Advisor, Strategy Development, SIED - GL D - Defined Duration until December 2028

The Global Fund; Genf; On-site; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Global Fund seeks an Advisor, Strategy Development to shape a six-year Strategy and guide its evolution amid a changing global health and development landscape. You will translate evidence and stakeholder perspectives into strategic choices and manage architecture, governance, and programmatic implications.

You will lead defined workstreams, develop high-quality decision-support materials, and ensure rigorous, inclusive processes across the Secretariat and partnership.

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree in business administration, public health, international development, development economics or a related field.
• Experience in international management consultancy, public health or development organization.
• Experience in leading strategy and policy development processes.
• Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects and producing materials for senior decision-makers.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and design key components of the Strategy development process.
• Oversee and project manage strategy steps, coordinating input across the Secretariat and wider partnership.
• Develop background documents and board/committee materials to drive progress.
• Supervise junior team members on strategy workstreams and distill key insights.
• Lead engagement with internal and external stakeholders to build consensus on strategy direction.

Skills

Analytical

Geopolitical Awareness

Global Public Health

Multicultural Understanding

Business Acumen

Education

Advanced university degree (business/admin/public health/int'l development/related)

Job description

Advisor, Strategy Development, SIED - GL D - Defined Duration until December 2028 Reporting to the Manager, Strategy, Policy and Partnerships, the Advisor, Strategy Development supports the development and evolution of the Global Fund’s six-year Strategy, helping define the organization’s future strategic direction in the context of an evolving global health, financing and development landscape. The Advisor leads defined components of the Strategy development process, providing strategic analysis, process design and project management, and translating complex evidence and stakeholder perspectives into clear strategic choices and recommendations. The role develops high-quality materials to support decision‑making by senior management, the Strategy Committee and Board, and helps ensure the Strategy development process is rigorous, inclusive and effectively delivered. Working across the Secretariat and Global Fund partnership, the Advisor leads engagement on assigned workstreams, builds alignment across diverse perspectives and supports consideration of the implications of emerging strategic direction for the Global Fund’s future priorities and operating model.

Subject to change by the Executive Director at any time at their sole discretion.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic vision and design key components of the Strategy development process.
• Oversee and project manage key Strategy development process steps, matrix managing and obtaining input from stakeholders across the Secretariat and wider partnership to ensure effective design and execution.
• Lead the development of effective background documents, materials to support decision making and meeting reports to drive progress in the Strategy’s development.
• Supervise the work of junior team members on key workstreams of the Strategy’s development, such as landscaping and distilling key take‑aways in relation to HIV, TB, malaria, broader health and development trends, health ecosystem reform processes, Strategy benchmarking, and gathering of lessons learned.
• Develop presentations and lead engagement with internal and external stakeholders to obtain input and build consensus on evolving Strategy direction.
• Lead the drafting of Board and Committee presentations and papers.
• Lead engagement with relevant teams across the Secretariat to prepare for new Strategy operationalization and changes in organizational strategic direction, including policy development, funding model evolution, allocation, KPIs, monitoring and evaluation, the grant lifecycle and Secretariat operations.
• Lead and performance manage junior team members working on strategy development.
• Undertake other tasks as required relevant to the day‑to‑day work of the Policy and Strategic Investment Department.

Qualifications Essential

• Advanced university degree in business administration, public health, international development, development economics or a related field

Experience Essential

• Relevant work experience, ideally within an international management consultancy, public health or development organization, major multilateral or bilateral organization, not-for-profit or related setting.
• Understanding of topics at the forefront of global health and development, particularly HIV, TB, malaria, resilient and sustainable systems for health and other relevant topics.
• Experience in providing strategic direction, design and execution of strategy and/or policy development processes.
• Experience project managing complex projects and multi‑stakeholder processes in challenging contexts.
• Experience in leading the development of effective materials to guide senior stakeholder decision‑making.
• Experience in leading the development of high‑quality presentations, background papers and reports to effectively communicate strategic messages and gather stakeholder input.
• Experience leading presentations to a wide range of diverse audiences to solicit input into and consensus building on complex and politically sensitive topics.

Desirable

• Over 4 years’ of relevant professional experience within a major international management consultancy, public health or development organization, major multilateral or bilateral organization, not-for-profit or related setting.
• Over 2 years of people management experience
• Familiarity with the global health architecture reform processes and outcomes.
• Experience working in a health or development program in a developing country.
• Experience and familiarity with the Global Fund, its funding model and operations.

Competencies

• Languages: Excellent knowledge of English and preferably good working knowledge of French. Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
• Functional Competencies: Analytical (Mastery) Business (Mastery) Geopolitical Awareness (Mastery) Global/Public Health (Mastery) Multicultural Understanding (Mastery)

The Global Fund recruits top-tier talent for our open positions, in support of our mission to end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics.

More information on working at the Global Fund is available on the Careers section of our main website.

Job Posting End Date 18 November 2026

The Global Fund is a partnership designed to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics. As an international organization, the Global Fund mobilizes and invests more than US$4 billion a year to support programs run by local experts in more than 100 countries. In partnership with governments, civil society, technical agencies, the private sector and people affected by the diseases, we are challenging barriers and embracing innovation.