Interim Program Officer, Data and Measurement
Posted: 12/16/2019 (Employment)
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Family Planning strategy is working to bring access to high-quality contraceptive information, services, and supplies to an additional 120 million women and girls in the poorest countries by 2020 without coercion or discrimination, with the longer-term goal of universal access to voluntary family planning. With our partners, we support national governments that have committed to the goals of FP2020 and are leading the development and implementation of their own country-specific plans. We work with countries that are committed to expanding access to high-quality, voluntary family planning to reduce maternal and newborn mortality.
Position Summary & Responsibilities
The Program Officer, Data and Measurement will be responsible for designing and managing / co-managing grants and investments within the strategy’s Performance Monitoring & Accountability initiative, including key investments to strengthen global and country-level FP data and information systems in support of the overall FP strategy. The Program Officer will also provide monitoring, evaluation, and analytical support to the team’s four other initiatives (Accelerate Country Action, Influence & Mobilize, Evidence, and Contraceptive Technology) in coordination with the Family Planning team’s staff. The Program Officer will also provide technical assistance on approaches to designing and testing new indicators and measures for FP; initiative and investment-level results measurement to improve implementation and guide portfolio strategy and course-correction; ensure strong evaluation designs in strategy country-level work; and provide analysis and interpretation of data from FP investments in the strategy’s priority geographies. The Program Officer will report to the Family Planning team’s Deputy Director of Strategy Planning & Management (DDSPM).
This is an interim backfill role to cover for an employee who will be out on parental leave. The duration of the assignment is targeted for 9 months starting in February, although the start and end dates may change.
Job Title: Interim Program Officer, Data and Measurement
Division: Global Development
Department: Family Planning
Location: Seattle
Duration: 9 months, ideally starting in February 2020
Location: Seattle, WA