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Health (Financing) Specialist United Nations at UNICEF October 2024
Job no: 576667
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Dar-es-Salaam
Level: P-3
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Health
UNICEF
works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives,
defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early
childhood through adolescence.
At UNICEF, we are committed,
passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child
is not just a job – it is a calling.
UNICEF is a place where
careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for personal
and professional development that will help them develop a fulfilling
career while delivering on a rewarding mission. We pride ourselves on a
culture that helps staff thrive, coupled with an attractive compensation
and benefits package.
Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF.
For every child, sustenance.
The
fundamental mission of UNICEF is to promote the rights of every child,
everywhere, in everything the organization does — in programs, in
advocacy and in operations. The equity strategy, emphasizing the most
disadvantaged and excluded children and families, translates this
commitment to children’s rights into action. For
UNICEF, equity means that all children have an opportunity to survive,
develop and reach their full potential, without discrimination, bias or
favoritism. To the degree that any child has an unequal chance in life —
in its social, political, economic, civic and cultural dimensions — her
or his rights are violated.
There is growing evidence that
investing in the health, education and protection of a society’s most
disadvantaged citizens — addressing inequity — not only will give all
children the opportunity to fulfill their potential but also will lead
to sustained growth and stability of countries. This is why the focus on
equity is so vital. It accelerates progress towards realizing the human
rights of all children, which is the universal mandate of UNICEF, as
outlined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, while also
supporting the equitable development of nations.
The United Republic of
Tanzania (URT) has renewed its commitment to achieving Universal Health
Coverage (UHC) and adopted Primary Health Care (PHC) as a main pillar
for its action to achieve its UHC goals. Optimal Public Financial
Management (PFM) in the health sector is a prerequisite for effective
and efficient use of scarce resources. The ultimate objective of
UNICEF’s health financing work is to contribute to health system
strengthening (HSS) to achieve UHC focusing on effective PHC service
delivery.
The Health Specialist (Health Financing) is expected
to nurture close collaboration with other key partners at the national
and sub-national level, including the Ministry of Health, the Ministry
of Finance, the President’s Office Finance and Planning, the President’s
Office for Regional Administration and Local Government, selected
regional authorities, other UN agencies, development partners and
International Financial Institutions. The Health Specialist (Policy,
Planning and Financing) will also work closely with the UNICEF TCO
Social Policy, Nutrition, and HIV/AIDS sections to effectively drive the
health financing agenda.
Under the direct supervision and
guidance of the Chief of Health, the incumbent will lead UNICEF’s work
with the government and implementing partners to influence the size,
composition, equity, efficiency, and effectiveness of health spending at
the national and sub-national levels.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Summary of key functions/accountabilities:
- Data-driven health financing and spending
- Improving the use of health sector public financial resources
- Advocacy, networking, and partnership building
- Innovation,
knowledge management, and capacity building Data-driven health
financing and spending Prepare timely economic analysis of expenditure
on PHC to inform the national dialogue on efficient and effective health
spending. - Undertake selected health sector budget analysis to
inform UNICEF’s advocacy and technical engagement with the Ministry of
Health, the Ministry of Finance, the President’s Office for Finance and
Planning, the President’s Office for Regional Administration, and Local
Government to leverage and prioritize resources for sustainable PHC
services delivery. - Provide technical support in the design,
implementation, and monitoring of the Universal Health Insurance Scheme
and the Zanzibar Health Services Fund in collaboration with other key
development partners (e.g., WHO, GAVI, Global Fund, the World Bank, the
Global Financing Facilities, International Monetary Fund, Health Basket
Fund partners). Improve the use of health sector public financial
resources Provide technical assistance to Ministries of Health Tanzania
mainland and Zanzibar in designing the purchasing arrangements and
pooling resources under the Universal Health Insurance scheme and the
Zanzibar Health Insurance Fund. - Provide technical guidance
around key PFM reforms in the health sector (e.g. streamlining funding
for PHC and community health services) and establish a system linking
expenditure with outcomes using routine data systems and monitoring
spending inequities. - Work with sector colleagues to build
capacity to undertake costing and cost-effectiveness analysis on
priority interventions to help inform policy decisions on child-focused
investments. - Advocate for introducing and earmarking health
takes, realise efficiencies, and identify other innovative health
financing mechanisms. Improve the use of health sector public financial
resources Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with
health sector government counterparts, national stakeholders, as well as
global partners, allies, donors, and academia for active networking,
advocacy, and effective communication to improve health planning,
budgeting and financial flows to the sub-national level. - Prepare
communication and information materials to promote awareness, establish
partnerships/alliances, and support national efforts on fundraising for
health programmes (PHC, UHC and HSS). - Participate and/or
represent UNICEF in all Health Basket Fund meetings, relevant
inter-agency discussions, and planning on health-related issues to
collaborate with inter-agency partners/colleagues on PFM in the health
sector-related discussions. - Drive the compelling use of finance
data and evidence in advocacy materials and campaigns, including
designing visually attractive infographics and data analysis on health
planning, budgeting, and expenditures. - Collaborate with WHO,
World Bank, other UN agencies, and implementing partners to provide
country-level technical assistance on public financing, focusing on
conducting the mid-term review of the Health Basket Fund and developing
the new Memorandum of Understanding. - Lead on the
institutionalisation of the annual health policy review as part of the
budgeting process, and relevant institutional budgetary review (e.g. for
climate and nutrition) - Advocate, during strategic discussions
with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance, the President’s
Office for Finance and Planning, the President’s Office for Regional
Administration, and Local Government. Innovation, knowledge management,
and capacity building Review other countries experiences around priority
topics (e.g., GAVI transition, financing health emergencies
preparedness and response). - Document and disseminate lessons
learned from national efforts in strengthening health systems and
expanding health coverage for UHC with a focus on PHC and routine
immunization, and to improve partnerships for sustainable health systems
strengthening. - Provide technical leadership and coordination of
relevant operational research around costing and funding specific
health interventions and programmes, thus contributing to the knowledge
base in health systems. - Disseminate relevant research findings, publications, presentations, and reports.
- Develop and conduct capacity-building activities on health financing for UNICEF staff and government officials.
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To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Minimum requirements:
Education:Â
- An
advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in health economics,
health financing, public financial management, or a closely related
field is required.
Work Experience:Â
- At
least 5 years of relevant professional experience in a public finance
or economic development role within the national/international health
sector.
Skills:
- Preference
will be given to candidates having demonstrated knowledge of and
professional experience in at least two of these areas: public
financing, economic analysis, health financing, and advocacy.
Language Requirements:Â
- Fluency in English is required. Fluency in Swahili is a strong asset.
Desirables:
- Experience working in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa is considered an asset.
- Relevant
experience in a UN system agency or organization, or a global health
initiative (TGF, GAVI, GFF) or development bank is considered an asset.
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
To view our competency framework, please visit  here.
 UNICEF
is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global
workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone,
irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity,
sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background,
or any other personal characteristic.
UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation
for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may
include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for
missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your
disability during your application in case you need reasonable
accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your
assignment.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that
is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and
UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment,
abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict
child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected
to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo
rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include
the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history.
Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to
conduct a background check.
Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
Individuals
engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be
considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the
United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be
entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and
medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be
governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for
the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and
individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax
liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in
accordance with local or other applicable laws.
The selected
candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and
health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are
valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are
subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine,
which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply
to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or
visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly
interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform
functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.
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Advertised: 28 Oct 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 10 Nov 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
