Senior Officer, Texas State Lead, State and Local Government Relations, North America

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  • Added Date: Monday, 06 October 2025
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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, weโ€™re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.

The TeamThe mission of the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation's work, build support for its major program and policy objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundation's objectives nationally and globally. Because the foundation's resources alone are not enough to solve the challenges ahead, GPA also supports advocacy efforts to engage diverse stakeholders and promote innovative solutions that advance our program goals. We work in close partnership with grantees, our colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation Communications to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.

The North America Team (NAT) develops and executes policy, advocacy, communications, and government relations strategies to build political support and advance domestic and global programmatic priorities that are funded by, or executed within, the United States, Canada, and the United Nations.

The application deadline for this role is October 26, 2025 at 11:59pm Pacific Time.

Your Role

The Senior Officer, Texas State Lead position leads the foundationโ€™s policy, advocacy and communications efforts and works to design, develop and help execute government relations strategies in support of the foundationโ€™s domestic priorities. Reporting to the Deputy Director, State and Local, you will be a key member of NATโ€™s senior staff and provide strategic guidance and expertise to further our core mission in the U.S. of strengthening educational opportunities and improving economic mobility.

Our ideal state lead is a creative problem solver, thoughtful and trusted partner, and intellectually curious government relations expert with a range of expertise to drive the work of diverse grantees. You will collaborate with colleagues using diplomacy and flexibility to help solve important issues in a dynamic environment.

This is a remote based position located in Austin, Texas with an expectation of frequent on-site engagement at the state capitol, generally multiple times each week. Candidates must live within a commutable distance to the capital.

What Youโ€™ll Do

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