Policy Advocacy Manager

March 19

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Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP)

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Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) is an organization dedicated to accelerating the development and accessibility of treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections. Collaborating with public, private, and non-profit partners, GARDP aims to preserve the efficacy of antibiotics for future generations. Recognizing antibiotic resistance as a significant global health threat, the organization is committed to delivering new treatments and improving access to antibiotics worldwide. GARDP focuses on major health concerns including neonatal sepsis, serious bacterial infections, and sexually transmitted infections. By working towards revitalizing antibiotic development and ensuring antibiotic distribution, GARDP seeks to counter drug resistance and save lives, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Antibiotic resistance • antibiotic drug development • R&D partnerships • serious bacterial infections • children’s antibiotics

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2018

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership (GARDP) is a not-for-profit research and development (R&D) organization accelerating the development of new and improved treatments for drug-resistant infections. • GARDP works with partners to ensure sustainable access to treatments, promoting responsible use and affordability to all in need. • Initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), GARDP is essential to delivering on the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance. • The Policy Advocacy Manager is accountable for developing and implementing specific advocacy strategies, undertaking research and analysis, developing policy advocacy content and tools, providing matrix support to colleagues undertaking policy advocacy in different regions, and providing strategic administrative support to the Policy Lead and the Deputy Executive Director. • The incumbent is responsible to support GARDP’s efforts to document lessons learned, engage stakeholders, develop champions, and promote policy actions to advance GARDP’s vision for antibiotic R&D and access. • This role is accountable for managing specific projects such as regional initiatives, workshops, conferences, policy papers, or other outputs in close collaboration with other staff members or delivering quality output through expert services or people. This role adapts policies, approaches, and models to emerging needs. • The services provided affect performance of systems, process or teams, including the approach to research and development and access championed by GARDP, the public health priorities of the organization, and the populations that GARDP seeks to serve.

🎯 Requirements

• Conceptualize and organize key convenings undertaken by GARDP to discuss key priorities of the organization. • Undertake research and analysis −including policy landscape analyses, stakeholders mapping, lessons learned by GARDP, etc. − and develop policy advocacy content and tools including white papers and policy briefs. • Contribute to technical analyses of policies and practices impacting research, development and access to antibiotics, and propose/ prioritize specific actions where GARDP, and partners could be influential. • Coordinate specific advocacy activities engaging various stakeholders, including seeking out opportunities for GARDP to influence key policy discussions related to the organization’s priorities. • Representation of GARDP at AMR conferences and events. • Provide matrix support to colleagues undertaking policy advocacy activities in various regions with a particular focus on South Asia, Latin America, Europe, and Southern Africa. • Provide support to key members of the External Relations team related to either donors or other governments, institutions and companies playing a leading role in shaping the overall response to AMR. • Collaborate with the Communications teams to develop and help disseminate policy positions through opinion pieces, blogs, and other means. • Contribute, through internal communications, to developing internal knowledge and the ability of colleagues to represent policy positions. • Provide project management support to the Deputy Executive Director. • Organize key internal policy advocacy discussions and provide summaries within the organization.