Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Senior Program Coordinator, Communications
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
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, we're committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The TeamThe Communications Division, led by the Chief Communications Officer, oversees the foundation's global communications strategy. The division brings together internal and external communications to advance the foundation's mission to create a more equitable world. The Office of the CCO (OCCO) ensures resources are aligned against insights and strategic priorities. We foster an inclusive, innovative, and high-integrity culture and efficient enabling environment in line with the values of One Global Foundation and Impact First. We advance the Communication Division's vision through clear processes and operations, ensuring close coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
Your Role
You coordinate, develop, and manage a portfolio of investments, including the implementation and maintenance of a range of activities associated with the life cycle of grants and contracts. You will handle projects in support of the division's strategic goals, while participating in the continuous improvement of the resource allocation processes. You provide oversight or support elements of budget planning and financial reporting, expertise in internal and external processes and systems to advise decision-making, and work with partners.
The role will report to the Senior Officer, Strategy, Planning and Management based in Seattle, WA. Candidates must be able to commute to the office.
What You'll DoAct as a subject matter authority on investment tools, systems, and templates and provide training and coaching to program team and external partners when needed.Partner with investment makers by supporting the development, management, and maintenance of a portfolio of investments. Able to independently handle sophisticated investments and partnerships in service of shaping and optimizing successful investments, as well as ensure alignment with strategies and intended outcomes.Accountable for portfolio analysis and risk identification, providing a perspective on portfolio performance and delivering detailed readouts to leadership.Advise on complex investments, budgets, and financial analysis to improve impact, identify risks, and propose mitigation plans.Build, develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external partners to facilitate the investment lifecycle, including engagement with and management of external partner relationships. Overall ability to steward highly complex partnerships.Partner with investment makers to operationalize and shape key business processes, including annual planning, forecasting, regular portfolio reviews, financial planning, and budget.Provide in-depth project management to investment team, including tracking timelines, deliverables, communications, and organisational change. Also includes development of the non-technical portion of the project framework and working on special projects.Lead implementation and change efforts for the team, which may include developing new processes, sharing best practices, analyzing workloads, and providing business updates.Maintain file organization, team sites, data and records, and a system for tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks, and projects.Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; raise issues promptly to appropriate stakeholders.
Your ExperienceA bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated experience preferably in business administration or program management.Demonstrated expert knowledge of, and ability to work across multiple investment-making systems, based in Salesforce, Excel, SharePoint, and other web-based software applications.Demonstrated ability to handle higher volume of complex portfolios.Experience in project management, portfolio management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry.Practical understanding of all stages of the investment lifecycle and investment rules, mechanisms, regulations, policies, processes, and practices.Proficiency in investment systems and tools, and ability to learn internal systems.Experience in financial planning and budgeting.Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
The salary range for this role is $44.70 to $67.02 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.
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Hiring Requirements
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Candidate Accommodations
If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request here.
Inclusion Statement
We 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr
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, we're committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The TeamThe Communications Division, led by the Chief Communications Officer, oversees the foundation's global communications strategy. The division brings together internal and external communications to advance the foundation's mission to create a more equitable world. The Office of the CCO (OCCO) ensures resources are aligned against insights and strategic priorities. We foster an inclusive, innovative, and high-integrity culture and efficient enabling environment in line with the values of One Global Foundation and Impact First. We advance the Communication Division's vision through clear processes and operations, ensuring close coordination with internal and external stakeholders.
Your Role
You coordinate, develop, and manage a portfolio of investments, including the implementation and maintenance of a range of activities associated with the life cycle of grants and contracts. You will handle projects in support of the division's strategic goals, while participating in the continuous improvement of the resource allocation processes. You provide oversight or support elements of budget planning and financial reporting, expertise in internal and external processes and systems to advise decision-making, and work with partners.
The role will report to the Senior Officer, Strategy, Planning and Management based in Seattle, WA. Candidates must be able to commute to the office.
What You'll DoAct as a subject matter authority on investment tools, systems, and templates and provide training and coaching to program team and external partners when needed.Partner with investment makers by supporting the development, management, and maintenance of a portfolio of investments. Able to independently handle sophisticated investments and partnerships in service of shaping and optimizing successful investments, as well as ensure alignment with strategies and intended outcomes.Accountable for portfolio analysis and risk identification, providing a perspective on portfolio performance and delivering detailed readouts to leadership.Advise on complex investments, budgets, and financial analysis to improve impact, identify risks, and propose mitigation plans.Build, develop and maintain relationships with key internal and external partners to facilitate the investment lifecycle, including engagement with and management of external partner relationships. Overall ability to steward highly complex partnerships.Partner with investment makers to operationalize and shape key business processes, including annual planning, forecasting, regular portfolio reviews, financial planning, and budget.Provide in-depth project management to investment team, including tracking timelines, deliverables, communications, and organisational change. Also includes development of the non-technical portion of the project framework and working on special projects.Lead implementation and change efforts for the team, which may include developing new processes, sharing best practices, analyzing workloads, and providing business updates.Maintain file organization, team sites, data and records, and a system for tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks, and projects.Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; raise issues promptly to appropriate stakeholders.
Your ExperienceA bachelor's degree or equivalent demonstrated experience preferably in business administration or program management.Demonstrated expert knowledge of, and ability to work across multiple investment-making systems, based in Salesforce, Excel, SharePoint, and other web-based software applications.Demonstrated ability to handle higher volume of complex portfolios.Experience in project management, portfolio management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry.Practical understanding of all stages of the investment lifecycle and investment rules, mechanisms, regulations, policies, processes, and practices.Proficiency in investment systems and tools, and ability to learn internal systems.Experience in financial planning and budgeting.Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
The salary range for this role is $44.70 to $67.02 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-LF1
Hiring Requirements
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Candidate Accommodations
If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request here.
Inclusion Statement
We 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr