Intern, Country Engagement - Geneve, Schweiz - Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Secretariat

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Secretariat

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Geneve, Schweiz

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Schneider

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

Position title:
Intern, Country Engagement

Position type:
Internship

Location:
Geneva/Offsite

Purpose of the position:

The Intern, Country Engagement, provides support with country engagement, communications and learning processes especially with respect to project management, content coordination, record-keeping, event planning and preparation of country briefing agendas and presentation materials.

Department:
Country Programmes Delivery (CPD)

Team:
COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery and Middle-Income Countries (MICs)

Reports to:
Senior Manager, Country Engagement and Senior Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Middle Income 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 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 981 million children and the prevention of more than 16 million future deaths.

THE ROLE
The Intern, Country Engagement and MICs, works together with the Country Engagement and MICs teams, in support of country-facing and programme coordination staff, and is responsible for information management and planning for key engagement moments, supporting the uptake and delivery of vaccines

This includes:

Providing regular and accurate inputs to support project planning of country engagement to enable the team to function effectively and on time;
Supporting implementation and facilitating change management/sensitisation of standard operating procedures and protocol;
Assisting in the content creation process with technical teams and Alliance partners and supporting in the delivery of clear and consistent country engagement products through the appropriate format (e.g. country briefings, highlevel engagements);
Supporting Country Engagement and MICs team, and countryfacing teams in timely project coordination of ministerial and Alliance partner strategic engagement at key forums (e.g., World Health Assembly (WHA), Gavi replenishment, UN General Assembly, learning forums, and other key events as relevant;
Assisting MICs team members in developing analytical work to advance its learning agenda topics such as gender and civil society engagement, among other relevant to the MICs learning agenda objectives;

Key functions and deliverables:

Record, map and maintain a dynamic calendar of all countryfacing engagement utilising the country engagement grid;
Coordination and maintaining effective working relationships with relevant country stakeholders. within CPD and across Gavi Secretariat technical teams throughout the country engagement process as outlined in team standard operating procedures;Support coordination of content creation process between Country Engagement and technical teams under the guidance of the line manager, and support creating, drafting, editing and delivering streamlined country engagement products;
Support drafting and maintaining internal information documents for countryfacing staff (e.g. FAQs, country briefing slides, vaccine product information, funding guidelines);
Support operational planning and implementation of the key highlevel engagements, such as the World Health Assembly side events, Investment Opportunity Launch event, and any other relevant events;
Support the development of other relevant input under MICs learning agenda;

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Map, centralise, and organise upcoming country communications and engagement moments across the Gavi Secretariat;
Support in evolution of countryfacing briefings and assist in organising internal helpdesk sessions around key engagement moments (e.g. programme launches, funding deadlines, highlevel ministerial engagements);
Support the creation and implementation of country communication project workplans to ensure alignment with Gavi standards and approval processes;
Contribute to materials for status updates and reporting to internal Gavi and external stakeholder audience;
Support logistics and coordination of key countryfacing events;
Support drafting and dissemination of content, briefs and reports;

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.

QUALIFICATIONS

ACADEMICS