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Organization: GAVI Alliance
Closing date: Monday, 7 March 2022
Vacancy No: VN1553
Job Title: Intern, Vaccine Forecasting & Grant Operations
Location: Off-site
Purpose of Position: Support country forecasting related activities; provide analytical research and grant information processing for Vaccine renewals period
Team: Finance
Reporting to: Manager, Vaccine Forecasting and Grant Operations
Career Step Level: N/A
Job Description: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership, headquartered in Geneva, 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 nearly 700 million children and the prevention of more than 10 million future deaths.
BACKGROUND
The Vaccine Forecasting and Grant Operations team, sitting within the Finance department, supports Gavi by supporting vaccine forecasting at a macro- and micro-level and executing grant operations. This includes. This stipend-supported role will provide support to the micro-level and grant operations components of the time, whose main functions include: Micro-level:
Develop tools, methodologies, and guidance to support country-level vaccine dose forecasting for new programmes and renewals (on-going programmes), as well as monitoring & adjustments
Set vaccine dose quantification requirements, and provide quality control and scrutiny to ensure efficient use of resources at a country-level.
Grant operations:
Transform vaccine dose decisions into financial system through Approval Requests, POs, and Goods Receipting to execute orders with UNICEF and other partners;
Improve and maintain relevant systems.
KEY RESULTS EXPECTED
Effective support (analytical, detail-oriented, and timely) to the team in conducting Vaccine renewals and grant operations across ~70 countries and ~300 vaccine programmes.
Main Duties/Responsibilities
Support the team in the management and development of improved Vaccine renewals processes and tools;
Support and develop PowerPoint and Word document materials to synthesise quantitative and qualitative information, targeted at appropriate audiences;
Conduct quantitative analyses using Excel and/or R (or equivalent code);
Review and provide detail-oriented quality checks across the Vaccine renewals portfolio;
Support the team in processing grant materials;
Coordinate internal stakeholder discussions and meetings, following through on relevant actions points.
Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned dependent on department needs.
Work Experience
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Experience or interest/ understanding of immunisation programmes and vaccines – please see the Gavi website for an introduction;
Demonstrable experience and/ or interest in global health and international development;
Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills;
Preference for candidates with ability to conduct analyses through development of reproducible code, e.g., R.
Skills/Competencies
Excellent analytical, quantitative, and synthesising capabilities;
Excellent communication skills and an outstanding command of written and spoken English;
Experience delivering on discrete activities that contribute to fast-moving projects;
Excellent initiative – ability to see links between areas, identify and propose improvements to processes and outputs;
Preference for experience of low-income country setting and exposure to diverse contexts;
Detail-oriented and data-driven;
Excellent team player, enthusiastic, and results driven.
Languages
Fluency in English.
Academic Qualifications
Completed, or on-track to complete a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., mathematics, physics, finance) and/ or in a field related to global health, international development, public administration etc.
Contacts
Gavi Secretariat.
Additional Information: 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 visit our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Intern, Vaccine Forecasting and Grant Operations (VFGO)”. Please specify the date of availability on your resume. Deadline for applications is March 7th.
Duration: Up to 24 weeks, to start ASAP
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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.
Website: https://gavialliancecareers.secure.force.com/recruit/fRecruit__ApplyJob?vacancyNo=VN1553
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