strategic support; frame and conduct analysis to respond to urgent key strategic needs

o Ensure best practices are documented and shared across the Strategy team to promote knowledge management and efficiency of future projects

o Provide recommendations to improve overall foundation strategic planning and management process based upon experience supporting teams
- Project/team/contract management:

o Manage and monitor overall performance of internal/external staff supporting specific client team assignments

o Motivate and support strategy support team (including mentoring internal staff), and seek and provide feedback to drive team performance and productivity

o Scope projects with external consultant firms and manage interface with firm to address resourcing or performance issues
- Client/partner relations management:

o Assure effective relationship with key stakeholders to ensure that consultancies effectively meet client team needs and expectations

o Maintain effective relationships with external consultants to build roster of support
- Strategic planning/performance management/team participation:

o Contribute to ongoing evolution and improvement of the Strategy team operating model, performance assessment, and strategic planning
- Communications/external representation:

o Communicate information on strategy development process or specific strategic content

o Represent the foundation to key external constituencies, including participation in conferences and meetings especially on strategy related topics


Qualifications- A minimum of 9 years of professional experience with 5 years of experience in strategic planning functions preferably at a top tier strategy consulting firm
- Experience with providing overall leadership and direction to varied consulting projects to assure the quality of content and interaction with client – as well as driving team performance and productivity
- MBA, MA/MSc. in business, Engineering, Sciences, Planning or equivalent experience/advanced degree
- Proven strength in structured problem solving and strategic business planning, with the ability to easily identify and communicate framework to analyze issue
- Strong quantitative and financial knowledge to understand, explain, and conceptualize analyses information
- Demonstrated ability to bring new frameworks and tools to facilitate strategy development process
- Experience in providing recommendations to improve the design of annual strategic planning process for large organizations
- Excellent oral, facilitation, and written communication skills
- Ability to question and challenge colleagues including managers and partners in constructive manner
- Experience in developing and managing strong partnerships and relationships inside and outside the organization, managing conflicts, and building consensus
- Development experience and/or knowledge of global development issues and institutions, preferably working with global partners such as the WHO, GFATM, UNICEF, AGRA etc.
- Commitment to the foundation's core values, mission, and programs with an approach that is consistent with the foundation's guiding principles and holding self to the highest ethical standards
- Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally
- Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, and diplomacy in a complex, demanding environment
- Self-motivated and self-managing
- A sense of humor

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check

Requisition Number3598BR

]]>Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer-Job-WA-98101/2185777/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer-Job-WA-98101/2185777/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionUS ProgramDepartmentEducation - College ReadyLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe foundation's U.S. Program works with a range of partners toward greater opportunity for all Americans largely through the attainment of secondary and postsecondary education. By making college and other forms of education both accessible to and successful for all, we hope to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty that prevents families and communities from opportunities to reach their full potential. The U.S. Program works to advance:
- College Readiness and Success. Education is the broadest avenue to opportunity and the most influential factor in ensuring that children will grow up to do as well or better than their parents. Today, a postsecondary education is the most important requirement for jobs that pay a family wage. Our goal is to ensure that 80 percent of students will graduate from high school prepared for college, with a focus on low-income and minority students reaching this target, and to double the number of low-income young adults who earn postsecondary degrees or certificates by age 26 each year.
- Strong Communities in the Pacific Northwest. As a family foundation, we are committed to strengthening our communities and providing new avenues of opportunity for those most in need in Washington State, the foundation's home. Our main goal in the state is to help all children begin kindergarten ready to succeed and cut family homelessness in half over the next decade.

The Next Generation Learning team within the College Ready program focuses on personalized learning for students. Our vision for education is that all students have access to what they need, when and where they need it. Implementing this vision at scale will require new tools to help teachers, parents and learners diagnose gaps in students' knowledge and skill and adapt the learning experience based on their progress. We invest in organizations that build school models, technology, research and knowledge that redefine how learning takes place.


ResponsibilitiesReporting to the Deputy Director for Next Generation Learning, the PO will be responsible for partnering with the Deputy Director and Program Officer for Personalized Learning to accelerate the implementation of personalized learning within cities, districts, and regional coalitions.

The PO will be responsible for the following:
- Developing, planning, and executing a strategy, including planning investments, soliciting proposals, and negotiating and managing complex, performance-based grants and contracts.
- Consulting and providing thought partnership with grantees and partners to maximize impact of projects and ensure optimal learning. This may include preparation for Program Officer & leadership site visits, development of materials, and convening meetings of key stakeholders.
- Managing internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting.
- Providing 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.
- Contributing to the design of new strategies, cross cutting data initiatives with focus on scaling and implementation plans to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.
- This role is responsible for high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications with grantees and partners in the field.
- Up to 50% U. S. travel required.

Qualifications- Strong working knowledge of the K-12 education sector, and in particular, experience building or working with innovative school models.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a large school district or network driving change initiatives.
- Experience leading or supporting the development or implementation of instructional models is preferred.
- Ability to solve unstructured problems with rigor, creativity, high energy, and a positive attitude.
- Knowledge of strategic communications, messaging and media strategy.
- Experience managing diverse teams of internal and external stakeholders.
- Ability to manage all aspect of grant and portfolio life cycle, including pre-development (making new grants), development (managing multi-year grants), post development (dissemination, scale and disposition of grants in portfolio).
- Ability to be highly effective in complex organizations and partnerships, with a variety of grantees and partners.
- Strong program management, critical thinking, and strategic thinking skills.
- Prioritize and manage large amounts of information relevant to the work.
- Excellent written and verbal communications are a must, and strong presentation skills are highly valued.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.


Requisition Number4055BR

]]>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:31:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer%2C-Next-Generation-Models-Job-WA-98101/2556626/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer%2C-Next-Generation-Models-Job-WA-98101/2556626/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Health ProgramDepartmentVaccine DevelopmentLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryOur Global Health Program (GHP) harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where proven tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don't, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected and other infectious diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases and pneumonia. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Discovery and Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development, and Integrated Development.

