Organisation: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Job Summary: The Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from UNICEF, is seeking to complete the development of the Community Health Investment Case—an important initiative that was previously initiated with financial support from USAID under the Uganda Health Systems Strengthening Project. While significant progress had been made, the process was left incomplete following the project’s closure. The investment case is intended to provide a compelling justification for sustainable financing of community health in Uganda, presenting multiple investment scenarios to inform programming and resource allocation. It will outline the benefits and long-term impact of investing in community health and serve as a tool for MoH and other government bodies to make evidence-based decisions. In response to MoH’s request, UNICEF will support the identification and deployment of a consultant with the requisite expertise in health economics to work closely with the Department of Community Health, and the Community Health Technical Working Group (TWG) to complete this important piece of upstream work. Finalizing the investment case is critical to ensuring that past achievements are sustained and that future investments are strategically targeted to improve health outcomes for communities across Uganda.
Objective:
Finalize the development of a comprehensive community health investment case that takes into consideration the national and global developments in community health.
Outputs:
- Update the existing analysis of financial needs and gaps for community health programming, including a bottleneck analysis to identify barriers to increased financing for the community health program.
- Conduct a fiscal space analysis and identify key opportunities for health financing to strengthen the community health system in Uganda.
- Develop at a minimum two costed scenarios for long-term financial sustainability of the community health program.
- The consultant will collaborate with the Community Health Systems Expert who has been leading this assignment with prior support from USAID, as well as with Health Financing Specialists from the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and other partners involved in community health programming.
The consultant through the supervisor will
- Liaise with MoH and key stakeholders,
- Provide the minutes of any meetings,
- Discuss the outputs and outcomes with relevant MoH TWG members.
- The Community Health Department of the Ministry of Health will be the counterpart, and the consultant will work closely with the focal point from this department in the execution of this assignment:
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop an inception report with a detailed implementation workplan outlining methodology, timelines and key activities.
- Update and refine at least 2 costing scenarios(following a comprehensive review of the current draft Community Health Investment Case, incorporating an in-depth analysis of financing dynamics within the context of a contracting funding environment) for integrated community health interventions in rural and urban areas. Apply economic modeling to propose an affordable CHW remuneration package and conduct a 10-year financing needs and gap analysis. Develop national financial projections and propose innovative financing mechanisms to ensure sustainability.
- Incorporate feedback to produce a revised (second) draft of the Investment Case. Present the draft to HPAC for review and prepare materials for internal dissemination across MoH line departments. Facilitate the presentation of the revised draft to MoH senior management upon HPAC approval.
- Produce the final version of the Community Health Investment Case, incorporating all validated inputs. Ensure the document is ready for typesetting and design, including a compelling narrative, updated costing and financing scenarios, and a clear implementation roadmap.
Deliverables
- An inception report including a detailed implementation workplan outlining, methodology, timelines and key activities.
- Two refined costing scenarios for rural and urban community health interventions, including an economic model for an affordable CHW remuneration package, a 10-year financing needs and gap analysis, national financial projections, and proposed innovative financing mechanisms.
- Revised second draft of the Community Health Investment Case incorporating stakeholder feedback, presented to HPAC for review, with supporting dissemination materials prepared for MoH line departments and senior management engagement.
- Final version of the Community Health Investment Case (including a power point slide deck and infographics), incorporating all validated inputs, with a compelling narrative, updated costing and financing scenarios, and a clear implementation roadmap, ready for typesetting and design.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
- Education background: Advanced university degree in health economics, public health, or health financing with extensive and progressive professional experience in design of health strategy/plans and financing reform.
Work-experience:
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional work experience at national and international level in analysis and/or research and/or communication/advocacy in health economics, public health, primary health care, digital health, emergency response, community health programming.
- Extensive experience producing timely and high-quality reports for UN systems.
- Experience working with international development organizations and/or government institutions is an asset.
- Technical knowledge
- Experience with developing community health program investment case, health sector strategy plan, costing and M&E plan in developing countries.
- Capacity of the consultant team to conduct the scope of work with similar complexity.
- Demonstrable experience producing similar documents.
- Data collection expertise including interview and focus group discussion with at least five years’ experience.
- Demonstrated successful experience in evidence-based publications, cost effective analysis, financial sustainability plans, policy briefs, strategies, guidelines, reports; etc.
- Demonstrated experience with analysis of complex data using advanced software and costing.
- Fluency in English with excellent writing, analytical, conceptual and communication skills.
- Knowledge of Uganda health system is an asset.
- Primary health care and Health System Strengthening
- For every Child, you demonstrate…
- UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants who wish to join United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) should apply online at the link below
Deadline: 7th July 2025
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