Associate Program Officer, West & Central Africa

The West and Central Africa team, as part of the larger Africa team, is dedicated to achieving the foundation’s goals of saving and improving lives for all through evidence-based interventions and innovations in partnership with governments and partners across West and Central Africa. This team operates through direct engagement with countries, regional and multilateral institutions, grantees, partners, and communities to deploy solutions and develop sustainable partnerships that can scale high-impact innovations and models across the region.

Application deadline: February 14th, 2025.

The Associate Program Officer, West and Central Africa (APO WCA) will play a crucial role in supporting the West and Central Africa regional team through a variety of activities organized into several key areas:

• Conducting technical research and analyses on geopolitical economies, national fiscal space and funding trends for priority countries in WCA to support high-impact investment decisions and equitable designs and execution of programs.
• Executing the implementation of priority policy and advocacy initiatives in WCA in collaboration with the Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) team.
• Maintaining effective relationships management with governments, philanthropic and public-private partners to optimize impact of the Programs Strategy Teams and the Africa Team Strategy.
• Ensuring an effective rhythm of business and efficient operations that optimizes impact of the Gates Foundation’s voice, investments, and talents and leadership.

The APO will work very closely with other members of the West and Central Africa Team, as well as the Advocacy leads for Health and Global Growth and Opportunity in Africa. Additionally, the APO may be tasked with special projects on behalf of the Africa Leadership Team, such as leading employee groups, implementing process improvements in program operations or in issues management strategies and operations.

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