Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invites applications for Program Officer; Apply by April 22, 2024

Program Officer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2024

Project Management/Coordination

Deadline: Apr 22, 2024
Qualification (Education): Graduate
Experience Required: 3-6 Year

About Job Profile

Project Management/Coordination

This position of Program Officer - New Vaccine Introduction Support, will be based out of India Country Office (ICO) to support the Foundation's efforts to enable a broad group of partners towards evidence-based decision-making regarding introduction, scale-up, product switch, optimization of schedule and evaluating effectiveness/ impact of available/novel vaccines of public health importance.

The Program Officer (PO) will work in the infectious diseases and vaccine delivery cluster of ICO’s health team to develop and implement strategies for the above. They will work in close coordination with the Foundation's Seattle based Immunization, Vaccine Development, Program Advocacy & Communication, Program Strategy Teams (PST), as well as teams based in India Country Office (ICO), New Delhi.

Primary Responsibilities include

Establish collaborations with child health policy makers and program managers in government at central and state levels to provide critical input around informed decision making regarding introducing available/novel vaccines of public health importance into the universal immunization program.
Build strategic alliances and collaborative relationships with other partners including donors, multilateral and bilateral agencies, international and national academic and research organizations and implementing organizations.
Provide strategy inputs to ICO and Seattle based teams in a matrix organizational setting, including approaches and/or studies that would facilitate introduction, scale-up and sustenance of available/novel vaccines, in India's Universal Immunization Program (UIP).
Facilitate generation, synthesis and utilization of critical evidence related to vaccine issues related to optimization of schedules, switch to newer products, evaluation of vaccine effectiveness/ impact.
Understand the regulatory environment for new vaccines and related products and develop appropriate support on behalf of the Foundation.
Work closely with the ICO's immunization team to achieve coverage and equity goals for these vaccines in India.
Facilitate development and management of a portfolio of Foundation investments (grants and contracts) in support of the immunization strategy, including reviewing letters of inquiry, soliciting proposals, selecting grantees, and preparing proposal summaries to submit to Foundation leadership.
Lead, plan, manage and perform a wide range of activities in support of strategy planning, prospect and develop sophisticated investment opportunities, grant management and external relationship management. This would include - prioritizing work to highest impact activities, ensuring evidence for policy changes.
Review letters of inquiry and grant proposals; provide clear, concise, and informative written analyses and recommendations for funding, including drafting and editing proposal summaries and progress reports for existing grants for review by foundation leadership.
Consult with grantees to achieve desired impact of grants; conduct site visits, provide technical mentorship, convene meetings and apply and evaluate performance objectives.
Manage internal processes and portfolio progress while ensuring documentation, grant budgeting and reporting. Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness to have the greatest time and health impact.
Prepare and write briefs for internal partners and synthesize existing literature. Provide written analysis of topics for foundation management.
Assist in providing project briefings and updates to Foundation leadership.
Represent the Foundation in government and partner meetings, conferences, and workshops.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Strong analytical and public health interpretation skills, in a cogent and cohesive way to inform policy decisions.
An understanding of immunization policies and programs in India and associated decision-making processes.
Ability to build strong relationships with multiple, diverse, and geographically dispersed partners as well as government officials.
Knowledge in transitioning pilot and demonstration projects to full-scale country-wide implementation, by either using existing community healthcare infrastructure or identifying areas of the health systems to be strengthened in order to scale implementation.
Ability to work with flexibility, efficiency, enthusiasm, humor, and diplomacy both individually and as part of a complex team effort within a matrixed organization.
Knowledge of technical and functional areas of business, including an ability to design workflows and processes, assess effectiveness and efficiency and areas for process improvement.
Strong analytical, writing and verbal skills for communicating with a broad and diverse audience.
Demonstrates excellent individual judgement and can act independently but also knows when to pull in resources.
Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic and operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behavior with a diverse range of people.
Growth mindset – curious about innovative approaches, able to change direction, willing to seek feedback and course correct.

Other Information:

Job Functions

Project Management/Coordination

Salary Range: NA LPA
Employment Type: Full Time
Work Mode: Work from Office

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