Senior Officer, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Africa, Europe & Middle East

Gates Foundation

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Dei strategy and impact
Context-specific dei content
Collaboration and vision with senior levels
The Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world, believing employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations they aim to serve

Job Summary

  • The Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world, believing employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations they aim to serve.
  • The DEI team provides foundation-wide direction, governance, tools, and resources to drive the foundation’s DEI strategy and impact, focusing on engaging across differences, forging partnerships, and shared expectations.
  • The Senior Officer, DEI will lead the foundation’s DEI efforts across Africa, Europe and the Middle East, acting as a thought partner and providing guidance, advice, partnership, and execution support to key stakeholders.

Matching Summary

The Foundation is the largest nonprofit fighting poverty, disease, and inequity around the world, believing employees should reflect the rich diversity of the global populations they aim to serve.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • DEI strategy and impact
  • context-specific DEI content
  • collaboration and vision with senior levels
  • inclusive culture and change content
  • manage external partners and portfolios

Nice-to-have

  • cultural sensitivity and adaptability
  • demonstrated commitment to development issues
  • highest standards of integrity

Key Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in DEI
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
  • Experience designing and implementing DEI tools and processes
  • Experience developing and facilitating dialogue sessions
  • Ability to establish leadership credibility and build trusted relationships
  • Ability to manage a considerable workload and drive complex work to conclusion

Work Rights

Must be able to legally work in the country without visa sponsorship

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