Associate, Programs At The END Fund

**POSTING: Associate, Programs

LOCATION: Flexible; Africa preferred

REPORTS TO: Director, Programs

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: 25% (Once travel safely resumes)

JOB POSTING DEADLINE: This position will close at 9:00am EST on January 5, 2022

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

The END Fund is the world’s leading collaborative philanthropic investment vehicle dedicated to controlling and eliminating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). NTDs are parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases – including intestinal worms, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis and lymphatic filariasis – that affect over 1.7 billion people globally. The END Fund’s vision is to ensure people can live healthy and prosperous lives free of the risk of NTDs and has set out to accomplish this by:

• Mobilizing and investing resources for maximum impact,
• Advocating for innovative, integrated and cost-effective NTD programs; and
• Facilitating philanthropic and private sector engagement to end these diseases.

By engaging a community of activist-philanthropists and taking a systems approach, the END Fund works in collaboration with governments, local and international NGOs, pharmaceutical companies, and academic partners on the global campaign to control and eliminate the most prevalent NTDs by 2030.

Since our founding in 2012 through 2020, with our partners, the END Fund has provided over 1.1 billion treatments for NTDs worth more than $1.3 billion. In 2020 alone, we reached more than 91.9 million people with more than 133.6 million NTD treatments, representing an almost 10-fold increase from 2012. The END Fund works globally in 25 countries, with a primary emphasis in Africa.

You can learn more about the END Fund and our 2020 impact story here.

ABOUT THE END FUND’S PROGRAMS TEAM

The Programs team is responsible for sourcing, designing, managing, supporting, and monitoring the END Fund’s programmatic investments, projected to exceed $30 million in 2021 across three investment funds: the Flagship Fund, the Deworming Innovation Fund, and the Reaching the Last Mile Fund.

The Flagship Fund currently operates in 18 countries supported by the END Fund. Since the END Fund does not implement programs directly and instead relies on implementing organizations – local nonprofits and governments – the successful candidate must be capable of excellent engagement with grantee partners throughout the program design, execution, and financial and impact monitoring cycle; this includes providing capacity building and organizational development support for implementing organizations in their investment portfolio.

THE OPPORTUNITY

A key member of the international programs team, the Program Associate’s primary role is to support the Programs Director(s) in program management and oversight for a portfolio of NTD control programs.

Of the countries supported through the END Fund, the Flagship Fund currently operates in 18 countries. The Associate’s primary role is to support the Flagship Fund team in project management and oversight for a portfolio of NTD elimination programs including (but not limited to) Eritrea, CAR, Burundi, Tanzania and DRC.

The END Fund maintains substantive involvement with implementing partners and governments in managing the programs it supports. The Associate will support the team to monitor financial expenditure, evaluation of program outcomes, and maintenance in the data portal. The Associate will also provide risk assessments, budget revisions, review documentation, prepare reports and similar tasks, as outlined below. The Associate is a member of the END Fund’s Programs Team, but will also work to support all teams across the organization and contribute to the development of fundraising proposals and other donor contact opportunities as required. The role is largely administrative. This role will report directly to the Director, Programs and will support other Directors working on the Flagship Fund, as needed.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & CORE COMPETENCIES

• Background work, assessment and desk research on matters relevant to potential countries of interest to the END Fund and subsequent development of country profiles and concept notes
• Review project proposals received from potential implementing partners, including the analysis of budgets, logical frameworks, performance indicators, etc.
• Facilitate follow-up discussions with implementing partners to review and refine proposals
• Conduct due diligence and risk assessments of potential implementing partners
• Perform compliance control of implementers programs
• Regularly monitor grants to implementing partners, including the collection, assessment and analysis of progress reports
• Prepare reports, compile output and outcome data for reporting to donors
• Analyze financial reports received from implementing partners
• Participate in the development and completion of donor reports for country programs
• Perform grant administration duties including, but not limited to, logging data in grant management databases, coordinating logistics for grant-related meetings and associated travel, researching and synthesizing programmatic information, and maintaining correspondence such as meeting notes, filing, and follow up on action items with grantees
• Any other activity delegated by the Program Director

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

• Graduate degree in international development, public health or a relevant discipline preferred
• At least two years experience in international development practice in sub-Saharan Africa with a master’s degree; At least four years experience with a bachelor’s degree
• Detail oriented, organized and focused on quality
• Ability to understand project financing with capacity to assist in planning and management of grant and program budgets
• Ability to craft high-quality, client-centered written materials, proof read accurately, and interpret technical material and distill it into basic language
• Strong project management skills; ability to manage and execute a variety of projects simultaneously
• Comfortable with current internet-based communication tools and working with colleagues, clients and partners in various locations and time zones
• Flexible and creative; ability to handle changing priorities and to respond efficiently to partner requests
• Capable of working gracefully with others at all levels of the organization and across cultures; ability to act as a representative of the END Fund to the public
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral/written communication
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Must be a capable user of MS Office. Preference: strong skills and experience with MS Excel
• Fluency in French a plus
• Ability and desire to travel domestically and internationally (estimated travel less than 25%)

OUR PHILOSOPHY AND BENEFITS

The END Fund is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. It is our policy and intent that all qualified persons be given full and equal opportunities for employment, training, promotions, wages, benefits, and all other privileges, terms, and conditions of employment.

The END Fund offers a competitive compensation package intended to motivate employees to perform at the highest level by acquiring superior skills and competencies. Our philosophy is shaped by the following guidelines: 1) understandable, 2) fair and defensible, 3) competitive, and 4) flexible.

The END Fund is at an exciting stage of organizational growth and we are rapidly expanding our global footprint in order to bring on the most talented team members to help advance our mission. Currently, the majority of our team is based in the United States. We maintain physical headquarters in New York City, and other team members work from their homes across the US, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.

To ensure all compensation and benefits package offers are fair, defensible and competitive, the END Fund relies on external benchmarking data that is both role and country-specific. In the United States, we have a comprehensive salary structure that covers all roles, departments and functions; in other countries, benchmarking data is secured on an as-needed basis to inform offer packages. This position’s location is flexible so an offer will be informed by country-specific market data that we will commission late in the recruitment process.

Our benefits packages are also informed by local contexts to ensure appropriateness and competitiveness within specific markets. Regardless of location, all END Fund team members receive cell phone and WiFi connectivity support, flexible work arrangements, a healthy annual professional development allowance, and more. In the United States, the END Fund offers employer-paid health and life insurance benefits and twelve weeks fully paid family care leave; similar benefits will vary modestly by country of residency. **