[Hiring] Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant @AGORA

Role Description

UNICEF is supporting a growing number of countries to develop costed digital health roadmaps and investment cases, creating demand for specialized technical expertise to help governments and partners translate strategic priorities into investment-ready, sustainable, and interoperable digital health programmes.

The consultancy strengthens country offices’ ability to position digital health within larger financing operations by providing time-bound analytical, financing, costing and investment planning support.

• Provide participating country offices with analysis, technical input, and coordination on digital health financing.
• Help UNICEF build credibility and working relationships with International Financial Institutions (IFIs).
• Lead technical support to digital health financing and investment advisory support across the programme.
• Map and track financing windows open to participating countries.
• Prepare analysis and briefs that position digital health within IFI operations and national budget cycles.
• Contribute investment cases for Ministries of Health, Ministries of Finance, and lenders.

Qualifications

• Master’s 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.

Requirements

• At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in health financing, health sector investment planning or development finance in low- and middle-income countries.
• At least five years working with or within the World Bank or regional development banks on health sector operations.
• Record of producing costed investment cases, financing strategies or national health or digital health roadmaps for governments.
• 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.
• 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.
• Fluency in English and Spanish is required; French is an advantage.

Benefits

• Diverse opportunities for professional and personal development.
• Attractive compensation and benefits package.