Head, Sovereign

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 1 billion children and the prevention of more than 16 million future deaths. Gavi has a five-year replenishment cycle where donors pledge resources against a five-year investment plan. The last replenishment took place in 2020, hosted by the UK, and world leaders pledged US$ 8.8 billion for Gavi's 5.0, 2021-2025 strategy. 2023 is a mid-term review (MTR) year when we will look back at the achievements to-date and look ahead at the needs in the remainder of this strategic period and beyond towards the next replenishment. Spain will host the high-level MTR event in mid-June.
Through the ground-breaking COVAX Facility and the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), Gavi, working with the international community, took urgent action in accelerating access to COVID-19 vaccines no matter where they live. Today, COVAX has shipped almost 2 billion vaccines, the largest vaccine rollout in history. Gavi is now working with countries to reverse the effects of the pandemic on routine immunisation and health systems, to get routine immunisation back on track, relaunch the HPV vaccine programme, rollout the malaria vaccine and continue to support countries with COVID-19 vaccination programmes.
Following the MTR Gavi will be heading towards a replenishment for the 2026-2030 period. In an increasingly constrained global health space, more resources from diverse and sustainable sources are required, and available financing must be leveraged strategically and efficiently to unlock the greatest level of impact possible. A comprehensive approach is needed to attract, retain, and multiply the financial and business resources of sovereign donors, the private sector, and other development institutions to strategically support countries, partners, and the Gavi secretariat as it seeks to ensure sustainability in its ambitious immunisation programmes and safeguard global health security.
Under the oversight of the Managing Director for Resource Mobilisation, Private Sector Partnerships & Innovative Finance (RMPSPIF), the Sovereign & Private Sector Engagement, Donor Relations & Campaigns team leads on (i) driving sovereign and private sector fundraising and engagement, including through blended and innovative financial instruments and ambitious new partnerships, in key industrialised markets with a particular focus on Canada, UK, Europe and the CIS; (ii) building visibility and trust with Gavi through smart donor relations and campaigning with civil society, parliamentarians and influential voices; and (iii) securing and cultivating support and funding for COVAX and COVAX AMC from a range of economies.

**THE ROLE**

Please note this is a
**temporary role** (approximately 8 months).
The role of the Head is to lead on growing Gavi’s sovereign & private sector engagement, shaping and implementing ambitious prospecting and fundraising strategies towards new sovereigns, corporations, foundations, philanthropists, multilateral banks, and other key investors. The Head will oversee donor and stakeholders’ relations in a set of markets under the purview of the team, with a focus on the arc Canada-UK-Europe-CIS. S/he will in addition directly engage with the UK, which is Gavi’s lead donor, a core investor in an array of financial instruments, a strategic partner strongly engaged in Gavi’s and COVAX governance, and a global hub home to key influencers, financial institutions, corporations and civil society movements.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

**Sovereign & private sector engagement and fundraising strategies**:

- Provide leadership, expert advice, and co-ordination in envisioning, developing, and growing sovereign & private sector engagement, and efforts to mobilise funding and expertise in support of the Gavi 5.1. Produce strategic pitches, and business & investment cases;
- Anticipate the evolving funding landscape and identify financing structures and new sources of in-kind support to match future Gavi needs. Develop strategic options with senior management for raising resources and selectively developing high-value non-monetary partnerships more effectively;
- Inform and drive structuring and implementation of new instruments to leverage private sector funding and lead associated transactions. Lead outreach to key financial and investors groups, pitch and negotiate finan