Senior Program Officer, Infectious Diseases Communications
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Seattle
Posted on: October 18, 2024
Job Description:
The FoundationWe are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty,
disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple
premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or
circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive
lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity
of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an
exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which
include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no
premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave,
foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and
opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a
workplace, we're committed to creating an environment for you to
thrive both personally and professionally.The TeamThe mission of
the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and
shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation's work,
build support for its major program and policy objectives, and
develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the
foundation's objectives nationally and globally. Because the
foundation's resources alone are not enough to solve the challenges
ahead, GPA also supports advocacy efforts to engage diverse
stakeholders and promote innovative solutions that advance our
program goals. We work in close partnership with grantees, our
colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth
& Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation
Communications to build the environment in which all people have
the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.The Program
Advocacy and Communications team works in partnership with program
teams and other teams in Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) to
achieve their policy and finance goals by:--- Developing and
coordinating the execution of advocacy and communications
strategies.--- Leveraging leadership and foundation voice to
implement advocacy strategies.--- Developing and managing a grant
portfolio dedicated to achieving advocacy outcomes. --- Directly
advocating with sector leaders, influencers, media, and government
officials in order to achieve advocacy outcomes.--- Leading
issue-specific communications in service of advocacy goals.---
Developing policy recommendations or proposals in partnership with
programmatic and regional offices.Your Role The Senior Program
Officer (SPO) will serve as PAC Infectious Diseases Communications
lead. You develop and implement communications with an emphasis on
Infectious Diseases. This role will support our program goals and
strategies, as well as leading a discrete grant portfolio and
providing support to grant making and strategy development. You
will work within the PAC Infectious Diseases team that also covers
advocacy for Malaria, NTDs, HIV and TB and their related financing
entities. This role reports to the Deputy Director, Infectious
Diseases with a dotted line to the Senior Communications Lead, PAC
Health. You will also be accountable for participating in both
individual and group learning and work to increase the diversity,
equity and inclusion of the foundation and our work. What You'll
Do
- Plan, lead, and carry out the implementation of multiple
advocacy communications strategies to generate attention,
resources, and policy changes specifically related to infectious
diseases.
- Develop a broad array of evidence-based materials inclusive of
messages, fact sheets, press releases, FAQ documents, data
visualizations, and other creative writing materials)
- Support and collaborate with teams in developing and
implementing communications strategies.
- Lead a diverse and inclusive global portfolio of grants and
contracts, including reviewing letters of inquiry and grant
proposals and crafting written analyses and recommendations for
funding.
- Lead all aspects of agency and consultant support to help
implement advocacy, communications, and champion building
objectives.
- Build and maintain relationships with key communications leads
of grantees, donors, and civil society organizations-in
coordination with the foundation's Communications division.
- Proactively identify potential platforms to elevate messages
that address the foundation's infectious disease (HIV, TB, Malaria
and NTD) priorities.
- Lead a portfolio of grants and contracts to advance the
advocacy communications outcomes in support of program strategies,
including reviewing letters of inquiry and grant proposals and
providing clear, concise, and insightful written analyses and
recommendations for funding.
- Counsel advocacy and PST colleagues on potential inclusion of
communications elements into grant proposals.
- Collaborate with grantees and other partners to improve the
impact of projects and ensure communications grants are meeting
strategy goals. This may include site visits, providing operational
guidance and convening meetings of key partners.
- Collaborate with external partners to identify opportunities
where foundation grantees can engage and represent the foundation
to key program-related external constituencies, as
appropriate.
- Identify and assess key communications risks at the portfolio
level; develop and manage mitigation and contingency plans.
- Collaborate with country and regional communications staff from
our Europe Middle East and Asia, and North America teams,
communications staff in the broader PAC health team to align
strategies, develop joint investments and communications content,
as well as our central communications to develop world-class issue
communications approaches that includes internal and external
voices.
- Proactively work with peers/fellow SPOs to ensure a consistent
approach as well as application of appropriate rigor to portfolio
management across PAC Infectious Diseases.
- Consult with partners regularly to maximize the impact of
projects and ensure optimal learning to inform our work. This may
include site visits, providing operational guidance and convening
meetings of key stakeholders.
- Write and produce clear, concise, and insightful briefings,
reports, email updates, and other materials on key Malaria and
other relevant issues for foundation leadership.
- Participate in and learn from the program strategy team, and
GPA and PAC Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) efforts to ensure
that we are continuing to make progress towards realizing .
- Participate in cross PAC efforts to enhance our integration,
accelerate impact, and maintain a cohesive and dynamic culture.
Your Experience
- Advanced degree required with 10yr+ experience or equivalent
progressively senior experience.
- Deep experience in developing policy, advocacy, and
communications strategies, with an emphasis on strategic
communications.
- Experience working on Global Health and/or Development issues
and communications in a developing country context is a plus.
- Extensive experience leading the conception, design and
management of communications strategies, creative content
management, excellent writing and editing skills, ability to
strategically assess opportunities, and a proven capacity to
translate sophisticated health and development issues into
compelling, persuasive writing.
- Comprehensive experience working in the public, non-profit or
private sectors, and linking communications with advocacy work,
ideally in global health and development issues.
- Knowledge of global health and development issues as well as a
deep dedication to the sector.
- Ability to learn new concepts quickly and communicate
effectively with different audiences.
- Experience developing and using communications tools and
working with partners to achieve advocacy goals and policy change
at the global and/or country level.
- Expertise in health and development policy issues and advocacy
efforts across donor and lower-middle-income countries, working
with civil society organizations, coalitions, governments,
influencers, and the media.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and influence others in a
constructive manner and to build and sustain collaborative
relationships.
- Ability to present publicly in meetings, defend different
strategies or approaches and keep various parties abreast of the
work in play and the ultimate results/impact.
- Proven ability to provide vision and influence others in a
constructive, optimistic manner, while building and sustaining
collaborative relationships.
- Ability to work with flexibility and entrepreneurship,
individually and as part of a complex team effort.
- High standards of personal integrity; and comfortable in a wide
range of cultural, geographic, and operational situations,
demonstrating culturally sensitive behavior with a diversity of
people.
- Outstanding project and team leadership skills including
ability to lead strategy development through execution, develop
shared goals and execution plans, prioritize, facilitate meetings,
manage budgets, developing consensus, and work both autonomously
and collaboratively.Other Attributes
- Experience managing a grants portfolio either as a grantee,
receiving and reporting on a grant or as a grant manager, with
direct responsibility for grant making and management.
- Ability to work with flexibility and a high level of rigor,
collaboration, and diplomacy, both individually and as part of a
complex team effort.
- High standards of personal integrity.
- Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time when health and
safety protocols allow.The salary range for this role is $166,300
to $249,500 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in
Seattle and Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The
range for this role in these locations is $181,200 to $271,800 USD.
As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive
pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the
range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in
the range will depend on a candidate's job-related skills,
experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview
process.#LI-CM1Hiring RequirementsAs part of our standard hiring
process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon
successful completion of a background check.Candidate
AccommodationsIf you require assistance due to a disability in the
application or recruitment process, please submit a request
.Inclusion StatementWe are dedicated to the belief that all lives
have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace
that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion - of
voices, ideas, and approaches - and we support this diversity
through all our employment practices.All applicants and employees
who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of
opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age,
religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender
identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information,
veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.
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