ResponsibilitiesThe Global Health Vaccine Development team is hiring a Program Officer (PO) to support its Crosscutting Biosurveillance Initiative/Computing-Informatics. In partnership with software, technology, governmental, nonprofit, academic, and private partner collaborators, the Crosscutting Biosurveillance Initiative is identifying and linking a set of tools and technologies capable of integrating traditional epidemiologic, molecular/genomic, social media, and other contextual Big Data sets. Once developed, the toolkit will be openly available to external partners. The initiative will address end-to-end data access, management, integration, alignment, analysis, model creation, data visualization, and decision support. Data will be openly contributed by existing surveillance networks, systems, and partners. User interface solutions will ensure that the integrated data is accessible to and useful for partners.

Roles and Responsibilities

The PO will be responsible for one main area of work:
- Work closely with the internal Biosurveillance team and external partners to integrate new models and tools to develop software that manages end-to-end data processing, from data intake to predictive modeling and innovative data visualization. The utility of the tools/software will be verified through evaluation of performance metrics when applied to existing datasets.
- This software would be developed for running and implementation in the cloud environment.

The Program Officer will work closely with the malaria and polio program strategy teams and cross-cutting functional teams to ensure that the platform being developed meets their needs.

The Program Officer will report directly to the Director of Vaccine Development, with technical supervision from a Senior Program Officer in Epidemiology and Surveillance. The position will be a two year professional engagement based in Seattle. There is a high likelihood of extended periods of international and domestic travel in which the individual would work closely with external partners.


Qualifications- A scientist with a Ph.D. and/or M.D with background in research computing and computational mathematics and one of the following areas: medicine/pharmacy, public health, microbiology, vaccinology, or epidemiology (or equivalent combination of education and a minimum of 7 years of experience)
- A strong background in data input/output, high performance computing, and integration with cloud-based technology
- Experience with geospatial applications at scale
- Experience in JAVA programming, or past experience with STEM or the ECLIPSE Community

Other desired qualifications include:
- Knowledge of Bayesian space, cloud-based modeling (and simulation) as well as the fundamentals of performance computation
- Demonstrated experience in project management to support research projects
- Extensive experience with writing and reviewing scientific material including ability to critically review scientific grant proposals
- Knowledge and experience in international public health, public policy, and/or global development including experience working with global partners and/or experience in developing country settings
- Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication skills in positions requiring communications with a broad and diverse audience on a range of complex technical issues
- Ability to work well in a matrix environment that brings together strategic and functional groups in support of the malaria and polio teams' research goals and objectives
- Self-starter with demonstrated capacity and initiative to solve problems with high energy and positive attitude
- Demonstrated ability to organize/prioritize work and meet deadlines within a fast paced and changing environment with multiple and competing demands
- Ability to travel up to 40% domestically and internationally

This is a Limited Term Employee (LTE) position with an assignment length of 24 months

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Requisition Number3859BR

]]>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer-Crosscutting-Biosurveillance-Initiative-Job-WA-98101/2483612/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer-Crosscutting-Biosurveillance-Initiative-Job-WA-98101/2483612/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Health ProgramDepartmentVaccine DevelopmentLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryOur Global Health Program (GHP) harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where proven tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don't, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected and other infectious diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases and pneumonia. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Discovery and Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development, and Integrated Development.

ResponsibilitiesThe Global Health Vaccine Development team is hiring a Program Officer (PO) to support its Crosscutting Biosurveillance Initiative. In partnership with software, technology, governmental, nonprofit, academic, and private partner collaborators, the Crosscutting Biosurveillance Initiative is identifying and linking a set of tools and technologies capable of integrating traditional epidemiologic, molecular/genomic, social media, and other contextual Big Data sets. Once developed, the toolkit will be openly available to external partners. The initiative will address end-to-end data access, management, integration, alignment, analysis, model creation, data visualization, and decision support. Data will be openly contributed by existing surveillance networks, systems, and partners. User interface solutions will ensure that the integrated data is accessible to and useful for partners.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Program Officer, Analytic Epidemiology will be responsible for one main area of work:
- Integrate newly developed tools and test them in the development of additional core epidemiological models that will forecast the spatiotemporal dynamics of malaria and polio probabilistically. This will require performing initial literature searches, as well as, work with multiple knowledgebase sources to be up to speed with state of the art approaches. This individual will gather and integrate a variety of models in order to produce a unique platform. He/she will then proceed to develop a set of models and test them against historical datasets.

The program officer will work closely with the malaria and polio program strategy teams and cross-cutting functional teams to ensure that the platform being developed meets their needs.

The program officer will report directly to the Director of Vaccine Development, with technical supervision from a Senior Program Officer in Epidemiology and Surveillance. The position will be a two year professional engagement based in Seattle. There is a high likelihood of extended periods of international and domestic travel in which the individual would work closely with external partners.


Qualifications- Ph.D. (with research) or M.D. strongly preferred (advanced degree in medicine/pharmacy or public health, epidemiology, or equivalent combination of education and a minimum of 7 years' experience in microbiology, international/public health and/or vaccinology)

Other desired qualifications include:
- Experience in Cloud-based modeling with or without simulation
- Demonstrated experience in project management to support research projects
- Extensive experience with writing and reviewing scientific material including ability to critically review scientific grant proposals
- Knowledge and experience in international public health, public policy, and/or global development including experience working with global partners and/or experience in developing country settings
- Demonstrated outstanding written and oral communication skills in positions requiring communications with a broad and diverse audience on a range of complex technical issues
- Ability to work well in a matrix environment that brings together strategic and functional groups in support of the malaria and polio teams' research goals and objectives
- Self-starter with demonstrated capacity and initiative to solve problems with high energy and positive attitude
- Demonstrated ability to organize/prioritize work and meet deadlines within a fast paced and changing environment with multiple and competing demands
- Ability to travel up to 40% domestically and internationally

This is a Limited Term Employee (LTE) position with an assignment length of 24 months.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.


