Senior Policy Manager- Health
ONE is a global advocacy and campaigning organization backed by more than 2 million people from around the world dedicated to fighting extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. ONE has offices in Washington, DC, London, Berlin, Brussels, and Abuja. This position will be based in ONE's Washington, DC office.
The Senior Policy Manger - Health will report directly to the Global Policy Director and is responsible for providing high-level policy analysis and writing on issues key to ONE's mission, specifically in several areas of global health, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and maternal and child health, as well as aid effectiveness and development assistance in support of ONE's advocacy and legislative goals. This position reports to the Global Policy Director.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead general research and policy analysis on ONE's policy work across all markets in several global health areas, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, as well as health systems, innovative financing for health and other development assistance initiatives such as aid effectiveness
- Lead ONE's engagement with multilateral institutions and other agencies focused on global health
- Represent ONE at meetings and conferences on specific global health policy topics, as needed
- Manage all aspects of one or more policy issues, including research, preparing briefing documents, engaging externally with NGO partners, and working internally with other organizational teams (field outreach, communications, legislative, Europe, online, etc) on this issue
- Develop/maintain relationships with key contacts, including those in African countries, on specific policy issues and experiences implementing key programs
- Follow news and related reports on policy issues relevant to ONE's policy mission
- Prepare or work with other team members to prepare all types of policy documents on specific policy issues - briefing papers, policy analysis, documents for website, talking points, and press releases
- Supervise a small global health policy team of policy managers and/or research assistants
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Masters degree preferred, preferably in public health or development-related field
- 5+ years experience working on global public health policy in an NGO, think tank or government agency
- Experience working on issues of development, particularly in Africa; basic understanding of the links between advocacy, policy-making, legislation, and implementation of programs
- Specific experience with at least one of the following substantive policy issues: priority diseases, maternal and child health, health financing and health systems, including innovative health financing
- Ability to synthesize policy documents with an eye to key points and relevance to ONE
- Ability to work as part of a global team
- Quick turnaround research skills - must have the ability to seek out key facts and statistics that help explain complicated policy topics to broad audience
- Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, with shifting priorities and occasional heavy workloads
- Generally very well-organized; proven ability to multi-task
- Previous work experience in Africa and/or international development
- Prior supervisory experience preferred