[Hiring] Health Financing Consultant @Health Systems Insight

Role Description

The African Union's Africa Leadership Meeting (ALM) agenda represents a significant continental commitment to strengthen health financing across Africa. As part of implementing this agenda, Health Systems Insight (HSI), with support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), is supporting preparations for National Health Financing Dialogues (NHFDs) across several African countries.

In Eswatini, HSI will develop a Health Financing Landscape Report to inform the National Health Financing Dialogue and the Ministry of Finance. The report will be structured around the four pillars of the African Union's ALM framework:

• More Money for Health
• More Health for the Money
• Equity and Financial Protection
• Leadership, Governance and Coordination

HSI's global technical team will provide the overall technical framework and structure for the Health Financing Landscape Report, technical guidance throughout the assignment, quality assurance, and overall project management. HSI seeks an Eswatini-based consultant to collect and synthesize relevant information, prepare the initial draft of the report, revise the report based on HSI's technical feedback, and design and conduct key informant interviews (KIIs) to validate findings and inform the final report. The consultant will also facilitate stakeholder engagement and coordination in support of the National Health Financing Dialogue.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (or higher) in Health Economics, Health Financing, Public Health, Health Policy, Business Administration, or another relevant discipline.
• Demonstrated experience working on health financing in Eswatini.
• Strong understanding of Eswatini's health financing system and current policy environment.
• Existing professional relationships with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, development partners, and other key health sector stakeholders.
• Experience conducting stakeholder consultations and qualitative interviews.
• Strong analytical, writing, and communication skills.
• Experience reviewing policy documents or contributing to health financing analyses.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Requirements

• Period of Performance: August – November 2026
• Level of Effort (LOE): 40 days

Benefits

• This consultancy is contingent upon the availability of funding and final project approval.
• Health Systems Insight (HSI) reserves the right to delay, modify, or cancel this consultancy if funding is not secured or project requirements change.