Requisition Number3856BR

]]>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer-Crosscutting-Biosurveillance-Initiative-Job-WA-98101/2483870/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Program-Officer-Crosscutting-Biosurveillance-Initiative-Job-WA-98101/2483870/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Policy and AdvocacyDepartmentProgram AdvocacyLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) Program seeks 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 policy 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. GPA is composed of our country offices in India, China; our Europe team based in London and our US & Canada team based in Washington, DC; our country representation in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and South Africa; a Program Advocacy team; a Policy Analysis & Financing team; and our Charitable Sector Support team. We work in close partnership with grantees, our colleagues in the Global Health and Global Development Programs, the CEOs office, and Foundation Communications to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.

Within the Global Policy & Advocacy Program, the primary goal of the Program Advocacy team is to identify and address alliance opportunities to address policy constraints, increase visibility, offer compelling evidence, boost political will and bring in new resources in support of programmatic goals. The Program Advocacy team works in partnership with program teams to achieve their goals by:
- Leveraging grants and leadership and foundation voice to implement advocacy strategies
- Developing manage, convene, and coordinate partnerships with private donors, advocacy organizations, and opinion leaders to promote foundation priorities
- Building advocacy communities to support foundation priorities


ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Program Officer (SPO) will be a leader and a team player in the implementation of these goals, with a specific focus on the foundation Family Health & Family Planning strategies, including specific strategies on family planning, and maternal and newborn health. The SPO will work closely with the full Global Policy and Advocacy team, the Family Health and Family Planning teams to develop, refine and execute an advocacy strategy, forge new partnerships, and develop grants in support of that strategy.

The SPO will play a critical role in conceptualizing and managing high impact and complex partnerships, grants, coalitions, and advocacy campaigns. She or he will provide expertise in developing and executing policy and advocacy strategies; working closely with Communications partners to support our advocacy efforts; conducting research and analysis to drive investment decisions; and supporting foundation leadership engagement in driving forward the strategy. The SPO will bring a depth and breadth of experience in and knowledge of donor and developing country governments' development activities and mechanisms, and political and technical expertise in evidence-based, results-oriented advocacy.

Key responsibilities include:
- Form key partnerships with individuals and organizations – in both the public and private sector – to enhance implementation of advocacy strategies and tactics.
- Identify opportunities for the development of strategic alliances and coalitions to further the objectives of the foundation's Family Health & Family Planning strategy.
- Manage a portfolio of project grants. Partner with grantees to develop project objectives and define key outcomes and milestones, ensuring that appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems and processes are established to produce robust evaluation of outcomes.
- Review letters of inquiry, grant proposals and other requests for support; provide recommendations for funding or technical assistance, including drafting and editing proposal summaries for submission to Directors, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Chairs.
- Consult with grantees to achieve desired impact of grants, by conducting site visits, providing technical guidance, convening meetings of key stakeholders, and applying and evaluating performance objectives.
- Write and produce informative briefings, reports, email updates, and other materials on key family planning, MNCH and other issues related to program advocacy for foundation leadership.
- Collaborate with team members to manage and present portfolio progress and grant budget information.
- Serve as a point of contact on portfolio-related issues for key internal and external stakeholders.
- Represent the foundation to key program-related external constituencies. This could include both formal and informal presentations such as making speeches, attending conferences and other meetings as necessary.

QualificationsWe are looking for a recognized expert in family health advocacy with a depth of experience and strong roots in the field, management skills, and experience in developing policy and advocacy strategies. Experience in advocacy in developing countries is a plus.
- 7-10 years of experience (at least 10+ years of experience strongly preferred) plus an advanced degree in public policy (or equivalent work experience) in international relations, development or a related field preferred, (preferably with a mix of service in either the public or non-profit sectors).
- Deep understanding, experience and expertise in family health policy issues and advocacy efforts in developing countries, working with CSOs, coalitions, governments, and the media
- Experience in the conception, design and management of strategies, initiatives and programs
- Experience working with policymakers and advocates for global and/or country level policy & advocacy, with preference for knowledge of Africa
- Experience developing, managing and implementing projects, including partnering with grantees on the definition of objectives and deliverables and monitoring and evaluation of results.
- Demonstrated understanding of the role of advocacy and communications efforts to increase awareness of health/ development issues and build political/financial support for health and development goals in the developing world with governmental and non-state organizations
- Demonstrated success in leadership roles developing and managing policy and advocacy organizations, programs or initiatives requiring a combination of strong analytical, writing and management skills
- Ability to work with flexibility, entrepreneurship, and diplomacy both individually and as part of a complex team effort
- A deep commitment to development issues
- Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally
- High standards of personal integrity

*This position can be located in Seattle, Washington (strongly preferred) or Washington, D.C.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.


Requisition Number3964BR

]]>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Program-Advocacy%2C-Family-Planning-Job-WA-98101/2483871/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Program-Advocacy%2C-Family-Planning-Job-WA-98101/2483871/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionCommunicationsDepartmentN/ALocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryCommunications staff contribute to advocacy efforts, raise awareness of the issues the foundation addresses, work to protect and advance the foundation's reputation, and oversee all internal and external communications functions.

ResponsibilitiesStrategic Planning-Creative, which is comparable to an ad agency Account Planner/Strategic Planner role, plays a key part in developing communications strategies, messaging platforms and authoring creative briefs that inform the creative product.

Critical to this role is the experience and ability to assume the role of our disparate audiences which cross all social economic classes and global regions, and include government decision makers, social influencers, engaged public and employees.

Planners combine segment and audience data and insights, qualitative research and program knowledge within a core proposition or messaging platform to enable the communications group to produce engaging and compelling messaging that amplifies and enhances the work of the foundation, it's partners and it's grantees. While increasing awareness of foundation strategies is critical, a key challenge is to collaborate on innovative ways to reach our diverse audiences.

Typical work activities:
- Shaping engaging, compelling and motivating messaging against the foundation's programmatic work.
- Participating in the strategic, creative expression and management of the foundation brand.
- Liaising with internal clients to identify specific programmatic issues and opportunities and develop ideas.
- Partnering with the speechwriting team to ensure the synergistic and consistent messaging across campaign and project messaging.
- Communicating with colleagues within the organization, such as creative, project managers, advocacy and strategy leads, in the process of developing a creative brief, messaging platform and campaign elements.
- Assist in facilitating a consistent and effective creative briefing process.
- Gaining a comprehensive context for communication and project strategies by analyzing a wide range of information in great detail, including demographics, socio-economics, and political landscape as well as the identified foundation audiences.
- Participate in qualitative research and analysis with Brand & Insights colleagues.
- Participate in the refinement and definitions within the foundation audience taxonomy.


