JOB DESCRIPTION

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

Since opening our China Office in Beijing in 2007, we have been committed to supporting our Chinese partners as they play an ever-increasing role in improving the health and well-being of people both in China and around the world. Today, China is a key strategic partner on our global health and development goals. We provide financial and technical support to our Chinese partners and build bridges for international collaboration to help them accelerate innovations in health, agricultural development, and poverty reduction. We create broad new partnerships to ensure these innovations reach vulnerable populations at scale as quickly as possible. Together we have seen the tremendous impact that life-saving innovations can have when they become available to those most in need.

The China Office is part of the Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) Division. The mission of the Division is to understand and shape the public policies 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, and Gender Equality programs to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.

Application Deadline: 25/11/2025

Your Role

You support the development and management of a portfolio of investments including activities associated with the lifecycle of grants and contracts in support of programmatic, strategic and operational goals. You provide transactional support for portfolio management, operations support and external compliance reporting in support of investment management. You also support internal and external processes and systems to inform sound decision-making, while also working collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders such as grantees, vendors, event attendees and other stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Work closely with investment makers to develop, manage, and maintain a portfolio of investments, including both charitable expenditure investments and operations support investments.
• Develop relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the investment lifecycle.
• Perform initial investment due diligence, collect portfolio data, identify trends, manage timelines, and communicate issues when needed.
• Act as a subject matter expert on investment tools, systems, and templates and provide training and coaching to program teams and external partners when needed.
• Ensure compliance with internal and external processes throughout the investment lifecycle.
• In collaboration with the Senior Program Coordinator, support the Senior Manager in compliance reporting as required by the Foreign NGO Law.
• Support data analysis to inform decision-making and shape outcomes.
• Monitor progress and provide regular updates on financial performance of initiatives and sub-initiatives.
• Assist in developing deliverables and monitoring project status, including document creation, presentation preparation, logistical support, and SharePoint management.
• Coordinate the end-to-end contract and grant processes with internal parties (contracts, grants, and legal business partners) and external parties (vendors and grantees).
• Coordinate with vendors regarding placing work orders, reviewing invoices, settling payments with finance team, etc.
• Assist in cascading critical information to teams.
• Engage with and manage external grantee and partner relationships.
• Support inclusive culture through modeling behaviors and actions; raise issues in a timely fashion to appropriate stakeholders.
• Provide ad hoc support to the team for programmatic and operational needs.

Your Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Broad knowledge of all stages of the investment lifecycle, basic investment rules, mechanisms, regulations, policies, processes, and practices, and can advise when they are applicable.
• Broad knowledge of all aspects of portfolio management.
• Ability to recognize complexity and know when to raise risks or pose alternatives to support sound investments.
• Strong understanding and usage of internal and external processes, systems, and tools.
• Knowledge of financial planning and budgeting, as well as regular portfolio review processes.
• Some experience in project management, portfolio management, program management, financial management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry, and/or business experience.
• Strong team collaboration spirit.

Other Attributes

• Must have legal authorization to work in China without the need for visa sponsorship
• Ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and relationships inside and outside the organization, manage conflicts, and build consensus.

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.