Intern, Country Support - Conflict & Fragile Countries (French)

Are you passionate about international development and want to make a difference? Do you want to work in a dynamic and exciting environment, where professionals from countries around the world meet to advance on the global immunisation agenda?  

At Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, our mission is to save children’s lives and reach them with the most adequate health services - from the day they were born. We strive to improve access to vaccines in lower-income countries through a unique public-private business model that allows healthy vaccine markets and economies of scales. We also support countries in their efforts towards developing and maintaining strong health systems and immunisation teams. 

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is the premier global health agency coordinating funding and support to vaccination in 68 countries, the number one global purchaser of new vaccines, and the global provider of immunisation-related support to two third of the children worldwide. 

BACKGROUND

Gavi’s 2020-2025 strategy strives to ensure that the value of vaccines is well recognised, and that immunisation remains a priority at all levels. 

Gavi’s Country Support team is looking for an intern to support grant management and communication to maintain and strengthen routine immunisation and to support the roll out of C-19 vaccine in conflict and fragile countries (Sudan& Yemen).
                                                                          
INTERNSHIP OBJECTIVES

•    Exposure to our working environment through total immersion into the team;
•    First-hand experience in global health and our Gavi Country Support model;
•    Insight into Gavi’s support to Conflict and Fragile Countries.

•    Perform review and update of the grant management process including workplans, budgets and monitoring reports and Grant closures;
•    Support department in documenting lessons learned to improve information sharing and dissemination;
•    General Administrative Support – Synthesising documents, updating dashboards and country metrics; 
•    Consolidating key policy or programmatic updates;
•    COVAX communication - sharing communication packages to countries, Minuting coordination/donor calls;
•    Administration support around vaccine forecast;
•    Updating and streamlining folder structure in Gavi Drive, and labelling docs by date order as per guidance. Updating contacts in Salesforce;
•    Tracking time of internal grant management processes to illustrate the need for simplification.
•    In coordination with the relevant team at Gavi, carry out key analysis as per Fragile Country Team needs.

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.
 

•    Capacity and willingness to work remotely;
•    Excellent Excel skills and comfort working with large data sets;
•    Computer skills, including internet navigation and various office applications;
•    Ability to convert raw data into impactful reports and insights;
•    Interpersonal and teamwork skills; diplomacy and tact;
•    Ability to work in a multicultural environment and establish working relationships with multiple teams;
•    Experience in public health through academic work or research will be a plus;
•    Graphic design and content management (website) will be a plus.
 

•    Fluent in English;
•    Fluent in French.
 

•    University degree (Master’s an asset) in health, economics, public or business administration, social sciences, or other relevant field or equivalent, related training or experience.
 

•    Gavi Secretariat.

For more information on the Gavi Internship Programme please visit:
http://www.gavi.org/careers/internship-programme/

Please note, that to be eligible for this internship, you MUST be a student or have graduated within the last twelve months. 

Gavi is committed to diversity within its workforce and encourage applications from all qualified 
candidates.

If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Intern, Country Support - Conflict & Fragile Countries (French)”. Deadline for applications is 26 May 2022.

Duration:     As soon as possible - (Up to 24 weeks)

Please note that as a vaccine organisation and in order to provide duty of care towards its employees, Gavi is requiring its new employees to confirm that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition for pursuing employment with us. You can find out more by visiting this link.

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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.
In support of Gavi’s commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion, we hire globally and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, national origin, family status, sex, gender identity or expression, physical characteristics, race, religion, spirituality or sexual orientation.