Division Summary
The mission of the Global Policy & Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and shape the public policy debates 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, U.S. and Gender Equality programs and Foundation Communications to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives.
Leadership and Culture
Our culture shapes our choices about what we do and how we do it. We believe that energized people, working well together, fueled by great leadership in an inclusive environment can do extraordinary things. We expect foundation employees to intentionally and consistently embody our values of optimism, collaboration, rigor, innovation and inclusion.
Group Summary
The China Country Office (“CCO”) is responsible for overseeing all Foundation programs in China, working in close partnership with program strategy teams and other foundation offices.
Position Summary
The China Program’s Health, Innovation & Partnership (HIP) team is recruiting a Program Officer (PO) to support activities in 1) Building key global health innovation partnerships, especially partnerships serving the needs of Sub-Saharan Africa; 2) identifying, expanding and accelerating domestic health innovation in China; and 3) shaping and supporting the development and delivery of global public health goods, initiatives and activities from China. The successful candidate will have the responsibility for strengthening relationships and shaping strategies to leverage China’s funding, research and innovation, manufacturing capacity and policies toward the deployment of more global public goods from China. This could include working with manufacturers on WHO-prequalification programs and global market access, supporting the development of the foundation’s global strategy on generics, biosimilars and innovative technology solutions; working with partners to enhance demand or commercialization and advising and supporting the foundation’s Strategic Investment Fund (SIF) team on charitable investments in China-Africa health cooperation. The activities range from strategic planning, business development/due diligence, facilitating technical exchanges, to project funding and implementation and post-funding project management in alignment with foundation and CCO strategies.
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Core Knowledge and Skills
Education and Experience
*Must be able to legally work in the country where this position is located without visa sponsorship.
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