Qualifications-Bachelor's degree with 10+ years in the role of Global Strategic Planning or Account Planning in multinational advertising agencies or similar communications firms.
-Experience with, or interest in, working with insights and messaging for Global Philanthropic, NGO or Charitable organizations focused on the developing world.
-Achieved success with campaigns and/or communications strategies designed to inform and activate specific audiences against a cause.
-Preferred experience developing insights, messaging and campaign elements that focused on the Global South.
-Ability to develop and implement communication strategies in complex organizations and to develop internal communication solutions targeted to different audience segments/needs.
-Strong written and oral communication skills, in positions requiring communication with a broad and diverse audience.
-Strong business acumen and a good understanding of business strategy with an ability to lead and influence.
-Ability to work with all levels of management and staff.
-Strong and proven experience in different communications disciplines.
-Strong presentation skills.
-Ability to rapidly shift gears and accommodate changes and incorporate new information with minimal disruption.
-Resilient, with the ability to work to deadlines and maintain high levels of professionalism while managing multiple demands.
-Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency and diplomacy both individually and as part of a complex team effort.
-Collaboration, facilitation and interpersonal skills.
-Demonstrated proficiency using MSWord, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint or related software.
-This position is based at the foundation's headquarters in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Reports to: Deputy Director Communications Creative

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check


Requisition Number3971BR

]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Communications-Officer%2C-Strategic-Planner-Job-WA-98101/2486962/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Communications-Officer%2C-Strategic-Planner-Job-WA-98101/2486962/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionUS ProgramDepartmentEducation - College ReadyLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe foundation's U.S. Program works with a range of partners toward greater opportunity for all Americans largely through the attainment of secondary and postsecondary education. By making college and other forms of education both accessible to and successful for all, we hope to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty that prevents families and communities from opportunities to reach their full potential. The U.S. Program works to advance:

College Readiness and Success. Education is the broadest avenue to opportunity and the most influential factor in ensuring that children will grow up to do as well or better than their parents. Today, a postsecondary education is the most important requirement for jobs that pay a family wage. Our goal is to ensure that 80 percent of students will graduate from high school prepared for college, with a focus on low-income and minority students reaching this target, and to double the number of low-income young adults who earn postsecondary degrees or certificates by age 26 each year.

Strong Communities in the Pacific Northwest. As a family foundation, we are committed to strengthening our communities and providing new avenues of opportunity for those most in need in Washington State, the foundation's home. Our main goal in the state is to help all children begin kindergarten ready to succeed and cut family homelessness in half over the next decade.The Next Generation Learning team within the College Ready program focuses on personalized learning for students. Our vision for education is that all students have access to what they need, when and where they need it. Implementing this vision at scale will require new tools to help teachers, parents and learners diagnose gaps in students' knowledge and skill and adapt the learning experience based on their progress. We invest in organizations that build school models, technology, research and knowledge that redefine how learning takes place.


ResponsibilitiesReporting to the Portfolio Manager for Next Generation Learning, the APO will be responsible for helping develop and manage the portfolio of foundation investments that comprise the Next Generation Learning strategy.

The APO will be responsible for the following:
- Capturing and analyzing data and information coming in from grants, contracts, and partners, and using it to support the team's investment decisions.
- Conducting ongoing research, providing background data and information and preparing analytic models in support of the Deputy Director and the team.
- Supporting the Portfolio Manager to plan and execute team meetings, retreats, and learning trips, including driving the development of presentations and analysis that help the team refine and better execute its strategy.
- Coordinating strategic internal and external meetings and follow up with partners and prospective partners on high priority projects.
- Using the team's SharePoint site and other tools to effectively share work plans, research, reports, meeting notes, and other information relevant to the team portfolio with internal staff.
- Up to 25% U. S. travel required.

Qualifications- An advanced degree and /or a minimum of 3-5 years of professional experience preferred.
- Understanding of or experience in U.S. education system.
- University major or work experience that indicates demonstrated analytical rigor.
- Experience in management consulting highly desirable.
- Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
- Ability to generate presentations that serve as effective tools for decision-making.
- Ability to solve unstructured problems with rigor, creativity, high energy, and a positive attitude.
- Ability to successfully plan, manage and complete multiple projects. Ability to juggle multiple competing demands and establish priorities.
- Works with efficiency & diplomacy.
- Ability to quickly ramp up on new subject matter.
- Ability to effectively collaborate in complex internal & external organizations.
- Excellent written and verbal communications are a must, and strong presentation skills are highly valued.
- Success working in a fast-paced environment with little oversight.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.


Requisition Number4036BR

]]>Sun, 12 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Associate-Program-Officer-Job-WA-98101/2545656/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Associate-Program-Officer-Job-WA-98101/2545656/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionFinance and StrategyDepartmentN/ALocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe Finance and Strategy group is responsible for implementing and maintaining operating procedures designed to ensure rigorous stewardship of the foundation's financial resources. We oversee the business processes that govern the foundation's basic grantmaking and risk management; evaluate and improve the impact of the foundation's grantmaking; and produce accurate and transparent financial analyses and reports. We also coordinate public-private partnerships across the different grantmaking areas to optimize effectiveness and share best practices, and we drive a number of special initiatives related to planning for substantial increases in long-term payout and overall growth.

ResponsibilitiesThe Financial Manager position will assist in developing, communicating, and monitoring the financial and operational results for the foundation's Communications organization and is a key contributor to the foundations Global Policy and Advocacy's effectiveness.

Work efforts will include supporting the preparation and analysis of business plans, financial statements, models, and tools to support organizational goals. The Financial Manager will work closely with the Communications team on a wide range of financial, operational, and capital issues, and will serve a critical role in developing and tracking projects, including the submission and presentation of these analyses to FP&A leadership, CCO and Management Teams.

