Health Financing Advisor

Job Description

Title: Health Financing Advisor

Company Name: Options Consultancy Services Ltd

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Dhaka

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ At least a Master's Degree in public health, health economics, health management or a related field.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide technical support to government for increased allocation and more efficient spending on SRH and Family Planning (FP) in Bangladesh
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∎ Build effective relationships with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), and other relevant authorities at national and local level;
∎ Develop a technical assistance plan to support health authorities increase domestic investments in SRH/FP;
∎ Carry out budget tracking and analysis exercises in close collaboration with relevant government counterparts and facilitate validation of the results with selected stakeholders;
∎ Work with relevant government counterparts to analyse, interpret and present health budget data and support its use for decision-making;
∎ Support the MoHFW effectively negotiate with the Ministry of Finance to secure increased investments in SRH/FP;
∎ Assist relevant health authorities to make better use of domestic resources for SRH/FP, for example by prioritising budgetary allocation to high impact interventions, and/or strengthening budget holders' capacity to fully execute their resource envelope;
∎ Undertake a market analysis of essential SRH/FP commodities to support forecasting and budgeting processes;
∎ Support interventions to strengthen the use of facility level and other monitoring data during planning and budgeting processes;
∎ Support the MoHFW to leverage other financing mechanisms (such as the Global Financing Facility (GFF)) to increase available resources for SRH/FP.
∎ Build effective partnerships with actors engaged in budget advocacy for SRHR in Bangladesh
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∎ Maintain relationships with key stakeholders engaged in budget tracking and advocacy, including WISH consortium partners;
∎ Build capacity of civil society organisations to understand and use budget data and effectively engage in the budgeting cycle.
∎ Support the Evidence and Accountability Advisor to ensure effective use of data to hold government accountable for SRH/FP outcomes
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∎ Support the development of specific messages and materials for promotion of increased domestic financing for family planning;
∎ Support the packaging and use of data from global and regional initiatives such as Track 20, PMA2020, FP2020, Advance Family Planning (AFP) to reinforce national ownership.
∎ Report on progress towards domestic financing for SRHR/FP through the consortium monitoring, evaluation and learning system
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∎ Contribute to the development of logframe indicators relating to domestic financing for Bangladesh;
∎ Collect baseline data and milestones for these indicators during the inception period;
∎ Ensure the achievement of the KPIs relating to domestic financing for Bangladesh and ensure the availability of evidence required as proof of this achievement;
∎ Ensure learnings relating to health financing are documented and communicated to other WISH Lot 2 country teams, Options TD and Regional Financing Lead.
∎ Identify need for short term technical assistance and coordinate of their inputs
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∎ In consultation with the Regional Health Financing Lead, support identification and coordination of short term technical assistance to achieve domestic financing goals and results
∎ Contribute to the broader national ownership output in Bangladesh
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∎ Contribute to a country engagement strategy on national ownership with measurable and attributable sustainability indicators;
∎ Feed into the design and implementation of the political economy analysis (PEA) framework, particularly in relation to domestic financing
∎ Support the development and implementation of a WISH transition plan for Bangladesh.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least ten years' work experience in a highly competitive and busy work environment, with significant experience in the provision of technical assistance for health;
∎ Solid understanding of the health sector, including the relationship between national and sub-national levels;
∎ A solid understanding of Public Financial Management (PFM) including annual budget cycles, Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs) and the principles of transparency and accountability, particularly health budget tracking and advocacy;
∎ Strong analytical skills with experience in analysing and interpreting annual budgets, particularly health budget tracking and advocacy;
∎ Considerable experience in leading the delivery of donor-funded programmes, particularly those funded by DFID.
∎ Excellent time management and organisational skills;
∎ Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience interacting with government officials, development partners, civil society and other health sector stakeholders;
∎ Excellent influencing skills, with an ability to identify and act on opportunities to build buy-in and support among decision-makers;
∎ Strong written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrable ability to present complex financial concepts in easy to understand language for a range of audiences;
∎ Sound monitoring evaluation skills, including the design and delivery of logical frameworks;
∎ Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
∎ Commitment to equal opportunities;
∎ Fluency in written and spoken English;
∎ Fluency in written and spoken French.

Application Deadline: July 19, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Options Consultancy Services Ltd

Category: NGO/Development