Senior Program Officer, Development Policy & Finance

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The Foundation

We are the largest
nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the
world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless
of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live
healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect
the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to
serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees
and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and
vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid
family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional
holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee
communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an
environment for you to thrive both personally and
professionally.

 
 

The Team

The mission of the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is
to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the
foundation’s work, build support for its major program and policy
objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance
the foundation’s objectives nationally and globally. Because the
foundation’s resources alone are not enough to solve the challenges
ahead, GPA also supports advocacy efforts to engage diverse
stakeholders and promote innovative solutions that advance our
program goals. We work in close partnership with grantees, our
colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth
& Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation
Communications to build the environment in which all people have
the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.

The Development Policy & Finance (DPAF) team is the
foundation’s development economics and finance team, accountable
for ensuring GPA’s work – and by extension the foundation’s work –
is informed by strong economic and financial analysis and
viewpoints, resonant with economic trends, and connected with key
decision-makers at major multilateral development banks (MDBs),
development finance institutions (DFIs), think tanks and other
actors focused on development economics and finance. This is not a
research team but a group of economists, grant makers and
development finance experts accountable for using economic analysis
and perspectives to strengthen foundation policy and advocacy
strategies, and for growing the community of economic policymakers
engaged in foundation issues.
 

Your Role
DPAF has an opening for a Senior Program Officer (SPO), our most
senior technical role, to further develop our analytical and
advisory functions related to development finance. This is an
exciting role given ongoing global debates about what types of
financing are needed to support development needs at the country
level while also addressing the growing financial demands posed by
global challenges such as climate change and pandemic preparedness.
We are especially looking for someone who can map, model, and
analyze a range of development finance flows (e.g., ODA, TOSSD,
domestic resources, remittances, capital flows) at global and
country levels. The SPO will support the important work of this
team’s remit by:

• Understanding the major dynamics and challenges within global
  development policy and finance, including ongoing debates about how
  to reform the global financial system and development cooperation,
  and how these changes translate to the country level.

• Bringing familiarity with key financing databases, have strong
  modeling and analytical skills, and be comfortable working across
  multiple teams in the division (sometimes with diverse analytical
  needs).

• Demonstrating deep subject matter expertise, contribute to the
  global debate, be able to translate financing trends and insights
  for strategic decisions within the foundation, including in
  meetings with the co-chairs.

• Translating analytical insight into different knowledge
  management products to raise awareness and respond to demands from
  the foundation.

• Designing and leading complex contracts and grants to support
  team and division financial modeling needs. 

What You’ll Do

We are currently looking for an SPO with the expertise, network,
and passion to lead our work in the following
areas:  

• Analytical and advisory function, including creating knowledge
  products and context setting, to be used in the external dialogue
  or internally to support strategy and investment decisions.

• Translating global development and financial trends to
  implications at the country level and for strategic decisions
  within the foundation. In particular, tracking, modeling and
  analyzing key domestic and external financial flows for low- and
  lower middle-income countries and how they may impact the work of
  the foundation in priority regions and countries.

• Analyzing and explaining the relationships between different
  financial flows and describing the strategic implications of shifts
  in these flows, not least for the future of ODA. 

• Maintaining division-wide model of development finance flows at
  global levels as well as ability to track flows by (select) country
  and BMGF issue.

• Constructing scenarios based on trends in flows to support
  organizational decision-making, for example in terms of health
  finance prioritization, but also analytics and insights on a
  diverse set of topics, for example climate finance and humanitarian
  spending trends.

• Maintaining the foundation’s relationships with key data
  providers in the field such as the OECD, IMF, and World Bank,
  amongst others.

• Contributing to strategy development and overall priorities for
  the DPAF team and wider GPA division.

• Translating data analytics to robust leadership presentations
  with an eye to the “so what…”. Preparing spreadsheets, financial
  models, and presentations for internal and external use by
  foundation teams and leadership.  

• Building out policy positions, best practices and analysis for
  the team and the broader foundation, to ensure we are continuously
  learning from prior efforts, including those of our partners.

 

This position reports to DPAF’s Deputy Director but will work
closely with the Office of the President for Global Policy and
Advocacy. The position is based in Washington, DC.

Your Experience

• Advanced degree in economics, finance, or data analytics, with
  7+ years of experience. 

• Fluency in key modelling software.

• Extensive experience translating data and analytics to support
  organizational decision-making.

• Extensive experience working with key players in governments,
  research institutions, think tanks, advocates, International
  Finance Institutions (IFIs), multilaterals, and bilateral aid
  agencies

• Experience leading others in a direct reporting relationship and
  creating a coaching environment for people to test, learn, and
  grow.  

• Strong technical background, skills, and expertise in tracking,
  analyzing, and modeling development finance flows.  

• Passion for using analytics and modeling to inform
  decision-making at the highest levels.

• Ability to support teams with diverse analytical needs and to
  address their questions about financing flows with high-quality
  analyses and presentations.

• Excellent knowledge management experience, including the ability
  to develop easily accessible materials that can be used, as
  appropriate, across the foundation including at different levels of
  leadership.

• Experience in developing and managing strong partnerships and
  relationships with senior technical authorities within the
  field. 

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, and ability to use
  the power of data to accessibly translate research to strategic
  decision making, policy solutions, ‘fundable’ ideas, advocacy and
  action. 

• Proven track record of successfully shepherd issues across large
  institutions, various levels of staff and different cultural
  contexts. 

• Proven ability as a great teammate defined as someone who shares
  ideas generously, adjusts flexibly to changes in context, and is
  motivated to act with some urgency. 

• Strong project management experience with excellent planning,
  execution and analytic skills 

• Ability to travel up to 30% domestically and
  internationally. 

 

*Applicants for this role will only be considered if
they are able to legally work in the country where this position is
located without visa sponsorship.

 

The salary range for this role is $137,500 to $206,200
USD.  We recognize high-wage market differences where our
offices are located, in Seattle, Washington D.C., and Boston
(Cambridge).  The range for this role in these locations is
$149,800 to $224,600 USD.  As a mission-driven organization,
we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires
are typically brought into the organization at a salary between the
range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in
the range will depend on a candidate’s job-related skills,
experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview
process.

 

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Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees,
employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a
background check.

 

Candidate Accommodations

If you require assistance due to a disability in the application
or recruitment process, please submit a request here.

 

Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value.
We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever
greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and
approaches — and we support this diversity through all our
employment practices.

 

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission
will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without
regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual
orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression,
national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital
status, and prior protected activity.

Apply online: http://gatesfoundation.contacthr.com/131231961