SENIOR POLICY ANALYST

ONE is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing public opinion and advocating policies to help the citizens of African and other developing nations fight extreme poverty and preventable disease. We have offices in Washington, DC, London, Berlin and Abuja. This position will work out of our Washington DC office.

ONE is seeking a Senior Policy Analyst with approximately 5-7 years work experience to work as part of its policy team. The Senior Policy Analyst will be responsible for providing broad based policy analysis and writing on issues key to ONE's mission specifically in several areas of economic development -- including trade policy, agriculture, and development assistance policy and mechanisms - 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 in several areas, including all aspects of economic development policy issues, including agriculture, trade policy, investment and other development initiatives.
• Supervises and manages work streams of small team of research assistants/policy analysts
• Manages policy and cross-organizational projects focused on specific outcomes/results.
• Represent ONE at meetings and conferences on specific 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 (communications, legislative, Europe, online advocacy, etc) on these issues.
• Develops/maintains relationships with key contacts on specific policy issues.
• Follow news and related reports on policy issues relevant to ONE's policy mission
• Prepares or works 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.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Masters degree, preferably in international affairs or development or related field
• 5-7 years experiences working on international development 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 - trade policy and development, agriculture, climate change and development, international financial institutions, aid effectiveness/U.S. aid reform.
• Ability to synthesize policy documents with any eye to key points and relevance to ONE
• Ability to work as part of a global team and direct the work of other team members
• 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