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 TeamGlobal Development includes a diverse range of program areas aimed at finding creative ways to ensure solutions and products get into the hands of people in low-income countries who need them most. We focus on areas with the potential for high-impact, sustainable solutions that can reach millions of people. Our program strategies include: Emergency Response; Family Planning; Maternal Newborn & Child Health; Nutrition; Polio Eradication. A common theme across these programs is focus on innovative delivery, including an emphasis on strengthening primary health care systems. The Global Development also encompasses our India Country Office and Africa Team, with physical offices in Johannesburg, Addis Ababa, Abuja, Nairobi and Dakar. Our Program Strategy Teams work in close partnership with these Country Office Teams to align the foundationโs health and development equity agenda with the governmentโs broader priorities.
Application Deadline: 21/4/25
Your Role
The Program Coordinator is responsible for coordination, implementation, and maintenance of a wide range of projects and activities in support of the life cycle of grants and contracts. Coordinates, develops, and manages a portfolio of investments, with an emphasis on processes and systems, initial investment due diligence, and timeline management. Investment portfolio may contain a range of investment complexity. In support of programmatic strategic goals, they may provide or support budget oversight and planning, financial analysis and reporting, and process management for the portfolio of investments, which may include grants, contracts, and program related investments (PRIs).
*This position is a limited-term position for 9 months based in Ethiopia. Relocation will not be provided.
What Youโll Do
Grant and Contracts Coordination: Shepherd the development, management, and close out of grants. Coordinate contracts, including tracking of invoicing and deliverables, receipt of required reports and supervising expenditures. Coordinate the end-to-end contract and grant processes with internal parties (contracts, grants & legal business partners) and external parties (vendors & grantees) within the INVEST system.
Shapes and analyzes portfolio of investments to align to goals and priorities and to balance investments across risk, time horizon, partner types, and other portfolio factors, in partnership with deputy director, program manager and team of program officers.
Facilitates planning and alignment for team priorities, and portfolio execution progress including supporting the Execution Meetings, Concept Review Meetings, Annual Planning and body of work reviews.
Collaborates with business partners, grantees and vendors throughout the investment lifecycle to lead investments through internal and external processes. Collects portfolio data, identifies trends and communicates issues to program team.
Responsible for high-quality interactions and clear and consistent communication with grantees and partners in the field.
Acts as subject matter authority on processes, tools, systems and templates and provides training, ongoing coaching and process change support to program team and external partners to ensure successful adoption and sustained use.
Plans and participates in cross-foundation and cross-program projects as appropriate. Areas of involvement may include Investment Workflow, IT, Finance, HR, and others.
Your Experience
Bachelorโs degree and 4+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
Experience in one or more of these areas is strongly preferred: project management, portfolio management, program management, financial management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry, and/or business experience.
Able to work with flexibility, efficiency, and diplomacy in a fast-paced, challenging environment. Open to rapid change and able to learn new things quickly. Able to distill what is needed next, even without expertise in programmatic content.
Demonstrates effectiveness influencing a diverse range of individuals and teams without explicit authority.
Ability to manage multiple and competing demands and establish priorities.
Recognizes complexity and assesses risks and alternatives in light of competing requirements and incomplete knowledge.
Understand basic investment rules, regulations, policies, processes, and practices and can advise when they are applicable. Is an expert in all phases of investment-making, and engages stakeholders and decision-makers, as needed.
Ability to effectively communicate with a range of external partners (i.e. technical experts, finance and contract managers, program managers, executive leadership, etc.).
Demonstrates expert knowledge of, and ability to work across multiple investment-making systems, in Excel, SharePoint, and other web-based software applications. Basic SharePoint site administration skills, including metadata tagging, document view creation, archiving, and creating and maintaining confidential files.
Other Attributes
- This position is a limited-term position for 9 months based in Ethiopia. Relocation will not be provided.
- Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship
- Ability to travel 25% of the time
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
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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 โ of voices, ideas, and approaches โ 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.