About Open Government Partnership (OGP)

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) was formed in 2011 by governments and civil society organizations seeking new ways of working together to make societies more transparent, accountable, inclusive, and participatory.

OGP has grown over its first decade into a global effort of close to 200 national and local governments, thousands of civil society organizations, and many others. 

The OGP community is made up of thousands of relentless, creative, and inspiring trailblazers, innovators, and deeply committed reformers striving to make a difference. 

Position Summary

Location: Washington, DC (must have existing right to work)
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer
Status: Full-time / Permanent
Salary Range: $60,000 – $68,000 USD
Application Deadline: October 19, 2025

The Project Officer, Executive Support, plays a critical role in advancing OGP’s mission by supporting and enabling Senior Leadership effectiveness. The PO will serve as a trusted partner to Senior Leadership, primarily the CEO, ensuring the seamless execution of strategic priorities by managing critical logistics, facilitating stakeholder engagement, and coordinating across senior leadership, internal teams, and external partners to ensure the CEO/SLT is equipped with necessary high-quality inputs and adequately prepared with organizational resources to deliver on high-level engagements and other CEO mandates. Working closely with colleagues across the organization, the Project Officer ensures the CEO/SLT is able to share compelling messages across diverse platforms and is actively connected to OGP’s most important partners. This includes working with internal data, research, communications, and policy teams to distill and produce impactful written materials and messages that support the CEO’s work.

This role will provide traditional executive support, but also requires strong judgment, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to anticipate needs, streamline communication, and create alignment across the organization. The successful candidate will be an integral force behind the CEO’s ability to lead with focus, impact, and efficiency.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Research and Briefing Preparation - 30%

• In coordination with the Country Support and Policy & Partnership teams, conduct targeted research on political leaders, countries, and thematic issues directly related to the CEO’s upcoming meetings, trips, and speaking engagements. The PO will stay current on developments in open government, democracy, governance reform, and related areas as needed to inform their work.  
• Prepare or coordinate the preparation of concise, actionable briefing materials in coordination with the staff members linked to each engagement to ensure accuracy, relevance, and alignment with OGP priorities.

2. Writing and Communications - 30%

• Collaborate with the Communications team to ensure consistent, high-quality CEO messaging across channels. Including facilitating drafts or refining speeches, talking points, CEO social media content, blogs, or articles.
• Coordinate with subject-matter experts to integrate technical and thematic perspectives into CEO-authored materials.

3. Strategic Stakeholder Engagement - 20%

• Provide support to the CEO’s role of managing key relationships, providing context on stakeholders, supporting outreach, and tracking opportunities for engagement with relevant networks, events, and opportunities. This requires coordination across multiple teams and roles within the organization.
• Streamline internal coordination with relevant roles within the organization that manage key stakeholder groups such as SC, BoD, Champions Networks, and funders to ensure the CEO is effectively managing and growing key relationships. Document outcomes from engagements and ensure timely follow-up in collaboration with relevant teams.

4. Executive Support - 20%

• Enable effective management of the CEO’s agenda, travel logistics, and internal/external outreach.
• Prepare CEO Activity and Expense Reports for the Board of Directors. 
• Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field (public administration, development,  political science, social sciences, law, or international relations).
• Experience in policy research, political analysis, stakeholder engagement, or executive communications, ideally in an international or multi-stakeholder environment.
• Demonstrated ability to produce clear, persuasive writing for different audiences.
• Experience supporting senior leaders or executives in politically sensitive and cross-cultural contexts is an asset.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams and cultures.
• Excitement about civic issues, politics, and economics; brings an engaged and curious perspective
• Ability and flexibility to work with remote teams, coordinate within and outside of the organization, and across time zones.
• Fluency in English; fluency in other languages is desirable.
• Demonstrate OGP’s core values of ambition & innovation, humility, inclusiveness, integrity, pragmatism, open-mindedness, and service.

Physical Demands

This position involves regular office activities in both homeworking and office environments. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

Work Environment

Our offices are accessible and located close to public transportation. Workspaces are open plan and shared with other organizations. Occasional travel (15%) will be required to OGP events/meetings. This position will also involve home working and requires the individual to maintain a suitable and safe environment in which to work.