Program Officer, Development Policy and Finance (12 month LTE)

Location: Washington, DC

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

Development Policy and Finance (DPAF), part of the Gates Foundation’s Global Policy and Advocacy division, harnesses the power of finance and economics to address poverty and inequality. We serve the foundation’s economic policy, finance and analytical function by bringing rigorous economic analysis, development-finance expertise, and policy judgment to foundation strategies, investments, advocacy, and engagement with governments, multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, and other partners.

DPAF works across issues including development assistance and the future of aid, sovereign debt and fiscal space, domestic public and private resource mobilization, multilateral development banks and the international financial architecture, country macroeconomics, and other questions affecting the resources available for health, development, and poverty reduction.

DPAF is establishing a Policy Function to put its analytical and advisory role on a more systematic footing. Demand for DPAF’s expertise has grown as foundation teams seek timely perspectives on aid, debt, fiscal policy, MDBs, private finance, and domestic resource mobilization. The Policy Function combines rapid-response support for leadership and program teams with deeper knowledge production and anticipatory analysis.

DPAF also leads the foundation’s body of work on catalyzing innovative financing and domestic capital mobilization. This work seeks to unlock private, external and domestic, resources for the foundation’s priority sectors, including health and agriculture, in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. It focuses on program investments as well as advisory, and on transaction instruments as well as systemic constraints in the country-specific capital markets.

Your Role

You will support in the management of a defined set of investments within the innovative financing body of work and the Policy Function’s portfolio. You will, together with the SPOs build and manage relationships with external partners in these area and represent the foundation in related working groups and convenings. You will also collaborate with colleagues across program teams, regional offices, and external partners.

*This position is a limited-term position for 12 months (not to extend beyond 12/31/2027). Relocation will not be provided.