Senior Officer, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Senior Officer, DEI

The Foundation is 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 People team is a strategic partner in shaping a thriving, inclusive, and high-performing organization. We steward the employee experience across the full talent lifecyclefrom attracting and developing exceptional talent to strengthening culture, supporting well-being as well as impact, and aligning people strategies with our mission. The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team within the Office of the Chief People Officer is a central functional team made up of advisors, strategists, and enabling partners to provide foundation-wide direction, governance, tools, and resources to drive the foundation's DEI strategy and impact. As a foundation, we are working to integrate and include a wide variety of voices, ideas, and approaches that will enable our mission to help all people improve their lives. Our renewed DEI strategy focuses on three priorities :

• Engaging more effectively across differences and contexts.
• Better equipping our organization to forge partnerships for impact.
• Shared expectations.

Application Deadline : Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Your Role

The Senior Officer, DEI is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) who will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to activate, engage, elevate, and enable our communities of change makers to accelerate impact. You will partner closely with our Employee Resource Groups (ERG), DEI and Gender Leads, and other key stakeholders like the Human Resource Business Partners (HRBPs), Partnerships for Impact, and strategy, planning, and management teams. This role requires in-depth knowledge and experience advising leaders, executives, and community members on strategy, initiatives, and activations. This role will drive collaboration, structure, and apply governance throughout the landscape of internal communities.

What You'll Do

Your Experience

The salary range for this role is $186,400 to $288,800 USD. We recognize high-wage market differences in Seattle and Washington D.C., where our offices are located. The range for this role in these locations is $203,100 to $314,900 USD. As a mission-driven organization, we strive to balance competitive pay with our mission. New hires salaries are typically between the range minimum and the salary range midpoint. Actual placement in the range will depend on a candidate's job-related skills, experience, and expertise, as evaluated during the interview process.

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

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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 inclusionof voices, ideas, and approachesand 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.