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IRC & Your Commitment

 

IRC tentative Timetable 2012

Selected applicants are required to be available as follows:

Meetings in Geneva, Switzerland

11 to 27 July 2012 – Monitoring IRC

3rd week of September 2012 (final dates to be determined by GAVI) – Monitoring IRC.

1st two weeks of October 2012 (final dates to be determined by GAVI) - Proposal IRC.

Applicants need to be certain therefore that they can arrange release from their employers for the relevant dates, and need also to be available also for any necessary pre-meeting preparatory work (mainly proposal and report reviewing).

Please note: existing WHO, UNICEF, World Bank and other GAVI Alliance partner staff are not eligible as IRC members.  Conflict of interest and Confidentiality clauses (as detailed in the IRC Terms of Reference) are expected to be observed by selected candidates.

These are prestigious consulting positions that offer a competitive remuneration package including accommodation and travel. The final selected candidates are expected to serve in the IRC pool for up to three years subject to GAVI Board approval.

The following IRC Review modalities are provided for background reference, but these remain subject to final adjustment:

Pre-IRC Review (15 May - 10 July 2012):

• GAVI Secretariat receives Annual Progress Reports (for Monitoring IRC review) by 15 May 2012. The GAVI Secretariat will then conduct various pre-assessments, which will be provided to IRC together with country documentation. English translation on key documents will be provided for French/Spanish/Russians.
• IRC Reviewers are expected to declare conflict of interest to GAVI.
• GAVI Secretariat will prepare the review plan, standardize IRC Country Report template and assign APRs/Proposals to IRC reviewers in consultation with IRC Chair/Co-Chair. Normally non-English APRs will be assigned to Reviewers who can read the original documents.  Translation is only provided for plenary discussion purposes.

During IRC Review (11 – 27 July 2012)

• 11-13 July: arrival of IRC reviewers in Geneva.  A training course lasting 1-2 days will be provided to newly recruited IRC reviewers prior to their first IRC Review.
• 14-25 July:

On the afternoon of Day 0, IRC reviewers are to read the assigned APR, write the draft report, and recommend funding decisions in word format. It is expected that each reviewer is to work independently and comes to his/her own conclusion. For reference, each APR will be assigned to two IRC reviewers.  Newly recruited reviewers will be paired with experienced reviewers.

On the morning of Day 1, each IRC reviewer is to present his/her draft reports (the report is directly projected on the screen) to IRC plenary session. Then a plenary discussion is to take place. Any points of clarification will be followed up by the GAVI Secretariat, namely Country Responsible Officers in liaison with countries.
On the afternoon of Day 1, for each APR reviewed in the plenary session, the designated 1st IRC reviewer is to integrate IRC plenary discussion into the final IRC country reports, then submit the final report. In addition, each IRC reviewer is to read the assigned APR and prepare the draft report for presentation at the Day 2 plenary session.

There is an estimated total of 10 review days, covering approximately 70 APRs

All IRC Reviewers are expected to actively engage in the plenary discussion in English
 

• 26-27 July: the IRC panel led by IRC Chair is to prepare and present to the GAVI Secretariat all-staff meeting for major IRC findings.

After IRC Review

• While the country reports should always be finalized by the end of IRC, there have been cases when the Secretariat still needs to follow up with IRC reviewers for consent to amend certain country reports. This does not always happen, but IRC reviewers should be aware of this possibility.
• The IRC General Report to GAVI Board, which will include all major findings and recommendations, will be finalized by IRC Chair, assisted by all IRC reviewers at the end of the IRC Review.

The GAVI Secretariat in liaison with GAVI Alliance Partners is to develop a management response to IRC Recommendations after receipt of the final Monitoring IRC Report.