Senior Manager, Development Finance Instruments and Partnerships

☞ Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Secretariat

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Update day: 21-03-2024

Location: Genève Genève GE

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The Resource Mobilisation, Private Sector Partnerships & Innovative Finance (RMPSPIF) department supports the Alliance by ensuring sustainable donor financing and enhanced resource innovation. This includes (i) securing pledges for the 2021-2025 period and new additional fundraising efforts to deploy the covid-19 response; (ii) diversifying Gavi’s financing base to include new and emerging donors, development institutions, regional banks, and the private sector (iii) bringing to bear the innovation and resources of the private sector through new and expanded partnerships, innovative financing, and other initiatives; and (iv) leading key fundraising and reporting exercises.

Within RMPSPIF, the remit of the Development Finance team is to strengthen Gavi’s relationships with the multilateral development banks and other non-sovereign international financial institutions – both in support of the goals of the COVAX facility and more broadly Gavi’s long-term 5.1 and 6.0 strategy.

This role reports to the Director, Development Finance and will play a critical role in expanding our partnerships with Development Finance Institutions and the design and implementation of new development finance products

Main Duties/Responsibilities
Development Finance strategy development
  • Build and maintain key multi-development bank (MDB) relationships with a view to influence, build and negotiate consensus and tradeoffs for joint and collaborative initiatives in target markets;
  • Develop and implement comprehensive new engagement approaches with new MDBs to engage key stakeholders with the aim of building visibility and support for Gavi/COVAX and broadening financial support;
  • Support in planning, preparation and execution of innovative and development finance business development activities – including developing ideas and a narrative for Gavi’s Mid Term Review and forthcoming 6.0 strategy period;
  • Lead the development of Gavi’s engagement with key platforms in promoting Gavi’s development finance strategy across our donor markets including through the G7 / G20 / Pandemic Fund;
  • Help design and drive pitching strategies and elaborate detailed supporting documentation for pitch meetings. Market Gavi’s current and new innovative development mechanisms in order to
generate additional resources and investor support for Gavi;

Development Finance product development
  • Proactively generate ideas for development finance mechanisms suitable to Gavi’s needs and to assigned donor markets and refine and deliver these ideas in collaboration with others in RMPSPIF, the broader Secretariat and external partners;
  • Contribute to the development of innovative and blended finance products for the respective donor markets and potential investors;
  • Identify and engage upfront with governments, multilateral development banks (MDBs), Development Finance Institutions and regional institutions;
  • Structure all the details of development finance mechanisms and negotiate them with relevant counterparts, including donors, private investors, rating agencies, regional multilateral development banks and others as may be needed;
  • Achieve closing of development finance mechanisms, including by actively managing external consultants and working closely with the legal team and external lawyers as may be needed;
  • Serve as a development finance spokesperson and resource to both internal and external stakeholders.

Development Finance strategy implementation
  • Oversee the running of development finance mechanisms, including by setting up and monitoring relevant systems and controls with Gavi and optimising performance and reporting;
  • Respond to donor and partner requests in a timely manner and communicate issues to Gavi’s management and across the Gavi Secretariat;
  • Help build and manage relations with stakeholders, including government, MDBs, parliamentarians, private sector representatives, civil society partners and other key influencers as appropriate;
  • Serve as the focal point with specific teams (legal, finance, Country Programmes, policy and others) whose inputs are critical.

Broader teamwork
  • With other team and RMPSPIF members, contribute to a range of tasks and projects, in accordance with the team objectives.

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.

Work Experience
Essential
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in strategic financial settings, ideally within the multilateral financial development sector and on designing and implementing innovative financial solutions;
  • Experience of working with government or at multilateral development institutions;
  • Experience managing complex projects in multi-stakeholder environments is necessary;
  • Experience identifying and articulating strategic issues, trade-offs and priorities to provide sound advice;
  • Excellent analytical skills;
  • Established operational track record of excellence in achieving results.

Desirable
  • Familiarity with/understanding of global health and development issues.

Skills/Competencies
  • Recognised as a financial innovator;
  • Excellent financial structuring and engineering skills;
  • Demonstrated capacity to be conversant with the practical workings of the finance industry, such as international capital markets and private equity sector;
  • High performer with a proven track record of operating in a high-pressure environment with tight timelines and often under extreme confidentiality;
  • Ability to make decisions and operate independently, as well as judgement to know when to seek guidance;
  • Ability to multitask, tracking and managing many active priorities in parallel. Judgement to prioritise between multiple important tasks but not drop other tasks;
  • Very highly organised and structured, good planner, with a high level of attention to detail;
  • Excellent interpersonal and diplomatic skills and cultural sensitivity to engage with various stakeholders;
  • Openness to share openly when appropriate but discretion to protect sensitive information;
  • Pro-active, with an ability to anticipate and address needs;
  • A good sense of humour;
  • A team player, collaborative style, creative and innovative with an engaging personality;
  • Travel requirements: 20%.

Languages
  • Fluency in written and spoken English;
  • Additional languages an asset.

Academic Qualifications
  • Master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, finance, law, engineering, mathematics, economics, or another relevant field preferred but not essential.

Contacts
  • Gavi Secretariat;
  • Gavi Board members;
  • Developing and donor country governments;
  • Financial institutions, private sector corporations, foundations, and high net-worth individuals;
  • International financial institutions, multilateral development banks, UN, multilateral & bilateral agencies, civil society organisations.


Additional Information
If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Senior Manager, Development Finance Instruments and Partnerships”. Deadline for applications is 17 January 2023.

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.
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