International Consultant - Health Financing
Result of Service
The consultant will support ECA's work on health financing, innovative finance, capital market development and domestic resource mobilization for health through policy analysis, technical advice, knowledge generation and stakeholder engagement. The assignment will contribute to strengthening African member States' capacity to mobilize sustainable financing for health, leverage domestic and international resources, develop investment-ready health projects, and identify and structure innovative financing solutions for priority health investments.
Work Location
Addis Ababa
Expected duration
12 months
Duties and Responsibilities
The Macroeconomics and Governance Division (MGD) is headed by a Director and reports to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme). The Division is responsible for supporting African member States in their efforts to accelerate economic transformation and inclusive growth through effective development planning, improved macroeconomic management and economic governance as well as better mobilization and allocation of domestic and international public finance. It is divided into three main sections: Macroeconomic Analysis, Institutions & Economic Governance Section (MIGS) , Sustainable Development and Integrated Planning Section (SDIPS), Economic Governance and Public Finance Section (EGPFS), and Finance and Domestic Resource Mobilization Section (FDRMS). Duties and Responsibilities: Under the overall guidance of the Director and the direct supervision of the Chief of the Finance and Domestic Resource Mobilization Section, the consultant will support the Division's work on Health Financing through the following tasks: Economic and Sector Analysis • Develop analytical databases, policy research, and knowledge products on health financing, financing gaps, investment opportunities and related issues across Africa. • Assess innovative financing instruments and mechanisms to support health financing, including debt-for-health conversions, blended finance mechanisms, results-based financing, guarantees, risk-sharing facilities, social and thematic bonds, diaspora finance and other relevant financing instruments. • Undertake analysis of African capital markets and their role in mobilizing long-term financing for health investments. • Analyze policy, regulatory, fiscal and institutional frameworks required to mobilize domestic, institutional and private capital for health. • Assess opportunities for strengthening domestic resource mobilization and leveraging institutional investors for sustainable health financing. • Undertake analysis to support health investment readiness and transaction preparation, including the identification, screening and development of priority health investments suitable for public, private, institutional and catalytic financing. • Assess financing and investment risks and relevant de-risking approaches for health investments, including guarantees, concessional finance, results-based payments and other risk-sharing mechanisms. • Develop analytical inputs and policy recommendations to inform ECA's work on health financing and support member States in strengthening sustainable financing for health. • Monitor regional and global policy developments on health financing, innovative finance, sustainable finance and related financing mechanisms. Intergovernmental Support • Prepare analytical inputs for the preparation and participation in health financing, development finance and domestic resource mobilization related events and meetings. • Follow relevant meetings and processes on health financing, development finance and domestic resource mobilization and prepare summary reports. • Draft inputs to statements, speeches and presentations for ECA senior leadership on health financing, innovative finance, domestic resource mobilization and related financing issues. • Support consultations with African member States, development finance institutions, regional organizations, development partners, institutional investors, private-sector actors and other stakeholders on health financing and other areas of the Section's work. • Assist in the organization of panels, round tables, expert group meetings, policy dialogues, peer-learning activities, side events and high-level forums on health financing, development finance, domestic resource mobilization and other thematic areas related to the work of the Section. Technical Cooperation • Participate in missions and provide substantive support to ECA leadership on health financing, innovative finance and health investment initiatives. • Support the design and implementation of technical cooperation projects related to sustainable health financing. • Contribute to initiatives aimed at improving African countries' access to finance for health and mobilizing domestic and international resources for health investment. • Support technical work on the development and structuring of financing solutions for health, including domestic resource mobilization, institutional capital, innovative finance, blended finance and private-sector financing. • Support ECA's analytical and technical assistance work on health investment readiness, project and transaction preparation, innovative financing mechanisms, de-risking approaches and sustainable health financing for member States. General • Perform other related duties as required in support of ECA's health financing and sustainable finance work programme. • Undertake on-the-job and other training activities, both internally and externally. • Collect and analyse data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting. Outputs / Work Assignment The consultant will be expected to deliver the following outputs: • Technical analyses and policy inputs on health financing, innovative finance, domestic resource mobilization, institutional capital and capital market development to inform ECA's health financing work programme. • Policy briefs, background papers, concept notes and analytical reports on key issues related to health financing, innovative financing mechanisms, health investment readiness and access to finance for health in Africa. • Technical inputs and analytical support for country-specific health financing activities, including health investment readiness, transaction preparation, financing instrument design and technical cooperation initiatives. • Policy recommendations and advisory notes on innovative financing mechanisms for health; domestic resource mobilization; institutional investor participation; capital market financing; health investment readiness; debt-for-health conversions; blended finance; de-risking mechanisms; and other approaches to mobilizing sustainable financing for health. • Briefing materials, talking points, speeches and presentations for ECA senior management's participation in health financing related meetings, forums and high-level engagements. • Meeting reports and summary notes from consultations, expert group meetings, policy dialogues, peer-learning activities, roundtables and other relevant forums. • Data analysis products and visualization materials, including databases, dashboards, graphs, charts and presentations to support evidence-based policymaking and reporting.
Qualifications/special skills
Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in economics, finance, health economics, public policy or related areas is required. A first-level university degree in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the master's degree. • A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in economic research and analysis, policy formulation, development finance, health financing, public finance or related areas is required. • Two years or more of experience in data analytics or related areas is desirable. • Experience in Africa or on African-related issues is desirable. • Experience in multi-lateral/intergovernmental processes is desirable • Experience in financing for sustainable development in the regional and or global level is desirable. • Experience in technical cooperation and engagement with governments, development finance institutions and/or development partners is desirable .
Languages
English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For this consultancy position fluency in English (both oral and written) is required; knowledge of the other is desirable. Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage.
Additional Information
Not available.
No Fee
THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.