Consultancy to provide a costing and investment analysis for the Boma Health Initiative

Job Description

Location: South Sudan

Technical Focus Areas: Costing & Investment Analysis / Community Health / MNCH / HMIS

Duration: 3 months

Deadline for Applications: 11^th May, 2017

Description of Role

The purpose and objective of the assignment is to complete the costing and investment case development for the Boma Health Initiative (BHI) as well to finalize the community data collection tools. It is hoped that the outputs of this consultancy will make a compelling argument for investing resources in the BHI and persuade key stakeholders and donors of the public health benefits of the BHI. The results will include a comprehensive analysis of the total program costs, required financing, and funding gaps, and finalized community data collection tools linked to HMIS, which will support the government of South Sudan for scale-up of the national Boma Health Initiative.

Qualifications:

• Post-graduate qualification or advanced study in public health, Health systems, health economics, health policy and management or other relevant field of expertise.

Professional Experience:

• At least five years of proven work experience at national and international levels in planning and costing of community health or child health programs in developing countries
• At least five years proven work experience with health systems and/or Community Health programs in low and middle-income countries, including health management information systems.
• Excellent communication, oral and written, skills
• Demonstrated ability to produce high quality evaluation and/or analytical reports
• Good team player with ability to work independently and under considerably tight deadlines with a creative thinking, drive for results and strong commitments.
• Good inter-personal relationship even in adverse work environment.
• Work experience in South Sudan, or similar contexts, is an added advantage
• Fluency in English required.

Please send:

• Cover letter
• Tailored CV (no more than 3 pages) highlighting key competencies to match the areas of experience above,
• Daily fee rate expectations (in GBP),
• Reference details to bdrecruitment@healthpartners-int.co.uk.

About the Organization

Health Partners International (HPI) is a partnership that specialises in systems, governance and community engagement working in low and middle income countries. We provide policy and strategy advisory support, technical and programme management services in priority health areas focusing on reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH), malaria and other communicable diseases, and nutrition. We have a long track record of successful collaboration with the public and private sectors, civil society and communities, supporting their efforts to achieve equitable gains in health and development. As we move forward in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, we are developing increasingly integrated and multi-sectoral approaches that take account of the complex nature of our world with its unacceptable levels of inequality, the growing burden of non-communicable disease and the current enormous challenge of migration from areas of conflict, instability and fragility.

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