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, weโre committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The TeamPartnerships for Impact (P4I) aims to enable enduring impact by integrating principles for how we identify, strengthen, and engage with partners throughout our strategy and investment processes to achieve scalable and sustainable outcomes. A key aim is for the partners we choose and how the foundation works with them to better reflect and empower the communities we serve to achieve sustainable impact.
Partnerships for Impact is one of five Executive Leadership Team (ELT) Focus Areas, cross-foundation initiatives prioritized by the foundationโs ELT. Last year, P4I started a new phase of work jointly sponsored by the Chief People Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, with three main areas:
Strategy integration โ embedding partnership principles into strategy development and implementation to ensure strategies are informed by local insights and partner portfolios are maximizing impact;
Program integration โ equipping program officers with the necessary guidance, tools and supports to apply partner-centered approaches in grantmaking that drive enduring impact;
Measurement โ establishing clear standards and metrics for assessing the impact of partnerships, synthesizing existing data sources, and identifying exemplary models of effective partnership engagement.
Due to the cross-cutting nature of this work, the team that drives this work is drawn from multiple divisions and functions, with strong collaboration with all of our Program Divisions.
As the Senior Officer, Partnerships for Impact, you will report to the Deputy Director, Partnerships for Impact. You will be part of a small team situated in the Office of the Chief People Officer (CPO) in the combined HR/DEI function as part of the Business Operations division.
Your primary focus will be to develop content for a new learning program to equip Program Officers at the Gates Foundation with the tools and resources needed to translate our strategy goals into high-impact partnerships and investments that reflect our values, the perspectives of those closest to the communities we serve and support enduring impact. This will be a comprehensive PO learning and resources program that consolidates enterprise-wide good practices, knowledge and tools to equip investment makers to apply our partnerships philosophy to effective grantmaking.
What Youโll Do
Program and Content Development
Contribute to the design of a comprehensive program to support and equip Program Officers at the Gates Foundation to translate our programmatic strategies into high-impact partnerships.
Lead end-to-end content development process, being responsible for prioritization of learning needs, content creation, collaborator engagement and review, and user testing.
Identify and codify good practices related to equitable and inclusive partnerships. Formulate new enterprise guidance related to partnerships and grantmaking.
Translate good practices in partnerships and grantmaking into engaging learning content appropriate for adult learners in a global context. Collaborate with learning & development colleagues to draw on innovative adult learning tools to build interactive learning opportunities that can provide actionable knowledge and skills tailored to the program officerโs core role and responsibilities.
Identify and run vendors as appropriate to support content creation.
Program and Content Delivery
Develop strategy for content launch and delivery, applying creative and innovative ways to drive awareness and adoption.
Actively engage with program teams and the Program Officer Community to promote new content and facilitate uptake.
Plan and lead learning sessions and trainings as needed as part of content delivery implementation.
Integrate an intentional change management approach in content development and delivery to drive uptake and adoption of PO behaviors and practices aligned with the foundationโs partnerships philosophy and organizational values.
Knowledge Management
In collaboration with Sr. Officer, Measurement, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) for P4I, orchestrate efforts to systematically identify and document relevant exemplars, good practices and high-impact approaches to partnerships and investment-making that drive enduring impact. Ensure that learnings are translated into content that is accessible and relevant for program officers and regularly disseminated to support continuous learning and improvement.