Intern, Country Programme Delivery
Geneva
- Organization: Gavi, Vaccine Alliance
- Location: Geneva
- Grade: Internship - Internship
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Occupational Groups:
- Project and Programme Management
- Closing Date: Closed
Position title: Intern, High Impact Countries (Country Programme Delivery)
Position type: Internship
Location: Geneva/Off site
Purpose of the position: The Intern, High Impact Countries, provides programmatic support to the country teams focused on the grant management process and portfolio cross-cutting analysis.
Department: Country Programmes Delivery (CPD)
Team: High Impact Countries
Reports to: Director, High Impact Countries
Duration: ASAP for up to 24 weeks
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 developing country and donor governments, the World Health Organization, 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 1 billion children and the prevention of more than 17.3 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 78 lower-income countries.
- Support on core Programme Manager work with internal processes for effective grant management across all 5 High Impact countries.
- Support on Senior Programme Assistant work to prepare and facilitate internal approval requests and manage partner contracts.
- Support communication, planning and preparations for CPD engagements at World Health Assembly, including HIC segment hosted event, preparation of briefing materials and talking points, and scheduling.
Technical Areas:
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Contribute to the development of the learning agenda for subnational engagements across High Impact countries.
- Document success stories/lessons learnt across High Impact countries (e.g. Mashako Plan and Kinshasa Declaration (DRC), Sustainable Development Goals Performance Fund (Ethiopia), U-WIN Health Systems Strengthening (India), State Health Systems Strengthening Memorandum of Understanding (Nigeria), and National Immunisation Support Project (Pakistan).
- Support the SCMs and PMs to follow up on recent in-country Alliance Partners retreat recommendations and implementation across High Impact Countries.
Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned consistently with the department needs.
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If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Intern, High Impact Countries”. Deadline for applications is 14th June 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.