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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Senior Program Coordinator, Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology, 12 month LTE in Seattle, Washington
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 Team
Our Global Health Program harnesses advances in science and technology to save lives in poor countries. We focus on the health problems that have a major impact in developing countries but get too little attention and funding. Where validated tools exist, we support sustainable ways to improve their delivery. Where they do not, we invest in research and development of new interventions, such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics. Our work in infectious diseases focuses on strategies to fight and prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis (TB), neglected tropical diseases, enteric and diarrheal diseases, pneumonia and polio.
The goal of the Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics, & Epidemiology (EDGE) Team is to accelerate the reduction in childhood deaths from diarrheal disease in low- and middle-income countries, and to eliminate typhoid as a public health problem globally. We also aim to enhance the development and use of diagnostics for infectious diseases, and to develop low-cost and optimized approaches to pathogen surveillance in LMICs. Guided by the burden of disease and the threat of outbreaks, we develop vaccines, diagnostics, and tools for detection and surveillance of pathogens for delivery to our target populations. Vaccines are being developed or optimized to target rotavirus, bacterial causes of diarrhea (including Shigella and Cholera), and enteric fever (typhoid and paratyphoid). We also focus on extreme volume manufacturing of diagnostics and developing point-of-care molecular diagnostics. Surveillance tools in development include tools for pathogen detection and genomic surveillance from clinical samples and wastewater to optimize global and local surveillance for outbreak and endemic pathogens.
This role reports to the Senior Officer, Strategy Planning & Management.
Your Role
The Enterics, Diagnostics, Genomics & Epidemiology (EDGE) team has a 12 month interim Senior Program Coordinator opening to support the Enterics & Diarrheal Diseases team withing EDGE. This position is responsible for coordination, implementation, and maintenance of a range of projects and activities in support of the life cycle of grants and contracts. This person will:
Handle a portfolio of investments comprised of grants, contracts, and other projects in support of programmatic strategic goals.
Supervise the portfolio, drive payout progress, flag risks and connect the dots to facilitate financial and programmatic decision making across initiative portfolios.
Provide thought partnership to investment owners regarding the structure and activation of sophisticated investments with a focus on bringing together vital partners and steering towards solutions.
Act as primary support for grantee/vendor initiation to foundation policies, reporting requirements and processes.
Serve as liaison across multiple internal teams and between program staff and business partners. Assists Program Manager and FP&A with overall implementation of team rhythm of the business, budget planning, and data analysis and reporting.
Play a pivotal role in supplying strategic stewardship, change management, and a solutions-oriented culture on the team.
What You’ll Do
Duties may include any or all the following:
Data Input, Management & Analysis: Handle data for all grants and contracts in INVEST and across multiple reporting databases. Provide detailed financial reporting, analysis and ensure data integrity to support team's financial decision making. Work with business team and program staff to keep all pertinent information accurate and up-to-date for reporting and analysis. Serve as point-person for Program Officers regarding budget targets and individual investment portfolio management.
Grants and Contracts Administration: Work with Program Officers, Grantees, and Business Partners during all stages of grant making (e.g. sending out requests for proposals, driving key deadlines for submissions and revisions). Assist with grant management and evaluation by requesting and handling review of progress reports and deliverables.
Grant and Contracts Coordination: Coordinate contracts, including tracking of invoicing and deliverables, receipt of required reports and supervising expenditures. Shepherd the development, management, and close out of grants. Coordinate the end-to-end contract and grant processes with internal parties (contracts, grants & legal business partners) and external parties (vendors & grantees) within the investment systems.
Work on assignments that are sophisticated in nature where sound judgment and taking initiative are required to resolve problems and make recommendations, including when to escalate. Independently determine methods and procedures for driving new assignments and provide guidance to other staff. Triage, handle and prioritize tasks related to contending requests for support.
Act as liaison and partner with internal business partners (Grants Management, Contracts Management, Legal and Financial Planning & Analysis). The Program Coordinator has a high level of interaction with both internal and external partners, including acting as point of contact with multiple partners throughout the life cycle of a grant. Provide hands on guidance and support for grantees and vendors with budget templates, required documents, technical assistance, and proposal development processes.
This role is responsible for high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications with grantees and partners in the field.
Your Experience
Bachelor’s degree with 3-5 years of experience.
Excellent organization skills and attention to detail, deadlines, and policy compliance.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Proficient in MS Office Suite and SharePoint; advanced knowledge of Excel.
Knowledge of budgeting, financial analysis, and synthesis.
Ability to analyze data across multiple tools and databases.
Ability to work independently and as part of an integrated, diverse team and be comfortable in multiple, highly varied settings, and tight deadlines with different work and learning styles.
Ability to handle multiple and contending demands and establish priorities.
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 per hour. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission and new hires are typically brought into the organization at a salary range between the minimum and the midpoint salary range. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate’s job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.
This position is a limited term position for 12 months. Relocation will not be provided.
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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 — 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.