Responsibilities
- Support the Communication's organization's annual budget creation and tracking of variances. Assist in creating and modeling departmental budgets by cost center. Produces budget justification analysis utilized by the CCO and Communications Leadership Team to review, prioritize and make decisions on the proposed operating budget.
- Develop efficient budget reporting frameworks, cost center structures, and financial reporting tools. Analyze spending patterns to determine rationale in setting budget allocations.
- Work with Communications Project Managers and Business Analysts; auditing cost-benefit analysis and helping the team with proper guidelines around items such as capital versus expense and project costing.
- Prepare monthly reporting packages which summarize project spending and variance analysis that enable Communications to track financial and business metrics. Coordinate the forecasting process with the Communications team; present and review results with Communications leadership.
- Develop financial models and framework to support specific division projects. These models will support initial project recommendations, track financial progress, identify opportunities and risks associated with specific alternatives, quantify the impact of these actions on the division's finances and operations, and support decision making for various program options.
- Coordinate within the Financial Planning and Analysis department to establish foundation best practices and develop and implement these practices within the division. Serve as a resource to the Deputy Director, FP&A. CCO and Communications Leadership Team to explain and interpret foundation policies relating to finance and business planning.
- Act as key communications liaison between Communications and other functional areas such as Human Resources and Finance; assisting in resolving challenges that arise.
- Ad hoc project reporting and/or analysis for any investment being made by foundation.

Qualifications- A degree in Finance, Economics or related field and 3 to 5 years of experience in a finance role preferred.
- MBA is preferred. Previous experience working with a Communications or Marketing group within an organization is ideal.
- Strong technical and financial knowledge, including experience creating complex financial models and efficiently communicating results to inform sound strategic and tactical decisions.
- Experience developing, evaluating, managing, and monitoring business plans.
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to manage and complete multiple projects simultaneously.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to extract appropriate data to convey financial results through the use of supporting tables, graphs, and other visual representations.
- Demonstrated success working with individuals with a wide range of backgrounds to facilitate group problem solving in dynamic organizations. Strong interpersonal, customer service, and team-oriented skills are a must.
- Demonstrated interest in, knowledge of, and experience with a broad range of functional areas including information technology.
- Commitment to the foundation's core values, mission, and programs.
- Excellent software skills with Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to quickly learn new software modules.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check

Requisition Number3607BR

]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Financial-Manager-Job-WA-98101/2201067/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Financial-Manager-Job-WA-98101/2201067/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Health ProgramDepartmentHIVLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryOur Global Health Program (GHP) harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where proven tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don't, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected and other infectious diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases and pneumonia. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Discovery and Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development, and Integrated Development.

ResponsibilitiesThis Senior Program Officer (SPO) position supports the HIV vaccine initiative, a high priority and complex portfolio of activities within the foundation's HIV strategy. The vaccine initiative encompasses investments in discovery research, early clinical and translational research, and more advanced clinical development, all with an emphasis on developing vaccine products. Within this initiative, a deputy director and team of program officers, together with a program coordinator and other business team members, manage a comprehensive portfolio of grants, contracts, and program-related investments in support of HIV vaccine discovery and development. The HIV vaccine initiative also engages deeply with the Discovery & Translational Science, Integrated Development, and Vaccine Development functional teams. The HIV Vaccines initiative is implemented in significant part through the foundation-funded Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (www.cavd.org).

The HIV vaccine initiative is seeking an SPO - Concept Pipeline to inform upstream vaccine discovery and development strategies. They will strategically develop and manage a portfolio of complex grants requiring high-level grant management skills, monitoring, and evaluation. The SPO will utilize their scientific and subject-matter expertise, and leverage capability from individuals and teams across the foundation, to support the development and management of a portfolio of grants focused on the concept pipeline/discovery of HIV vaccine products. Applicants should be scientists and/or physician scientists with an established track record of success. He/she will help to create a productive and collaborative culture of innovation in and translation of basic HIV vaccine research into practical health solutions and be passionate about solving problems and addressing questions relevant to our mission.

Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design of new strategies, collaborations and implementation plans to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.
- Consult with grantees and other partners to maximize impact of projects and ensure optimal learning. This may include: site visits, providing operational guidance and convening meetings of key stakeholders.
- Review letters of inquiry & grant proposals; provide clear, concise & insightful written analyses & recommendations for funding including drafting & editing proposal summaries & progress reports for existing grants for review by Foundation leadership.
- Manage internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting.
- Active technical collaboration and support to Discovery and Integrated Development teams, including potential support to the venture capital team.
- Represent the Foundation with stakeholders, grantees and other funders; serve on relevant advisory and working groups.

Qualifications- PhD, MD or MD/PhD in Immunology, Virology, Molecular Biology, or related discipline
- Expertise in immunology, infectious diseases, infectious disease pathogenesis, and vaccine discovery is of particular interest.
- Minimum 12 years laboratory experience relevant to HIV vaccine, prevention or treatment research and development, preferred.
- Demonstrated innovation and success in translation of basic HIV vaccine research into practical health solutions, highly preferred.
- Recognized internally and externally by global professional community as an expert within this specialized field; and/or recognized leadership in research relevant to the field, preferred.
- Experience managing personnel.
- Strong interpersonal skills and aptitude for relationship development.
- Excellent written & oral communications skills effective with a broad & diverse audience.
- Attention to detail and capacity to perform and to meet deadlines under pressure and to prioritize and focus to achieve results.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
- Commitment to foundation's core values, mission and programs.
- Experience participating in and/or designing large collaborative research studies and/or consortia, strongly preferred.
- Experience writing and/or reviewing budgets, strongly preferred.
- Adaptability to the changing demands of a complex global health initiative and the environment of a private foundation

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

Requisition Number3649BR

]]>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-HIV-Vaccine-Initiatve-Concept-Pipeline-Job-WA-98101/2233086/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-HIV-Vaccine-Initiatve-Concept-Pipeline-Job-WA-98101/2233086/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Development ProgramDepartmentAgricultural DevelopmentLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe Agricultural Development Department focuses on a key outcome – sustainable productivity growth for smallholder farmers – that is essential to achieving the impact that we seek: poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Productivity growth for smallholders depends upon improved seeds and other technologies, incentives to adopt these improvements through functioning input and output markets, and an improved policy environment.


