The Bill and Melinda Gate’s Foundation is currently looking for a candidate to support the Advising Solution on the Postsecondary Success Team. The Program Officer (PO) will report to the Deputy Director (DD) and support the Senior Program Office (SPO) as follows:
- Provide research and write analytical commentary that is required for effective grant making
- Support ongoing advising portfolio management, and contribute to project coordination.
- Support the management and development of a large portfolio of grants and contracts related to the Advising Solution.
- Reviewing existing grant and contract progress and drafting internal analyses for internal use. Summarize lessons learned and support shaping of new investments and overarching strategic goals based on investment outcomes and achievements.
- Consult with grantees and external stakeholders to achieve desired impact of grants; conduct site visit, provide technical guidance, convene meetings.
- Carrying out research and literature reviews, landscape analyses and other analytical reviews as assigned. Prepare and write briefs and synthesize existing literature. Provide written analysis of key topics for SPO and Foundation Management.
- Providing support for preparation of materials and slide presentations on team initiatives or specific projects or topics as needed, including externally facing materials for relevant stakeholders, presentations to support knowledge sharing and deliverables for relevant internal co-chair presentations.
- Participating in regular internal and external team meetings.
- Plans, manages and implements a wide range of activities in support of strategic planning, prospect and develop complex investment opportunities, grant management and external relationship management.
- Manage internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring appropriate documentation, grant budgeting and reporting. Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
This role is responsible for high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications while adjusting to the audience.
Core Knowledge and Skills
- Excellent knowledge across relevant technical area/expertise.
- Knowledge and preferably experience within the information technology providers that serves higher education institutions in the US or elsewhere.
- Experience with research methodologies and deployment of data strategies.
- Thorough analytical, writing and verbal skills for communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
- Effective as a collaborator and strategic thinker in complex internal and external orgs.
- Works with efficiency and diplomacy.
- Demonstrated capacity and initiative to solve problems with energy and positive attitude.
Experience
- Experience in K-12 and/or higher education.
This is a Limited Term Employee role associated with our parental leave program targeted for 12 months starting in January 2018, however the start and end dates for this assignment may change.
For internal candidates, you are required to have a conversation with your manager to confirm their support before you apply to this position. Managers have the right to decline a request to apply for a backfill position, regardless of tenure in role. With Manager Support and if selected for the role, internal FTEs will retain their FTE status during this stretch assignment.