Policy Associate

The ONE Campaign is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Africa achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and raising public awareness globally about the issues of global poverty, hunger, and disease in the world's poorest countries.  ONE is a growing, dynamic, and creative organization staffed by hard-working professionals from a wide range of backgrounds.  ONE’s employees are top-performers who are committed to its mission and to results, teamwork, and professionalism. ONE’s offices are located in Washington, DC, London and Berlin.  ONE is seeking a Policy Associate with approximately 3-4 years work experience to work as part of its policy team.

Reports To: Policy Advisor/Policy Director

Location: Washington, DC

Basic Function: The Policy Associate will be responsible for providing broad based policy analysis and writing on issues key to ONE’s mission including debt cancellation, health issues, (including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis), education, development assistance, trade and economic development in support of ONE’s advocacy and legislative goals.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Contributes general research and policy analysis on ONE’s policy work, including debt relief, HIV/AIDS and other development assistance initiatives and trade policy.

• Represent ONE at meetings and conferences on specific policy topics, as needed.
• Manage all aspects of one or more policy issues, including research, preparing briefing documents, engaging externally with NGO partners, and working internally with other organizational teams (communications, legislative, Europe, online, etc) on this issue.
• Develops/maintains relationships with key contacts in African countries on specific policy issues and experiences implementing key programs.
• Follow news and related reports on policy issues relevant to ONE’s policy mission.
• Prepares or works with other team members to prepare all types of policy documents on specific policy issues – briefing papers, policy analysis, documents for website, talking points, and press releases.

SPECIFIC TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILL & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Experience working on issues of development, particularly in Africa; basic understanding of the links between advocacy, policy-making, legislation, and implementation of programs.
• Ability to synthesize policy documents with any eye to key points and relevance to ONE
• Ability to work as part of a global team
• Quick turnaround research skills—must have the ability to seek out key facts and statistics that help explain complicated policy topics to broad audience
• Excellent research, writing, and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment, with shifting priorities and occasional heavy workloads
• Generally very well-organized; proven ability to multi-task

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree, preferably in international affairs or development or related field
• 3-4 years experiences working on international development policy in an NGO, think tank or government agency
• Previous work experience in Africa and/or international development
• To Apply: Please email your resume to policyjobs@one.org. No phone calls please!