Associate Program Officer, Digitally Enabled Teaching and Learning
Gates FoundationAbout the role
The Foundation
We are the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world. Founded on a simple premise: people everywhere, regardless of identity or circumstances, should have the chance to live healthy, productive lives. We believe our employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations we aim to serve. We provide an exceptional benefits package to employees and their families which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with no premiums, generous paid time off, paid family leave, foundation-paid retirement contribution, regional holidays, and opportunities to engage in several employee communities. As a workplace, we’re committed to creating an environment for you to thrive both personally and professionally.
The Team
The Digitally-Enabled Teaching and Learning team, part of the Postsecondary (PS) Courseware and Navigation team, develops, scales, and supports postsecondary solutions. A key goal is to significantly improve student success rates in college gateway courses, while reducing success gaps in key student demographics, all while assisting faculty and academic communities in their success goals.Your Role
You are a key enabler for the Digitally-Enabled Teaching and Learning team, supporting the Deputy Director and the team’s investment officers across a wide range of research, operational, and investment activities. You work hands-on and are highly resourceful: conducting literature reviews, organizing convenings, helping officers with investment details, and identifying ways to streamline team processes. You also make your own investments—typically in collaboration with the Deputy Director or another investment officer—and actively use AI and productivity tools to keep the team efficient and effective. You bring strong organizational and communication skills, technical savviness, and the positive, collaborative orientation that makes you a go-to resource for everyone on the team and helps build a healthy team culture.
What You’ll Do
Support the Deputy Director and investment officers on a wide range of investment-related activities, including serving as primary or secondary officer on select grants and contracts, co-investing alongside colleagues across the team and division, helping arrange meetings with partners, meeting with partners, synthesizing notes and plans, and leading projects.
Conduct literature reviews, synthesize research findings, and produce clear written reports and presentations to inform investment strategy and advise grantees and partners.
Plan, coordinate, and provide on-the-ground support for team convenings, partner events, and conferences, including travel as needed.
Assist officers with investment details—tracking progress, monitoring budgets, preparing funding recommendations, and ensuring grant management tasks are completed accurately and on time.
Identify and propose improvements to team processes, tools, and workflows, serving as a resource on AI and productivity tools and helping colleagues adopt practices that improve efficiency and quality.
Engage directly with partners, grantees, faculty, and students to gather input, support relationship management, and maintain strong communication across projects.
Exhibit respect and understanding of traditional university culture, working towards using technology to help instructors and students succeed while simultaneously strengthening the important human connections needed for quality education, and building towards the cooperation needed for academia to rise to higher levels.
Help build an exceptionally positive and trusting team culture, prioritize collective success, and model equitable and inclusive behaviors.
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