Associate, Programs At The END Fund

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 2021, with our partners, the END Fund has provided over 1.2 billion treatments for NTDs worth more than $1.5 billion. In 2021 alone, we reached more than 118.2 million people with more than 193.7 million NTD treatments. The END Fund works globally in 25 countries, with a primary emphasis in Africa.

You can learn more about the END Fund here.

POSTING: Associate, Programs

LOCATION: USA(CT, DE, GA, MA, MD, NC, NY, PA, SC), United Kingdom, Dakar-Senegal, Addis Ababa-Ethiopia. Candidates must have legal authorization to work and live in one of these four locations

REPORTS TO: Senior Associate Director, Programs

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: up to 20%(once travel safely resumes)

SALARY: The END Fund differentiates pay based on the basis of role definition, scope of responsibilities, relevant team member experience and geographic location. We endeavor to compensate team members so that they can live with a sense of economic security within their geographic location. Specific salary details for each location are noted below.

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 $36 million in 2022 across four investment funds: the Flagship Fund, the Deworming Innovation Fund, the Reaching the Last Mile Fund, and the ARISE Fund.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The END Fund is seeking a collaborative teammate to join the program management of its newest investment portfolio called the ARISE (Accelerate Resilient, Innovative, and Sustainable Elimination of NTDs) Fund. The ARISE Fund is the second phase of a direct response to the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) funding cuts to Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in 2021. The first phase provided funds for the most critical NTD program activities across 16 countries while maintaining as much momentum as possible towards 2030 NTD elimination goals. The second phase (2022 – 2025) focuses more deeply on five countries with an emphasis on the core principles of country leadership, supporting local partners, technical innovations, sustainability, and accelerating progress towards elimination of the five most prevalent NTDs. The Program Associate will demonstrate commitment to and passion for these core principles of the ARISE Fund.

The END Fund maintains substantive involvement with implementing partners and governments in managing the programs it supports. A key member of the END Fund’s Programs team, the Program Associate will support the ARISE Fund in project management and oversight for a portfolio of NTD elimination programs. They will also play a key role in the planning and execution of convenings with ARISE partners and stakeholders for virtual and in-person events. This position will report to the Senior Associate Director, Programs, and work with others on the Programs team, as well as across other departments in the organization, to support the ARISE Fund’s objectives alongside the END Fund’s organizational goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & CORE COMPETENCIES

•Review project proposals received from potential implementing partners, including the analysis of budgets, logical frameworks, performance indicators, etc.

•Support data management processes in Salesforce and other systems, including database updates and monitoring of defined indicators within database

•Facilitate follow-up discussions with implementing partners to review and refine proposals

•Conduct due diligence assessments of potential implementing partners

•Support the ARISE Fund to plan, execute and monitor convenings with partners and key stakeholders, inclusive of both virtual and in-person events. Plan and manage all details of each convening, including securing a site, inviting and communicating with participants, monitoring RSVPs, planning the agenda, preparing materials, and coordinating all logistics before, during, and after the convening.

•Synthesize discussions from convenings, document needed follow-up, and share learnings with the IPT and our partners

•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 all 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 Senior Associate Director

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

•Graduate degree in public health, international development, or a relevant discipline, preferred

•At least two years of experience in international public health practice with a master’s degree; at least four years of experience with a bachelor’s degree

•English fluency required; French fluency highly recommended

•Detail-oriented, organized, and focused on quality outcomes Ability to understand project financing with the capacity to assist in planning and management of grant and program budgets

•Proficiency in data analysis of programmatic datasets, ideally in Salesforce and Tableau

•Ability to craft high-quality materials, proofread 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 respectfully with others at all levels of the organization and across cultures; ability to act as a representative of the END Fund to the public in line with organizational values

•Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

•Excellent oral and written communication

•Ability to work independently or as part of a team

•Must be a capable user of MS Office. Preference: strong skills and experience with MS Excel, Salesforce, and Tableau

•Ability and desire to travel domestically and internationally (estimated travel 20%)

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 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, we have team members in 12 countries and 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, Africa, UK and Europe. All team members hired outside the US are hired through an Employer of Record (EOR).

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 differentiates pay based on the basis of role definition, scope of responsibilities, relevant team member experience and geographic location. We endeavor to compensate team members so that they can live with a sense of economic security within their geographic location.

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. This specific role is open to candidates who currently live and have the right to work in the US, UK, Ethiopia or Senegal.

•If based in the US (CT, DE, GA, MA, MD, NC, NY, PA, SC), the anticipated starting gross annual base salary range is $61,000-66,000.

•If based in Dakar, Senegal, the anticipated gross starting annual base salary range is $43,000-50,000.

•If based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the anticipated gross starting annual base salary range is$33,000-38,000.

•If based in the UK, the anticipated gross starting annual base salary range is GBP 43,000-48,000

Work Authorization Required

The END Fund does not sponsor work authorization or visas. All team members must independently have legal rights to work and live in the country they are based in, which must be one of the countries from which this position is hiring. (USA, Senegal, UK, or Ethiopia).

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. The END Fund also offers employer-paid health for team members and a cost-share option for dependents of team members, as well as life insurance benefits and twelve weeks fully paid family care leave; specific benefit providers will vary modestly by country of residency.