Senior Program Officer, Disease Surveillance and Pandemic Preparedness
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 9, 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 Program
Advocacy and Communications (PAC) team works in partnership with
program teams and other teams in the Global Policy and Advocacy
(GPA) division to achieve their policy and finance goals by: ---
Developing and coordinating the execution of advocacy and
communications strategies. --- Using leadership and foundation
voice to implement advocacy strategies. --- Developing policy
recommendations or proposals in partnership with programmatic and
regional offices. --- Developing and managing a grant portfolio
dedicated to achieving advocacy and policy (AP) outcomes. ---
Directly advocating with sector leaders, influencers, media, and
government officials in order to achieve advocacy and policy
outcomes. --- Leading issue-specific communications in service of
advocacy goals. Within the PAC team, the Global Health Innovations
cluster supports efforts to accelerate development of, access to,
and initial uptake of innovations with the highest potential global
health impact by 1) addressing cross-cutting health R&D
policies and funding challenges, while supporting innovation
systems that respond to the needs of low and lower-middle income
countries; and 2) advancing innovative platform interventions and
functions - such as collaborative disease surveillance - that
support across the foundation's more specific global health
goals.Your RoleThe Senior Program Officer will lead advocacy and
agenda setting to support global coordination on disease
surveillance, and align global funding sources to enable countries
to build and maintain surveillance systems that address both
long-standing global health challenges and potential pandemic
needs. You'll help to build a shared vision for strengthening
disease surveillance across key internal partners, global health
agencies, governments and other collaborators; align funding and
incentives to implement key technical elements of this vision
including foundational health metrics, multi-pathogen platforms;
and lead investments in data integration & use that help make
surveillance information integrated, timely, and actionable for
public health decisions. In addition, the post holder will be the
primary focal point for external engagement on pandemic
preparedness policy and funding, with a particular focus on the
intersection of pandemic preparedness and surveillance. This is a
full-time role with benefits located in the foundation's
headquarters in Seattle, WA. Domestic or international relocation
package is available for candidates with US work authorization.What
You'll Do
- Develop and implement an agenda setting and engagement strategy
that strengthens alignment of donor and global health agency
funding and policies to support stronger disease surveillance
systems that provide integrated, timely, and actionable information
for public health decision-makers.
- Develop, negotiate, and lead a portfolio of investments to
support national, regional and global agenda setting and partner
engagement around surveillance, including all related grant making
processes (e.g., research and analysis, investment reviews,
strategic alignment, grantee engagement, etc.).
- Conceptualize, support, or lead high impact coalitions and
policy-related partnerships, e.g. supporting the foundation's
involvement in the Global Wastewater Surveillance Consortium.
- Develop policy positions and engage in global policy
discussions on surveillance, pandemic preparedness, and global
health security on behalf of the foundation as relevant.
- Represent the foundation to external constituencies in both the
public and private sector, including in civil society, governments,
and global health institutions. This could include formal and
informal presentations such as making speeches, attending
conferences, committee representation and other meetings.
- Produce high-quality and informative written briefings,
reports, email updates, and other materials on key issues for
foundation colleagues and leadership.
- Serve as the GPA lead for the Surveillance and Pandemic
Preparedness initiatives, including leading key relationships
across GPA and with other internal teams across the foundation
working on integrated disease surveillance, including the Pneumonia
and Pandemic preparedness team (PPP); Enterics, Diagnostics,
Genomics and Epidemiology (EDGE); relevant disease-specific
technical teams, like our Polio team; the Global Health Agencies
and Funds (GHAF) team; and our Africa Regional Office (ARO).
- Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and
internationally.Your Experience
- Advanced degree in a relevant subject coupled with relevant
work experience in the field.
- Extensive knowledge of global health ecosystem, public health
surveillance specifically, and global health financing.
- Strong and demonstrated understanding of the role of advocacy
and communications efforts to increase awareness of global health
and development issues and shape political and financial support
for health and development goals in the low- and middle-income
countries with governmental and non-state organizations, ideally
with some experience in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Demonstrable experience and networks within the global health
sector.
- Political savvy and clear track record of devising and
implementing advocacy campaigns.
- Strong analytical and writing skills for communicating with a
broad and diverse audience.
- Excellent communication and relationship management abilities
enabling work with multiple internal and external
collaborators.
- Comfort in a wide range of cultural, geographic, and
operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behavior
with a diverse range of people.
- Comfort with working in a dynamic context with a level of
ambiguity.
- Effective collaboration in complex internal and external
organizations and partnerships.
- Extensive project contribution and management experience.
- English language required.*Must be able to legally work in the
country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.The
salary range for this role is $204,600 to $317,100 USD. We
recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle, WA and
Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The range for this
role in these locations is $222,900 to $345,500 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-TO1Hiring 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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