The Associate Program Officer (APO) will support the Gender Equality team’s work across these areas, providing high quality research and analysis, supporting the development of strategy documents and leadership team presentations, providing support to shape and manage investments, and supporting internal mainstreaming engagement. While providing cross-cutting support, the APO will generally be focused on two to three work areas at a time, allowing for deeper programmatic engagement.
- Provide ongoing research, background information, and analytical support across programmatic areas; including drafting proposals, writing briefs and conducting literature reviews.
- Capture and visualize data coming in from grants, contracts and partners. Analyze data in Excel and other programs. Use data to interrogate team hypotheses and support better decision making.
- Draft sections of key documents, reports, and presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences; including meetings with senior foundation leadership and internal trainings.
- Interact and communicate clearly and consistently with grantees and partners in the field, as well as, internal mainstreaming partners.
- Provide some project management support in assigned areas.
- Participate in meetings, coordinate programmatic input, and write and review briefs to prepare foundation leadership for key events.
- Support team external engagement by maintaining strategic roadshow materials.
We are looking for people who enjoy the opportunity of working on complex problems and collectively creating solutions that have the potential for transformative change in the lives of people around the world. You must be prepared to work across a diverse set of disciplines, bridging a wide range of expertise all the while being a team player, with a demonstrated ability to work with flexibility, efficiency and diplomacy in an exciting, challenging environment. The responsibilities of this role require that you should have some demonstrated experience in gender programming coupled with an unquestioned commitment to gender equality. Additionally, we seek:
- Creative problem-solving approach and an aptitude for research, information synthesis, and quantitative analysis.
- Demonstrated initiative to solve unstructured problems with little oversight, creativity, high energy, and a positive attitude.
- Ability to communicate clearly and convey complex ideas in easily understood ways.
- Top-notch organizational and project management skills and an ability to prioritize work based on minimal direction and multiple competing priorities.
- Team orientation and the ability to be flexible and adjust to changing circumstances.
- Strong relationship-management skills and judgement.
- A high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Devote 10-15% of time to domestic and international travel.
- A sense of humor.
- Commitment to the foundation’s core values, mission and programs with an approach that is consistent with the foundation’s guiding principles while holding oneself to the highest ethical standards.