The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Planning & Business Officer, Advocacy & Policy, U.S. Program

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people—especially those with the fewest resources—have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life. Based in Seattle, the foundation is led by CEO Patty Stonesifer and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett.

As a nation, it’s critical we ensure equitable access to opportunities for America’s most vulnerable people. Nearly one-third of high school students won’t graduate on time, and the rate is worse for Latino, Native American, and African American students. Millions of people do not have access to the powerful information that others readily access through computers and the Internet. In the Pacific Northwest, a growing number of families struggle to get by. The mission of the United States Program is to reduce these inequities and improve access to opportunities by:

Position Summary & Responsibilities: The Planning and Business Officer, Advocacy & Policy works in partnership with Advocacy & Policy team to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness that will enhance the programs’ ability to achieve its’ vision, goals, and objectives. This position will drive the identification and implementation of process improvements, policies, and procedures that position the Advocacy & Policy team for success through increased efficiency and effectiveness and best practices. This role will also provide critical senior staff counsel to the Director, Advocacy & Policy by ensuring smooth and effective coordination of all work-product within the Advocacy & Policy Program.

• Contribute to the conceptualization and design of program strategies for the Advocacy & Policy team
• Develop annual plan for Director, USP Advocacy (e.g., calendar of events and strategic timelines)
• Work with USP Director of Operations to develop annual USP Advocacy projections for grant budgets
• Manage ongoing tracking and performance metric management with IPI
• Work with the Advocacy & Policy leadership team
• Manage and monitor team performance and progress against goals and support mid-course corrections
• Identify and facilitate key initiatives that require cross-team coordination.
• Prioritizes agenda items and coordination of the Directors leadership team meetings and communications based on knowledge of business goals and objectives and synthesis of insights from strategy reviews, key learning sessions with internal and external sources and employee feed-back.

MIT Alumni Association
Executive Vice President (EVP)

The executive committee of the MIT Alumni Association's board of directors is conducting a search for the Association's next EVP and CEO.

The EVP manages the governance process for the Association and the nomination of alumni members of the MIT Corporation; provides substantive engagement opportunities for 120,000+ alumni through programs and events; works with MIT resource development to raise private support; oversees the MIT Alumni Fund; develops strategic operational plans with the board of directors and senior staff and oversees implementation; holds fiscal responsibility for Association operating funds, $15 million total; and manages a staff of 80+.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree (master's preferred); minimum of ten years’ experience managing comparable organization where principal responsibilities were strategic thinking, goal setting, planning, and implementation. Strong knowledge of modern communication media, fund-raising, event management, and customer-service. Volunteer management experience. Experience in academic environment advantageous. Travel required.

Apply at http://web.mit.edu/jobs referencing job number mit-00005578. EOE/AA.

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Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Program Officer - Environment

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation seeks a Program Officer for its Environment program. The Foundation’s Environment program supports the work of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in two primary areas: conservation of freshwater ecosystems and international finance for sustainability. The program also has a grantmaking interest in growth management and urban revitalization, which is geographically limited to the state of Michigan. The Mott Foundation made 74 environmental grants in 2007, totaling more than $14 million.

The principal responsibility of the new program officer will be to co-manage the Foundation’s efforts addressing freshwater conservation in the Great Lakes basin and portions of the southeastern United States. The Foundation’s grantmaking under this program area emphasizes strengthening environmental NGOs dedicated to the long-term conservation of freshwater ecosystems, influencing the design and implementation of selected public policies, and conserving sites of exceptional ecological value.

Depending on interests and background, the successful candidate also will contribute to the Foundation’s growth management and urban revitalization efforts. The Foundation’s growth management grantmaking is a cross-program initiative aimed at enhancing economic opportunity and social equity for people living in Michigan’s urban and older suburban communities while also protecting the state’s rural landscapes.

The individual filling this position will work in close partnership with the program director and be part of a six-person Environment program team. Additional information about Mott’s environmental grantmaking can be found on the Foundation’s website at www.mott.org.

Primary responsibilities of the program officer will include: designing effective grantmaking strategies; investigating grant requests and developing funding recommendations; monitoring and evaluating individual grants and clusters of grants; preparing, individually and with other team members, reports and other documents for the Foundation's management and Board of Trustees; working with other environmental grantmakers active on issues of mutual interest; assisting with external communications; and, on occasion, supervising consultants.

The successful candidate will: