Intern, Country Programme Delivery

Position title: Intern, Country Programme Delivery (Core Countries)

Position type: Internship - up to6 months 

Location: Geneva

Purpose of the position: Provide programmatic support to the Core Country Team, focusing on the grant management processes and cross cutting analysis.

Department: Country Programme Delivery

Reports to : Regional Heads, Core countries team

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership committed to saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing equitable use of vaccines in lower-income countries. The Vaccine Alliance brings together implementing country and donor governments, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private sector partners. Gavi uses innovative finance mechanisms, including co-financing by recipient countries, to secure sustainable funding and adequate supply of quality vaccines. Since 2000, Gavi has contributed to the immunisation of more than one billion children and the prevention of more than 16 million future deaths. 

•     Support Grants closure processes in regional portfolio, in close collaboration with Senior Programme Assistants, Program Managers and Program Finance focal points

•     Support contracting related tasks

•     Support drafting and translating of short communications to countries and partners.

•     Support robust knowledge management (e.g., ensuring databases and repositories are up to date, record keeping).

•     Monitor and update relevant trackers, as well as keep track of deadlines and outstanding items required from countries.

•     Support cross-cutting analysis within the portfolio.

•     Other support as needed to maintain and further strengthen team efficiency and effectiveness.

•    Bachelor’s degree in relevant area.

•    Candidates with familiarity with the Africa region are particularly encouraged to apply.

•    Excellent interpersonal skills and modelling of positive team behaviours that foster teamwork and trust. An open, humble, and ‘can-do’ attitude.

•    Multitask, track, and manage many active priorities in parallel, prioritising between multiple important tasks but not dropping other tasks, and structuring work to meet deadlines.

•    Deliver clear, concise, and coherent messages orally and in writing, adapted to intended audience.

•    Resilience to work in a high-pressure environment with tight timelines, maintaining a sense of proportion and of humour.

•    Portuguese is an asset.

•    All Gavi Secretariat teams

If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Intern, Country Programme Delivery (Core Countries”. Deadline for applications is 2 April 2024. 

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Gavi brings together the public and private sectors to save lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines against 18 infectious diseases. You will be joining an organisation at the centre of the international COVID-19 response, at the most critical time in global health in a lifetime. You will work in a culturally diverse environment with over 70 nationalities. You will collaborate with partners such as WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank – and from business, civil society and government. And you will work in the first global health organisation to receive equal gender salary certification. Your unique experience, skills and talents can help us achieve our vision of leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of vaccines.