Position title:
Senior Manager, Portfolio Strategy and Operations
Location:
Geneva
Purpose of the position:
Provide strategic advice and analysis across the country portfolio and optimise portfolio management operational guidelines, processes and performance.
Department:
Country Programmes (CP)
Team:
Country Programmes, Management
Reports to:
Managing Director, Country Programmes
N° of positions supervised:
N/A
Career step level:
4
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 nearly 700 million children and the prevention of more than 10 million future deaths.
BACKGROUND
The Country Programmes department works in close liaison and coordination with national counterparts, Alliance partners, Civil Society Organisations and other relevant stakeholders, in order to achieve maximum impact through Gavi’s vaccine implementation, better results in vaccine coverage and equity and long-term sustainability of interventions. The department supports Gavi eligible countries through the entire portfolio management process from applying for support to implementation, evaluation, monitoring, and risk mitigation. The department consists of three teams: Country Support, Health Systems and Immunisation Strengthening, and a Programme Finance unit.
Cutting across and underlying the work of the Country Programmes team are several key country portfolio management processes that are critical to achieving the goals of Gavi. Given the cross-cutting nature of portfolio management, the incumbent will therefore also serve to facilitate cross-CP collaboration and initiatives. The Senior Manager, Portfolio Strategy and Operations is responsible for monitoring country portfolio performance and providing strategic advice to the Managing Director of Country programmes and Management team, to support and lead strategic and operational initiatives that cut across the entire country portfolio, and to ensure operational guidelines of portfolio management are up-to-date and adhered to. The incumbent will also contribute to several core work streams relating to the strengthening and streamlining of Gavi’s country engagement model that involves other Secretariat technical teams and
Alliance partners. He/she will also provide support during critical Board and Programme and Policy Committee (PPC) periods.
KEY FUNCTIONS AND DELIVERABLES
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Portfolio Performance Management:
Operational Guidelines Responsibilities:
Support Secretariat’s work stream on strengthening and streamlining Gavi’s country engagement model and portfolio management review:
Country Programmes Management Responsibilities:
Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not limited only to the tasks listed and may include other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
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Gavi is committed to diversity within its workforce and encourages applications from all qualified candidates.
If you wish to apply, please provide your cover letter and resume by visiting our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Senior Manager, Portfolio Strategy and Operations”. Applications deadline is 11 December 2019
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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 nearly 700 million children and the prevention of more than 10 million future deaths.