Senior Policy Advisor, Global Health
World Vision
Description
World Vision is looking for a Senior Policy Advisor to work with Global Health issues and to serve as the advocacy lead on key health policy issues impacting women and children, including both communicable and non-communicable diseases, prevention of maternal and child deaths, health workforce and system strengthening, global health security and nutrition. Primarily, this roll will be responsible for successfully managing and implementing an advocacy grant from the Gates Foundation. This includes developing strategies to achieve grant outcomes, focused on improving Congressional support for maternal, newborn and child health, and overall foreign assistance. The position will oversee all aspects of grant management, including implementation, monthly and annual reports, budget management, communications to the Gates Foundation, proposal design, and tracking progress against grant outcomes.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
- Keep Christ central in individual and corporate life. Actively participate in and contribute to the spiritual disciplines of the organization (Christian conduct, chapel, prayer, worship, devotions, and leadership of devotions); incorporate WV Core Values into decisions within scope of role.
- Provide global health leadership in support of improving Congressional understanding of and support for global health issues.
- Represent World Vision in Congressional and Administration meetings. Identify priority offices and stakeholders to engage with on global health issues related to the grant.
- Collaborate with partner organizations around educational events, briefings, and meetings.
- Initiate ideas for and develop policy documents, talking points and policy priorities related to maternal and child health and family planning.
- Organize and lead Congressional learning trips overseas to view maternal and child programs (1-2 times per year).
- Coordinate grant activities across the core grant team, including government relations and mobilization team members, to include convening relevant meetings such as monthly calls or work planning sessions. Ensure team members are executing activities with excellence and in a timely manner.
- Lead on all communication to the Gates program officer, such as monthly reports or revised budget projections.
- Lead on budget matters, including regular check ins with the World Vision Finance team to monitor grant spending and make budget adjustments as needed. Ensure grant activities are in line with the budget and complete budget reports when necessary.
- Ensure tracking of grant outcomes and achievements as outlined in the approved project proposal.
- Oversee the grant renewal process, including the overall grant strategy, budget, and outcomes. Coordinate with relevant internal stakeholders including the Foundations, Finance, and Legal/Contracts teams.
You Bring These Skills:
- A firm commitment to World Vision’s mission and policy goals
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/issues and to set clear priorities
- Experience in government relations with the Department of State, USAID, and/or Congress
- Experience working in coalitions with diverse partners
- Self-motivation
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
- Effective communication skills; both written and verbal
- Political acumen, and the ability to see relationships between multiple policies
- Ability to exude confidence on critical issue areas
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (eight years) work experience.
- Master's degree preferred.
- In addition to education or educational equivalent, requires a minimum of five years work experience dealing with advocacy and policy issues, including interaction with the executive or legislative branches of the U.S. government.
- Must have work experience producing briefing papers, congressional testimony, letters and various media materials.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with external audiences including the news media.
- Must have a mature faith demonstrated by a personal commitment to Jesus Christ and service to others.
Additional Skills We Are Interested In:
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and be responsive to timelines/deadlines.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, but in particular written skills to communicate with country offices and be respectful of cultural differences.
- Ability to work with limited direction.
- Creative thinker who can bring innovative ideas.
Salary Range & Benefits:
- WVUS Pay Grade Level: 225
- The estimated hiring range is $85,000 - $100,000
- The full earning capabilities for this role is $78,400.00 - $121,500.00
- This range applies to locations with a market similar to our Washington D.C. and Seattle-area office. A different range may apply based on your work location.
- Job offers are based on relevant qualifications and pay equity.
- Please indicate your salary expectations in the application.
- In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round our total compensation package.
- Merit, auto allowance, and relocation may be available to eligible to some employees based on the role.
Where This Job Could Take Your Career:
This position represents a tremendous opportunity to build leadership skills and demonstrate a wide arrange of abilities related to government relations and advocacy work. Additionally, this role provides the opportunity to develop a strong network of relationships related to the policy portfolio] You’ll be part of World Vision USA as well as part of the larger World Vision International Partnership. Globally, we have over 40,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries (~1,000 staff with World Vision US).
About World Vision:
We're a global Christian humanitarian organization. We partner with children, families, and their communities to empower them as they reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice. For nearly 70 years, World Vision has followed Jesus' example to show unconditional love to the poor and oppressed. We serve every child regardless of faith.
What Happens Next?
Applications are reviewed weekly. Short-listed candidates will be contacted for an initial phone conversation with a recruiter. If questions arise on our end about your application, we will message you to learn more. We encourage you to submit a PDF resume and a cover letter! Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time.