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

The Global Growth & Opportunity (GGO) division works to catalyze sustainable and transformative socio-economic change. In the face of inequities and market failures, GGO seeks to realize the potential of untapped markets, and ensure that economic and social benefits reach everyone. We focus on the areas of Agricultural Development; Financial Services for the Poor; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, Global Education, and Nutrition. We seek solutions that are sustainable, transformative, and inclusive with an eye toward applying technology innovations as well as data evidence to drive change in the world’s developing countries.

The Agricultural Development (AgDev) program strategy team (PST) aims to catalyze country-led, inclusive, agricultural transformation (IAT) by developing and scaling products, services, policies, and system-wide innovations that benefit small scale producers, empower women, and improve nutritional outcomes. We want farmers in Sub- Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA) to be empowered with the knowledge, tools, and technologies to improve their livelihoods and lift themselves and their families out of poverty.

Your Role

You coordinate, develop, and manage a portfolio of investments, including the implementation and maintenance of a range ofactivities associated with the life cycle of grants and contracts. You lead projects in support of programmatic strategic goals, whileparticipating in the continuous improvement of enterprise resource allocation processes. You provide oversight or support elements ofbudget planning and financial reporting, provide expertise in internal and external processes and systems to inform decision-making, andalso work collaboratively with partners.

What You’ll Do

• Act as a subject matter authority on investment tools, systems, and templates and provide training and coaching to program team and external partners when needed.
• Partner with investment makers by supporting the development, management, and maintenance of a portfolio of investments.
• Independently handle sophisticated investments and partnerships in service of shaping and optimizing successful investments, as well as ensure alignment with strategies and intended outcomes.
• Perform initial investment due diligence, including the collection of portfolio data, identification of trends, and management timelines. Accountable for portfolio analysis and risk identification, as well as providing a perspective on portfolio performance and delivering detailed readouts to leadership.
• Advise on sophisticated investments, budgets, and financial analysis to enhance impact, identify risks, and propose mitigation plans.
• Build, develop and manage relationships with key internal and external partners to facilitate the investment lifecycle, including engagement with and management of external grantee and partner relationships.
• Partner with investment makers to operationalize and craft key business processes, including annual planning, forecasting, regular portfolio reviews, financial planning, and budget.
• Provide in-depth project management to investment team, including tracking timelines, deliverables, communications, and change management. Also includes development of the non-technical portion of the project framework and working on special projects.
• Lead implementation and change efforts for the team, which may include developing new processes, sharing standard methodologies, analyzing workloads, and providing business updates.
• Maintain file organization, team sites, data and records, and a system for tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks, and projects.
• Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; raise issues in a timely fashion to appropriate partners.

Your Experience

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent proven experience, preferably in business administration or program management.
• Experience in project management, portfolio management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry
• Practical understanding of all stages of the investment lifecycle and investment rules, mechanisms, regulations, policies, processes, and practices.
• Proficiency in investment systems and tools, and ability to learn internal systems.
• Experience in financial planning and budgeting.

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 — 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.