ResponsibilitiesThe Senior Program Officer (SPO) will be a leader and a team player in the implementation of these goals, with a specific focus on creating gender-responsive agricultural development programming. The SPO will work closely with the full Agricultural Development team to develop and execute an advocacy strategy, forge new partnerships, and develop grants. S/he may also play a leadership role in promoting gender-responsive strategies across the Global Development program.

In Agricultural Development, the SPO will play a critical role in managing high impact and complex grants and partnerships around gender and agriculture interactions. S/he will provide research and analysis in support of grant making, strategy development, donor coordination and communication and advocacy. Furthermore, s/he will support the Agricultural Development team in a cross-cutting function by providing tools and resources to the team to build capacity and foster practical gender-responsiveness across the Agricultural Development grant portfolio. S/he will also be a spokesperson and public advocate for our grants, portfolio and strategy.

The SPO will bring a depth and breadth of experience in, and knowledge of, donor and developing country governments' development activities and mechanisms, and technical expertise in evidence based, results oriented advocacy.

Key responsibilities include:
- Consult with grantees to develop new grant ideas around gender and the role of women in achieving sustainable productivity growth according to the Agricultural Development team's strategy, conduct site visits, provide technical guidance and convene meetings.
- Manage a portfolio of project grants. Partner with grantees to develop project objectives and define key outcomes and milestones, ensuring that appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems and processes are established to produce robust evaluation of outcomes.
- Review letters of inquiry and grant proposals, provide written analysis and recommendations for funding, including drafting and editing of proposal summaries and progress reports for existing grants for review by Foundation leadership.
- Develop and manage tools and resources and provide back-stopping for fellow POs and their grantees in the area of gender-responsive agricultural development to enhance gender awareness and accountability in the team's grant-making.
- Manage internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting.
- Plan and execute a wide range of activities in support of strategic planning, grant management and external relationship management related to the foundation's leadership in promoting gender-responsive agricultural development programs. Provide written analysis of key topics to foundation leadership.
- Represent the foundation to key program-related external constituencies. This will likely include both formal and informal public presentations such as making speeches, attending international conferences and other meetings as necessary.
- Serve as a point of contact on Gender-related issues for key internal and external stakeholders. In particular, play a role in advancing gender across the foundation, with a specific focus on the programs in the Global Development program.


Qualifications- Minimum 7 years of experience plus an advanced degree in development economics, sociology, anthropology, gender or another discipline related to rural development and agricultural development preferred.
- At least 5 years' experience leading and managing diverse teams executing complex initiatives preferred.
- Deep experience developing, designing, executing and monitoring complex strategies and initiatives, especially in a developing world context.
- Deep experience working with farmers, civil society and government actors with strong preference for experience living in Africa and/or South Asia, including an understanding of the role and impact of the major multilateral agricultural development actors.
- Demonstrable experience implementing pragmatic, practical and cost-effective gender approaches in the agricultural context. Must be able to work across teams to influence behavior and build capacity.
- Ability to work both persuasively and diplomatically in a team-based environment with a high degree of complexity and ambiguity. Ability to communicate complex gender issues with clarity, precision and prioritization is a must.
- Experience developing, managing and implementing projects, including partnering with grantees on the definition of objectives and deliverables and monitoring and evaluation of results.
- Demonstrated success in leadership roles developing and managing development organizations, programs or initiatives requiring a combination of strong analytical, writing, social and management skills.
- A deep, demonstrable commitment to agricultural development and gender issues.
- Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.
- High standards of personal integrity and a flexible, laid back personality with an excellent sense of humor required.

Reports to: Deputy Director, Agricultural Policies

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.


Requisition Number4004BR

]]>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Agriculture-Policies-Job-WA-98101/2523210/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Agriculture-Policies-Job-WA-98101/2523210/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionCommunicationsDepartmentN/ALocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryCommunications staff contribute to advocacy efforts, raise awareness of the issues the foundation addresses, work to protect and advance the foundation's reputation, and oversee all internal and external communications functions

ResponsibilitiesThe foundation offers an opportunity for an innovative media measurement and audience expert to discover what works, and what doesn't, at the cutting edge of media, storytelling and engagement. This individual will play a key role in understanding how a variety of content, platforms and engagement strategies can impact positive change and advance foundation objectives.

The Senior Communications Officer (SCO) will join the Strategic Partnerships team, which manages media and information grants (e.g., NPR, the Guardian, Univision, Participant Media, etc.). The SCO will oversee the measurement and evaluation of media and information grants, help grantees establish systems to better gather and analyze audience and engagement metrics, and facilitate the team's ability to identify and apply insights from metrics as well as audience and media-usage data.

The position will enable the media grants team to achieve key objectives by: tracking and reporting on progress against our strategic goals; using data and metrics to improve the impact of our existing grants and help to identify new partnership opportunities; and informing the field with the latest techniques, credible evidence and analysis.

The SCO will design, implement and manage MLE across the grant-making portfolio and its diverse set of media and information grants. This position will support MLE efforts across communications and collaborate with key MLE partners across the program and advocacy teams. Responsibilities include:
- Design and implement a MLE framework to be used across the media and information grantmaking portfolio
- Use MLE results and analytics to improve strategy implementation, maximize impact and suggest course-corrections; support annual strategy reviews and periodic strategy refreshes; and develop strong independent evaluation as needed.
- Manage key MLE contracts, grants and partnerships, including relationships with other media funders, universities, private measurement firms
- Provide support and MLE plan for new grants developed by other team members. Collaborate with external partners/grantees such as major media organizations and private agencies to assist with data collection and reporting.
- Drive core insights from the data to suggest and guide implementation of adaptations that drive improvements to the partner's business model
- Exhibit a high level of expertise in driving the measurement strategy across multiple “listening posts” (merging quantitative and qualitative as well as websites, surveys, CRM systems, market research etc.)
- Contribute to program- and foundation-wide learning and improvement in MLE and, specifically, media metrics
- Develop innovative MLE approaches for the influence of media and information on areas such as engagement, perception change and behavior change
- Partner with MLE counterparts and leadership across the foundation to help integrate media metrics into advocacy investments
- Identify and develop pipeline of MLE grants or contracts to inform and support current and future media and information grants
- Understands the complex multi-platform media ecosystem and best measurement practices and applies this knowledge to the work
- Lead MLE planning and framework, including the production and updating of a multi-year MLE planning document, standard outputs (e.g. scorecards, dashboard, etc.), and resource requirements for teams, and cross-team MLE work plans
- Lead the development and management of MLE-specific grants and contracts, including those with other funders
- Participate with teams in development and application of lessons learned from MLE in annual planning
- Join an MLE working group to develop and apply tools and processes for using MLE

