Senior Officer, Financing Partnerships; LTE

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 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.

The Europe, Middle East and East Asia (EMEEA) team leads the foundation’s geographic presence in the largest donor countries outside North America and China, covering Europe (with a focus on UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Nordics, Netherlands and European Union institutions), the Middle East (Arab League countries) and the Asia‑Pacific region (Japan, South Korea and Australia). EMEEA acts as the bridge between foundation teams and donor markets by offering deep insights on the geo‑political landscape, media and public attitudes, and the foundation’s advocacy priorities.

EMEEA works alongside a vast network of grantees and partners—including media, civil society organizations, think‑tanks and academic institutions—to support the foundation’s overarching strategic goals.

EMEEA pursues twin goals in collaboration with other foundation teams:

• Resource mobilization: by driving more and higher quality financial resources for foundation priorities.
• Policy change and agenda setting: by shaping political agendas and policies in donor countries and global fora.

Based in EMEEA, the Senior Officer, Financing Partnerships will explore, develop and manage external financing strategies in support of foundation priorities with select donors, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), as well as philanthropic and private sector investors, to expand the financing sources across our markets.

You will strategize and map priority needs to potential sources of capital for partnerships and external financing, develop and structure opportunities, then lead collaborative deal teams to deliver. The position reports to the Director, Europe
, and requires close collaboration with EMEEA Country Engagement Leads, the Philanthropic Partnerships Team, the Finance team and other GPA teams, as well as regional offices; it will also engage actively with the foundation’s Program Strategy Teams.

This is a limited‑term position (LTE) for 24 months
, based at the foundation office in London
. Relocation will not be provided.

• Opportunity Development
  :
  Engage with the Finance, Philanthropic Partnerships, Program Advocacy and Program Strategy Teams and leadership, to understand external financing needs, priorities, and advise on opportunities to use non‑grant finance for impact.
• Relationship Management
  :
  Cultivate, maintain and own strong relationships with priority institutions (e.g. DFIs, corporate foundations) and develop new ones across the EMEEA region, acting as the primary point of contact and ensuring a high level of…