Government Engagement & Policy Manager

About the Access to Medicine Foundation

The Access to Medicine Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Amsterdam. Our mission is to stimulate and guide healthcare companies to do more for people worldwide who cannot access the medicine they need.

The core pillar of our work is analysing and comparing how healthcare companies address the availability, affordability and accessibility of their products in low- and middle-income countries. We benchmark companies against each other, and identify best practices and progress gaps. To turn our research into real-world change, we engage with leading organisations, including companies, governments, investors and NGOs.

Role and responsibilities

The Government Engagement & Policy Manager will support the Director of Government Engagement & Policy to engage with governments, private foundations and other global health stakeholders in order to promote a strong uptake of our findings and recommendations. The Government Engagement Manager will also be responsible for reporting our results to current donors and drafting new funding proposals.

Main tasks will include:

• Manage a small team situated in a matrixed organisation and develop efficiencies for delivering core outputs

• Write timely, accurate and high-quality reports to current donors

• Write compelling funding proposals

• Act as a liaison between governments and private foundations, fostering existing relationships and building new strategic ones

• Speak on behalf of the Foundation at key events, when appropriate

• Identify and develop synergies with key stakeholders

• Manage projects and cross-team initiatives contributing to government engagement objectives

• Coordinate with other managers to implement the operational strategy of the Foundation

• Participate in external engagement activities with governments, private foundations and other stakeholders

• Conduct background research on priorities and initiatives of other organisations

• Organise events and roundtables

• Track news and developments in the field of fundraising, philanthropy and resource mobilisation

Profile and essential skills

• At least five-years work experience in the field of global health policy

• Experience working with major global health donors, and knowledge of their core priorities

• In-depth knowledge of global health topics, access to medicine and the relevant role of pharmaceutical companies

• At least 2 years of management experience to supervise staff

• Combination of strategic mind set and attention to detail

• Willingness to establish new ways of working and seek continuous improvements

• Demonstrated ability to write convincing narratives in English, knowledge of other languages is an asset.

• Track record of successful funding proposals

• Experience in diplomacy and relationship building

• Experience in development and execution of strategic plans and designing different approaches to engage governments

• Strong time- and project-management skills and the ability to set priorities to achieve multiple projects and deadlines, and to identify risks and opportunities and escalate these when appropriate in a timely manner to the line manager(s)

• Ability to plan effectively and manage complex projects and deliver on tight deadlines

• Strong communication skills with an excellent command of English, both spoken and written, and with the ability to present the Foundation’s research to a wide-range of stakeholders

• Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple stakeholders

• Experience in working in cross-cultural teams and circumstances

• The positions will be based in Amsterdam, EU applicants welcome

What we offer you

• A dynamic, innovative, working environment with a diverse team based in our Amsterdam office. This position is not available for remote working in a country outside the Netherlands (there will be no compensation for relocation costs);

• Hybrid options available (2-3 days per week in our office in Amsterdam or working from home in the Netherlands);

• Being part of the development of analyses, reports, and material for events;

• The possibility to work in a team where you can learn from each other;

• Benefits include 25 holidays on an annual basis based on a fulltime employment, mandatory company pension scheme, holiday allowance and reimbursement of public transport to work (if living beyond 10km from the office).

How to apply

Interested in this exciting opportunity? Please send your cover letter with your motivation on why you would like to join the Access to Medicine Foundation and how you think you will fit in our team, your resume, the contact details of two references (e-mail address) and a writing sample (i.e. published article, thesis or white paper) to Mrs Mireille Deen at recruitment@accesstomedicinefoundation.org.