Manage consultants or contractors that work directly with grantees to improve their media metrics and analytics


Qualifications-Advanced degree in relevant media field or business is preferred
-Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional work experience in media and media management, applying media metrics to business decisions and resource allocation
-Broad experience using and implementing web analytics and media measurement tools, such as web analytics (Omniture, Google Analytics) and or hybrid/syndicated sources (KantarComscore)
-Strong evaluation design skills, and a track record of planning, conducting, and facilitating the use of and evaluation and results measurement in media (e.g., news, entertainment, etc.)
-Strong consultative, communication, and facilitation skills and a proven ability to shape metrics and measurement results and analysis with media executives and non-metrics savvy managers and colleagues
-Significant experience using logic models, logical frameworks, or similar devices for framing strategic objectives, articulating key assumptions, and articulating results
-Strong project management and consultative skills and ability to work as part of a team with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, diplomacy, and humor in an evolving, fast-paced and matrixed work environment
-Exposure to project management skills, business process redesign principles, tools and techniques a plus.
-Demonstrated commitment to the foundation's core values, mission, and programs and to serving our grantees

The SCO reports to the Deputy Director, Strategic Partnerships in Communications.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check

Requisition Number4019BR

]]>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:59:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Communications-Officer%2C-Measurement%2C-Learning-and-Evaluation-Job-WA-98101/2542334/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Senior-Communications-Officer%2C-Measurement%2C-Learning-and-Evaluation-Job-WA-98101/2542334/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionFinance and StrategyDepartmentN/ALocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

Group SummaryThe Finance and Strategy group is responsible for implementing and maintaining operating procedures designed to ensure rigorous stewardship of the foundation's financial resources. We oversee the business processes that govern the foundation's basic grantmaking and risk management; evaluate and improve the impact of the foundation's grantmaking; and produce accurate and transparent financial analyses and reports. We also coordinate public-private partnerships across the different grantmaking areas to optimize effectiveness and share best practices, and we drive a number of special initiatives related to planning for substantial increases in long-term payout and overall growth.

ResponsibilitiesThe Financial Manager – Core Operations, will be responsible for developing, communicating and monitoring the financial and operational results for several of the foundation's Operations division. The Operations division includes the foundation's finance, legal and executive team. Work efforts will include preparation and analysis of business plans, financial statements, and developing financial models and tools to support division goals.

The Financial Manager will work closely with the Deputy Director on advising staff on a wide range of financial, operational, contracts and capital issues, and will serve a critical role in developing and tracking division's projects. The position will work closely with the operational teams in formulating a capital plan and help in building tools for better management of contracts.
- Development of the Finance and Strategy, Legal and the Executive Teams' annual financial plan and 5-year financial forecast.
- Ongoing management of the Finance and Strategy, Legal and the Executive Teams' investment pipeline through monitoring of execution, financial forecasting and advice.
- Transaction development and due diligence (including budget review) for the larger investments supporting the Finance and Strategy, Legal and the Executive Teams' impact goals.
- Review of annual reports and budget to actuals for subsequent payments of larger investments.
- Support work on complex transactions and special projects (Finance and Strategy, Legal and the Executive Teams' and across foundation) and lead those that require a financial analysis component.
- Lead operational improvement initiatives aimed at streamlining Finance and Strategy, Legal and the Executive Teams' investment development, approval, and monitoring.

Strategy & Financial Planning
- Perform analysis and provide leadership with strategic and financial information to support effective financial resource allocation and decision-making during strategy refreshes and reviews.
- Work closely with leadership to translate strategy into long-term investment forecast and annual plan. Create dynamic financial planning tools that support decision-making and communication with senior leadership.

Budgeting & Forecasting
- Monitor actuals and forecasts against budget, including major risks.
- Create financial monitoring tools, including workflow management and monitoring tools, and partner with leadership to manage spending.
- Identify operational and financial risks of executing against annual budgets and propose mitigating strategies to leadership.

Investment Analysis
- Perform financial and risk analysis to support investment-making and investment management. Partner with leadership to structure effective investments and develop appropriate mitigating strategies to manage risk.
- Analyze business plans and examine the economics of a certain proposal; also analyze the financial health of proposals through discussions with leadership and reviewing financial statements.

Cross-foundational / Project-based
- Participate in Operations-related and cross-foundation projects to develop tools and best practices in support of effective investment-making, pipeline management and operational excellence.
- Participate in complex transactions and special projects for Operations with significant financial analysis component.

QualificationsKnowledge:
- Finance and strategy background and work experience.
- Knowledge of business/financial planning, risk management and general management practices.
- Technical and complex financial knowledge – for instance, activity-based costing, portfolio analysis, NPV analysis.
- Master's/MBA with 6-10 years of experience.
- Experience in operational improvement.
- Project management and coordination of multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong analytics (especially financial modeling, investment/deal structuring).
- Knowledge and experience regarding relationship management.
- Knowledge of risk management and due diligence.
- Knowledge of systems and processes related to financial management.

Skills:
- Ability to provide leadership in execution planning.
- Robust business analytical, quantitative and modeling skills for broad variety of business models and transaction types.
- Ability to balance long-term strategy with short-term priorities.
- Negotiation skills.
- Ability to develop innovative approaches to problem-solving.
- Ability to communicate complex financial concepts to groups with diverse backgrounds, including leadership, program staff and other foundation operational resources.
- Ability to work in a team, and drive collaboration among different areas of foundation expertise, including program and operations.
- Effective project management and ability to work on multiple projects - or support multiple teams - simultaneously.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.


