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Program Coordinator

Program Coordinator

Gates FoundationNew Delhi, India
5 days ago
Job description

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 India Country Office (ICO) business team cluster works on behalf of the organization to ensure a robust country strategy, effective and efficient planning and management of program portfolios, and dynamic learning and adaptation to achieve goals in a sustainable manner. To this end, the cluster supports strategy development and reviews, implements fit-for-purpose business and portfolio performance management systems and processes. The cluster also provides efficient, timely, and predictable administrative support and promotes strong collaboration within and across foundation teams and external partners.

Your Role

The Program Coordinator (PC) is responsible for coordination, implementation and maintenance of a range of projects and activities in support of the life cycle of grants and contracts. This role may run a portfolio of investments including grants, contracts, program related investments and other projects in support of programmatic strategic goals. The PC may provide budget oversight and planning, financial analysis, financial reporting, and / or portfolio and operations process management. This position will act as a primary support for grantee and vendor initiation, reporting and closure. Additionally, the PC will serve as liaison across multiple internal teams, and be responsible for ad hoc special projects as requested.

The postholder will be based at the foundation’s ICO office in New Delhi , and report to the Senior Program Manager, Strategy, Planning and Management (SPM).

What You’ll Do

Project Management (Investment Management) : Coordinate the end-to-end investment making processes (e.g. managing key investment deadlines, tracking of invoicing and deliverables, receipt of required reports and monitoring expenditures, reviewing reports, including grant summaries and analysis) with internal collaborators (Program Officers and Business Partners) and external partners (grantees and vendors) within the internal systems.

Financial Planning & Analysis : Manage data for all investments in multiple databases and SharePoint sites. Provide detailed financial analysis and ensure data integrity to support SPM team's and ICO’s financial decision making. Work with Program Manager and Program Officers to keep all pertinent information accurate and up to-date for reporting and analysis. Serves as point-person for Program Officers regarding budget targets and individual investment portfolio management.

Strategy support : Work on special team projects, strategic as well as operational, as needed, usually related to investment making or supporting the efficiency of ICO processes. Identify areas for process improvement and make recommendations. Support SPM team for strategy reviews, strategic planning, learning sessions, onboarding of new hires, all staff interactions etc.

Works closely with investment makers to develop and maintain a portfolio of investments. This may include advising on investment structure, ensuring compliance with foundation processes, maintaining internal systems, initial investment due diligence, and timeline management.

Collaborates with business partners, grantees and vendors throughout the investment lifecycle to lead investments through internal and external processes. Collects portfolio data, identifies trends and communicates issues to program team.

Plans and participates in cross-foundation and cross-program projects as appropriate. Areas of involvement may include Investment Workflow, IT, Finance, HR, and others.

Assists program team with annual pipeline planning process.

Acts as subject matter expert on processes, tools, systems and templates and provides training, ongoing coaching and process change support to program team and external partners to ensure successful adoption and sustained use.

Your Experience

This is an exciting opportunity for a results-driven professional with strong analytical and quantitative skills, and hands-on experience supporting cross-functional teams with planning, coordination, monitoring and execution of complex projects. The ideal candidate has excellent process-orientation and attention to detail skills, with a proven ability to manage timelines, track progress against milestones, and ensure alignment with strategic goals. You are adept at-risk management, structured problem solving, using process-oriented tools and methodologies, and excel at partnering with internal and external stakeholders. You have strong interpersonal skills, an inquisitive and collaborative mindset, and a commitment to continuous improvement in project execution, learning and team performance.

Bachelor's or other advanced degree (e.g. business administration, economics, engineering, information technology)

A minimum of three years of experience in a dynamic and fast paced environment, or equivalent experience in project coordination or supporting project teams. Management consulting, project management, portfolio management, program management, financial management, financial reporting, non-profit or related industry experience preferred.

Knowledge of budgeting, financial analysis and synthesis. Ability to analyze data across multiple tools and databases.

Excellent organization skills and attention to detail, deadlines and policy compliance. Ability to engage on multiple and competing demands and establish priorities.

Excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate across internal teams and with external partners.

Ability to work independently and as part of an integrated, diverse team and be comfortable in multiple, high varied settings, and tight deadlines with different work and learning styles.

Able to work with flexibility, efficiency, and diplomacy in a fast-paced, challenging environment. Open to rapid change and able to learn new things quickly. Able to distill what is needed next, even without expertise in programmatic content.

Demonstrates effectiveness influencing individuals and teams without explicit authority.

Recognizes complexity and assesses risks and alternatives in light of competing requirements and incomplete knowledge.

Understands basic investment rules, regulations, policies, processes and practices and can advise when they are applicable. Is an expert in all phases of investment-making, and engages partners and decision-makers, as needed.

Demonstrates expert knowledge of, and ability to work across multiple investment-making systems, based in Access, Excel, SharePoint, and other web-based software applications. Basic SharePoint site administration skills, including metadata tagging, document view creation, archiving, and creating and maintaining confidential files.

Familiarity with data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel PivotTables, Power BI, Tableau) is a plus.

Other Attributes

Comfortable in a wide range of cultural, geographic and operational situations, demonstrating culturally sensitive behaviour with a diverse range of people and a deep commitment to development issues and high standards of personal integrity.

Application deadline : 15 July 2025

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Hiring Requirements

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Candidate Accommodations

If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request .

Inclusion Statement

We are dedicated to the belief that all lives have equal value. We strive for a global and cultural workplace that supports ever greater diversity, equity, and inclusion — of voices, ideas, and approaches — and we support this diversity through all our employment practices.

All applicants and employees who are drawn to serve our mission will enjoy equality of opportunity and fair treatment without regard to race, color, age, religion, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and prior protected activity.

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