Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant (Multi-country)

About

UNICEF seeks a consultant to lead technical support for digital health financing and investment advisory support across a multi-country programme. The consultant will map financing windows, prepare analyses and briefs, and contribute investment cases for governments and lenders, working with UNICEF teams and international financial institutions. The assignment is home-based with regular in-person engagement in Panama and Latin America and the Caribbean, and requires English and Spanish fluency. Reference: 596662 Terms of service: Consultant Duty station: Nairobi Duty station: Flexible location (home-based), with regular in-person engagement in Panama and Latin America and the Caribbean; see Working arrangement

How to apply

Apply online via UNICEF's TMS (Talent Management System). Submit an up-to-date TMS profile and curriculum vitae (CV), cover letter, a separate financial proposal in the linked template format, and a technical proposal: CV or P11; a technical note of no more than three pages describing how the candidate would establish the financing window register and place digital health requirements into an IFI health operation in one participating country; and one writing sample authored or co-authored by the candidate.

Responsibilities

• Map and track the financing windows open to participating countries.
• Prepare analysis and briefs that position digital health within IFI operations and national budget cycles.
• Contribute investment cases that Ministries of Health, Ministries of Finance and lenders can use.
• Support UNICEF staff to facilitate and follow through on ongoing engagement with IFIs.

Qualifications

• Education: Master’ in Health economics, health financing, economics, public policy, public health, international development or a related field.
• A first-level university degree with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in place of an advanced degree.
• Work Experience: At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in health financing, health sector investment planning or development finance in low- and middle-income countries, including at least five years working with or within the World Bank or regional development banks on health
• Skills: Knowledge of IFI operation cycles and financing instruments, national budget processes and public financial management.
• Knowledge of IFI operation cycles and financing instruments, national budget processes and public financial management.
• Working knowledge of how digital health investment is costed and planned, including familiarity with the WHO Digital Implementation Investment Guide, the World Bank Digital Health Blueprint Toolkit and/or comparable approaches.
• Ability to translate digital health architecture and system requirements into investment costing and financing language for non-technical audiences.
• Ability to write concise analytical products for Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Health and IFI task teams.
• Ability to work across several countries and time zones with limited supervision.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English and Spanish is required.
• Spanish is a screening requirement, and candidates without it are not evaluated further.
• French is an advantage.
• Experience in one or more regions of the participating countries.
• Experience supporting health sector investment planning or IFI engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Experience with Gavi or other global health financing windows.