E T Consultant Senior Health Specialist
About The Position
The World Bank’s Global Financing Facility (GFF) Secretariat is seeking a Senior Health Specialist to support its work advancing health outcomes for women, children, and adolescents. The GFF partners with 37 low- and lower-middle-income countries, providing catalytic financing and technical assistance to help governments develop and implement prioritized national health plans. Its work focuses on evidence-driven investments, stronger primary health care systems, and sustainable domestic and external financing. The role will support the operationalization of the S-CAP program, including supply chain, public financial management, and health financing activities, and lead delivery of S-CAP investments in East and Southern Africa. The specialist will also contribute to the GFF’s performance management work, coordinate learning activities for the GFF Country Coordinator Implementation Lab, and support implementation of country operations. The position involves collaboration with World Bank teams, governments, co-financiers, technical partners, and GFF colleagues.
Requirements
- At least a master's degree in Public Health, International Development, Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in global health, health systems strengthening, health financing, and results-based management in international settings.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Demonstrated ability to manage high-level external relationships and partner delegations with professionalism, tact, and diplomatic skill.
- Strong analytical writing skills and the ability to prepare briefings, strategic documents, and communications for diverse audiences.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams independently, work under time pressure, and operate effectively in a matrixed organizational environment.
- Ability to work sensitively in multicultural environments and demonstrated commitment to high standards of professional integrity.
- Applicants must be WBG or IMF staff, including short-term and extended-term consultants or temporaries; external candidates are not eligible for consideration.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in or related to fragile and conflict-affected settings.
- Experience with performance management frameworks, monitoring systems, or results-based management in a development program or trust fund context.
- Experience working on World Bank operations in the Africa region.
- Experience leveraging World Bank financing to resolve RMNCAH-N commodity bottlenecks.
- Knowledge of World Bank operational policies and procedures, including project preparation, supervision, and trust fund management.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate inputs across GFF workstreams to operationalize the S-CAP program and translate strategic priorities into grants and agreements.
- Lead delivery of S-CAP investments in East and Southern Africa, including support for product list development, supply planning, quality procurement, expenditure verification, and grant implementation.
- Engage regional ecosystem partners to help World Bank teams understand financing mechanisms for commodity financing transitions and reduce complexity for clients.
- Advise GFF Country Coordinators and Country Team Leaders on S-CAP RETF and BETF support modalities.
- Support or lead assigned components of the GFF Performance Management work program.
- Contribute to development and implementation of the overall performance management workplan in coordination with Workstream Leads and the GFF Manager.
- Support progress-monitoring initiatives to assess milestones, identify bottlenecks, and propose practical solutions for timely delivery.
- Coordinate drafting of scopes of work, terms of reference, and reporting frameworks related to performance management, as needed.
- Support the Country Operations team in designing and developing curriculum for the monthly GFF Country Coordinator Implementation Lab.
- Develop Implementation Lab session content and materials, including case studies, discussion guides, presentations, and short briefs.
- Work with GFF Country Coordinators to identify, document, and communicate results, lessons, and innovations from country work.
- Help Country Coordinators prepare and deliver presentations and peer-learning sessions.
- Capture and synthesize insights from Lab sessions into short products for use across the GFF Secretariat and partners.
- Serve as a Task Team Member on the country operations portfolio and support implementation of ongoing World Bank operations as needed.
- Support GFF country team leaders in securing GFF grant financing for co-financing investments in primary health care, digital health, and strategic health purchasing.
- Engage government counterparts, co-financiers, and technical partners to coordinate the portfolio and deliver project milestones on time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
