Description
The Strategy and Planning Senior Officer will lead on key strategic planning and prioritization efforts for the Policy & Advocacy team. The Senior Officer will coordinate portions of organization-wide strategy and investment planning, collaborate with the Vice President of Policy & Advocacy on team prioritization processes, and manage a collaborative but streamlined process for strategy development.
Major Responsibilities:
- Facilitate priority-setting processes: Translate organization-wide strategy and policy products into department strategies, market-specific advocacy priorities, and thematic policy areas of focus.
- Lead strategy development processes: Work closely with Policy and Advocacy team members to support the development of specific, actionable policy and advocacy strategies.
- Develop and facilitate activities and processes across Policy and Advocacy teams: Facilitate and maintain efficient ways of working within, across, and with the Policy and Advocacy teams.
- Manage long-term projects: Own project management, strategic content development, and logistics for key team efforts.
- Facilitate cross-team collaboration and communication: Create tools and processes for effectively sharing information and collaborating internally.
- Lead KPI development and progress tracking: Working with the VP and members of the Policy and Advocacy team develop a set of high-level objectives for teams alongside a more detailed set of KPIs.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, Political Science or other related field
- 5-6 years work experience, experience in policy and advocacy preferred
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, including juggling competing priorities and tight deadlines
- Experience designing and implementing strategic planning processes and progress metrics
- Positive, resourceful and flexible attitude with ability to problem solve, work productively both in a team environment or independently as needed
- Familiarity with or experience in policy analysis or advocacy to high-level policymakers and thought leaders
- Strong project management skills, ideally within a cross-organizational team to deliver on projects/strategies
- Solid English language writing and editing skills with a focus on details
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to develop and manage complex relationships, including with high-level individuals
- Fluency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and ability to learn online web-based applications