Requisition Number4040BR

]]>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Financial-Manager-Job-WA-98101/2568963/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Seattle-Financial-Manager-Job-WA-98101/2568963/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS DivisionGlobal Health ProgramDepartmentMalariaLocationSeattleFoundation OverviewGuided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people's health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people-especially those with the fewest resources-have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Jeff Raikes and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.


Group SummaryOur Global Health Program (GHP) harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where proven tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they don't, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected infectious diseases (NID), enteric and diarrheal diseases and pneumonia. These strategies are supported by functional teams that focus on Discovery and Translational Sciences, Vaccine Development, and Integrated Development.

Battling NID and malaria is a priority of the GHP strategy. More than 1 billion people in developing countries suffer from infectious diseases and until recently, investment in treatment and prevention methods has been lacking and access to existing interventions in areas where they are needed has been limited. Our goal is to reduce the burden of these diseases through targeted and effective control, elimination and eradication efforts. Our strategy reflects where we believe the foundation is best positioned-among a broad spectrum of actors-to help significantly reduce the incidence of neglected infectious diseases and ultimately, eradicate malaria.

To this end, we support efforts to accelerate progress through coordinated vaccines, mass drug administration against multiple diseases, public-health surveillance, and vector control. Additionally, we have focused our priorities on multiple vector borne infectious diseases including Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL or Kala Azar), Dengue and Malaria.
- VL is a major public health problem in the Indian subcontinent that affects 300,000 people per year. Bihar shares 85% of India's VL Burden and the disease is endemic in 33 out of 38 districts of the state.

Over the last year, the government of Bihar (GoB) has increased its focus on VL with the objective of elimination. The goal of the VL elimination program is to reduce the annual incidence to less than one per 10,000 at the district or sub district level by 2020.
- Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral illness and its incidence has increased 30-fold worldwide since the 1960s. An estimated 50 million people are infected each year. There is no effective treatment, and current methods of controlling transmission are costly and often ineffective because they are used too late.

Dengue is a high-opportunity target because several potential vaccines are in development. We are supporting preparations to deploy a safe and affordable vaccine when it becomes available. Meanwhile, we are investing in the development of novel mosquito-control methods to prevent outbreaks. We are also funding work on new ways to detect or even predict dengue outbreaks early enough for transmission controls to succeed.
- Our Malaria program strategy is based on our assumption that the preventive and curative tools that are currently available are not sufficient to achieve eradication everywhere, especially in areas of high transmission, and that emerging resistance to drugs and insecticides present additional challenges. With eradication as the aim, our strategy focuses both on improving current approaches and on intensive research and development toward the creation of new vaccines, vector-control tools, drugs, and diagnostics to prevent and interrupt transmission of the two major species infecting humans, P. falciparum and P. vivax.

We also engage in modeling to better understand the potential impact of new tools and the optimal combination of such tools to achieve eradication in different settings. Underlying these efforts is our ongoing analysis of financial needs and advocacy for sustained commitment, funding, and supportive policies that are needed in the long-term fight against malaria.


ResponsibilitiesThe Malaria Program Strategy Team (PST) is recruiting a Senior Program Officer to strategically develop and manage a portfolio of complex investments requiring high-level grant management skills, monitoring, and evaluation. H/She will act as the initiative lead for Neglected Infectious Disease (NID) and Malaria Vector Control and will oversee the management of product development and delivery as well as integration with other disease control interventions.
This position is Seattle based and will report directly to the Director, Malaria with a dotted line relationship to the Director, Neglected Infectious Disease.
The SPO will be expected to:
- Act as the vector control expert resource for both the NID and Malaria programs.
- Lead a team to develop, manage and implement project strategies, and negotiate, execute and conduct and manage complex, performance-based investments.
- Review letters of inquiry, grant and contract proposals; provide clear, concise and insightful written analyses and recommendations for foundation including drafting and editing proposal summaries and progress reports for existing investments for review by foundation leadership.
- Consult with grantees and other partners to maximize the impact of projects and ensure optimal learning. This may include conducting site visits, providing operational guidance and convening meetings of key stakeholders.
- Represent the foundation with stakeholders who may include public and private entities, partner organizations, other funders, universities, think tanks and government agencies. May serve on external boards and working groups.
- Manage internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, budgeting and reporting.
- Contribute to the design of new strategies, collaborations and implementation plans to ensure long-term sustainability and impact.
- Collaborate with foundation colleagues in related program areas to take advantage of cross-sector grant making opportunities.
- Conduct high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications with partners in the field.
- Manage people and hire the talent needed to achieve our goals, ensuring successful employee onboarding, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, integrating project and change management, giving and seeking feedback, coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, and recognizing achievement and lessons learned.

QualificationsThe foundation is looking for a global expert in vector borne infectious diseases with recognized medical, scientific, management and strategic planning skills. The ideal candidate will have lived and worked in developing countries for a period of time giving him/her an appreciation for the complexities of implementing and managing field-based programs.
The ideal candidate should have:
- A PhD,
- A minimum of six years of experience in medical entomology and vector borne diseases; preferable experience with mosquito transmission (malaria, dengue) and sand fly (Visceral Leishmaniasis) would be particularly relevant to priority programs.
- Five or more year's field experience managing vector borne disease control programs would be highly desirable.
- Field experience in target geographies (Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia) is preferred, together with a solid understanding of the realities and complexities of “in country” interventions.
- Proven ability to lead and influence others.
- Experience in strategic planning and strategy implementation.
- Demonstrated excellence in scientific writing and data analysis, written and oral communication skills, and experience advocating and communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
- Ability to work with external organizations and work in a role requiring collaboration, prioritization and results-orientation in a fast-paced, complex organization.
- Demonstrated ability to work with efficiency, diplomacy, and flexibility particularly as part of a team. Experience working on teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
- Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and internationally.
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.
We are an equal opportunity employer dedicated and focused on diversity.
The statements in this description represent typical elements, criteria and general work performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills for this job.

Requisition Number4089BR

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