About the role

Program Officer managing global health grantmaking initiatives with significant responsibility and autonomy. Working alongside the Global Aid Policy team to achieve strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

Setting strategy and direction based on your own analysis of which thematic areas and/or geographies to focus on.
Soliciting and investigating new ideas or approaches, and continuing to build and update this strategy as conditions evolve.
Making grants ranging from rapid-response capacity support to multi-year "go big" health sector transformation bets in a select few countries.
Developing deep country-level intelligence on political economy and health systems.
Maintaining relationships with technical assistance providers, government officials, and funders including the Gates Foundation, the Susan T. Buffett Foundation, and CIFF.
Managing our existing portfolio of in-country grants responding to changes in the health aid system, including technical support units currently active in six countries.
Leading a search for another hire, depending on the eventual size of our grantmaking.

8+ years of experience working in the global health space, ideally across both health systems grantmaking and technical assistance.
Experience building credibility at the highest levels of government.
Strong relational skills.
Willingness to spend significant time in focus countries, particularly in Africa.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
A high tolerance for ambiguity, and a hits-based approach.
High ownership.
Excellent communication skills, in writing and in person.

Excellent health insurance (we cover 100% of premiums within the U.S. for you and any eligible dependents) and an employer-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement for certain other personal health expenses.
Dental, vision, and life insurance for you and your family.
Four weeks of PTO recommended per year.
Four months of fully paid family leave.
A generous and flexible expense policy — we encourage staff to expense the ergonomic equipment, software, and other services that they need to stay healthy and productive. This policy also includes a productivity benefit, which provides a set amount for staff to expense items that enhance their productivity.
A continual learning policy that encourages staff to spend time on professional development with related expenses covered.
Support for remote work — we’ll cover a remote workspace outside your home if you need one, or connect you with a Coefficient Giving coworking hub in your city. We currently have offices in San Francisco and Washington D.C., and multiple staff working from several other cities in the U.S. and elsewhere.
We can’t always provide every benefit we offer U.S. staff to international hires, but we’re working on it (and will usually provide cash equivalents of any benefits we can’t offer in your country).