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

Every year, the Alliance provides hundreds of millions of dollars in health system strengthening (HSS) grants and technical support to help countries strengthen their health systems and immunisation programmes, and achieve sustainable improvement in the coverage and equity of immunisation. The HSIS team works closely with other Secretariat teams, especially the Country Support team, and a diverse range of Alliance partners (especially WHO and UNICEF) to help countries design and implement this support. Within the Secretariat, the team manages work with partners to develop programmatic approaches in areas including equity, supply chain, data, demand, gender, community engagement, immunisation workforce and programme management; provides hands on support to help countries and Secretariat teams design Gavi’s grants; and to monitor performance and capture and disseminate lessons learned.

The Health Systems Planning & Management unit is a new team within HSIS, which brings together several existing functions from across the Secretariat. It works with Senior Country Managers (SCMs) and partners to ensure that Gavi’s grants are strategic, data-driven and contribute to strengthening the equity and sustainability of immunisation programmes. The team includes:
• Country focal points who provide dedicated health systems expertise and support to SCMs and countries to help ensure that all Gavi support is used strategically and effectively to reach zero-dose children and missed communities, and strengthen health systems;
• Specialists managing efforts to enhance leadership, management and performance of routine immunisation programmes and health workers in countries, enhance the quality and use of data for planning, monitoring and management, and scale up digital health information systems.

Key functions and deliverables:
• Working closely with Alliance partners and Gavi Secretariat teams, conceptualise and guide Gavi’s approach and investments to strengthening health information systems, with a focus on scaling up digital tools;
• Help maintain an excellent community of practitioners to help support the Alliance’s approach and provide technical and management support to countries;
• Coordinate closely with other colleagues in HSIS to develop a coherent approach to the scale-up and use of health information systems and digital health information tools;
• Provide technical expertise, guidance and capacity-building for Secretariat country teams.

• Plan and manage Gavi digital health information strategy including aligning on priorities, designing key investments and establishing a clear theory of change and M&E framework;
• Work in close collaboration with the Effective Vaccine Management team to coordinate investments in health information systems with work to scale-up electronic logistics management information systems;
• Help shape design and implementation of Gavi’s overall innovation strategy;
• Plan and manage global / regional data investments in health information systems and digital health information tools, including coordinating investments in DHIS-2;
• Develop tools and programming guidance to help countries and country teams scale-up health information systems and digital tools;
• Work closely with Senior Manager, Programme Performance & Health Workforce Management to ensure that investments in health information systems are closely coordinated with efforts to strengthen programme planning and data use;
• Convene / engage with cross-Alliance community of practice on health information systems and digital health information tools;
• Ensure quality-assured technical assistance in health information systems and digital health information tools is available to countries and country teams;
• Provide expertise in health information systems and digital health information tools to selected countries as requested by HSIS focal points and country teams;
• Other duties and activities as required.

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.

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in roles working on strengthening country health data systems;
• Experience working at both global level and in lower middle income countries is highly desirable;
• Demonstrable experience in strategic programme design, project management, managing partnerships and multi-stakeholder task forces is highly desirable;
• Proven experience working in diverse, multi-partner environments; experience of working in both public and private sectors is an asset.

• Technical:
o Deep understanding of health information systems and the landscape of digital health information tools is essential;
o Demonstrated track record of strengthening management and use of health information;
o Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytic skills, with ability to evaluate and synthesise complex challenges;
o Proven ability to identify and scale-up innovation.
• Distinctive strategic thinking, programme planning and problem-solving skills;
• Excellent organisation and coordination capabilities, including demonstrated ability to prioritise;
• Excellent collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to work across multiple, multisectoral teams and organisations in pursuit of a common goal;
• Understanding of gender responsive and gender transformative programming in a variety of country settings is an asset;
• Proven ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines;
• High sense of responsibility, efficiency, reliability and results-focus;
• Compelling oral and written communications;
• Demonstrated ability to engage credibly with senior counterparts across multiple sectors;
• Diplomacy, tact and discretion.

• Written and spoken fluency in English;
• Fluency in French strongly desired;
• Fluency in Portuguese and other languages of Gavi-supported countries an asset.

• Advanced university degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Health Systems, Management, Strategy, Business Administration or related fields.

• All Gavi Secretariat teams;
• Gavi Alliance partners, including UNICEF, WHO, civil society, and academic institutions;
• Implementing country governments;
• Gavi donors.

If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Senior Manager, Digital Health Information Systems”. Deadline for applications is 3 July 2023.

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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.