\\n Specialist, Health Finance and Payment for Results- GL D - Defined Duration until December 2025 - Spanish desirable (Reposted)

Reporting to , Senior Specialist Health Finance the Specialist, Health Finance and Payment for Results (PfR), will drive successful delivery of the Health Finance and Blended Finance strategic approaches, with the focus on PfR as one of the potential grant modalities, of the Health Finance Department, in close collaboration with, Head of Health Finance, Grant Management, Finance Division, Private Sector and Technical teams (e.g. Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Sealth (RSSH), Disease Teams, Community, Rights and Gender (CRG), etc.), Risk team, as well as Portfolio Support, and Sustainability, Transition and Co-financing (STC) within the Health Finance Department.

Under the new Global Fund strategy 2023-2028 there is even stronger focus on the accelerating impact through the lens of Value for Money (VfM) and to improve sustainability of investments through enhanced country ownership and alignment with local systems. In addition, the Global Fund is considering new funding approaches for focused portfolios which will promote the use of innovative mechanisms like PfR as a grant disbursement modality as part of the next funding cycle. Health Finance Department of the Global Fund is leading on increasing more money for health and more health for money, by using innovative approaches like PfRto achieve the objectives of the Global Fund Strategy. The Specialist, will support the overall health financing agenda in certain portfolios with a focus on PfR in alignment with Global Fund and external partner programmatic priorities and macroeconomic realities. They will coordinate and support the identification, prioritization and development of potential opportunities, and overseeing the design, quality assurance and implementation of the projects related to new modalities under consideration like PfR. In this process, they will support the, Senior Specialist, Health Finance, in enhancing volume, quality, strategic focus and Value for Money (reduced transaction cost) of suchprojects. They will drive the Payment for Results/Results Based Financing agenda of the GF in the context of Blended Finance and work closely with Grant Management Division (GMD) and external partners to realise the PfR potential.

Working under the supervision of theSenior Specialist , Health Finance and working closely with Health Finance and with other stakeholders in the Health Finance Department, the Specialist, Health Finance and Payment for Results coordinates and provides technical support and advice to specific Global Fund country teams/countries, and other Secretariat departments / teams in order to strengthen domestic financing, sustainability, and value for money of Global Fund supported programs. The Specialist,Health Finance and Payment for Results plays a key role in the implementation of the health financing, VfM, and STC aspects of the 2023-2028 Global Fund strategy as well as the Global Fund\\xe2\\x80\\x99s co-financing approaches (including supporting country teams to develop, negotiate, track and monitor co-financing and domestic commitments), and serves as a focal point within the Health Finance Department for specific Grant Management regional teams to maintain strong cross-departmental coordination

With an ability to resolve complex issues, they will develop blended solutions to ill-defined problems with unclear or insufficient information. They will be expected to maintain high standards of professionalism, while contributing to strengthening collaboration and effective communication between health and blended finance stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Working closely with Senior Specialist, Health Finance, Grant Management, Private Sector and Technical teams (e.g. RSSH, Disease Teams, CRG, Risk etc.) as well as the and other Health Financing Specialists, the Specialist, Health Finance and Payment for Results will be responsible for:

• Appling hands-on experience and deep technical knowledge to shape with internal and external stakeholders new modalities like PfR projects, especially in core and focused portfolios;
• Delivering the tasks assigned to the Health Finance Department in the official documents in relation to modalities like PfR;
• Supporting the Partnership agenda of the Health Finance department;
• Working closely with the Health Finance Risk Specialist to ensure alignment with IRM;
• Supporting the implementing of a defined regional priorities for technical support for country teams in collaboration with the Grant Management Division (including Regional Managers, Department Heads, Fund Portfolio Managers, and Country Teams and relevant specialists); as one of the primary technical stakeholders within the Health Finance Department for a specific regional portfolio
• Serving as a key Health Finance focal point for specific Global Fund regional teams, including maintaining strong coordination with other Health Finance stakeholders on behalf of regional teams, linking regional teams to resources available within the Health Finance Department, and strengthening linkages with other teams working on comparable thematic areas (ie, CRG, RSSH, Technical Advice and Partnerships Department (TAP), Finance, etc);
• Providing high-quality technical support and advice to regional and country teams, including on specific Health Finance and STC technical areas relevant for the individual region (ie, Health economics, sustainability & transition, costing/efficiency analysis, budget structures, innovative financing tools, with focus on PfR, social contracting, health taxes, intervention verification, insurance schemes incl. risk pooling & user fees, debt swaps, resource tracking, fiscal decentralization, etc);
• Collaborating closely with other teams in Health Finance Department, and with specific focal points from other SIID technical teams to provide high quality and streamlined support for Global Fund country teams and countries;
• Providing technical support for co-financing processes and technical support for the development of Global Fund grants in a specific regional portfolio, including supporting country dialogue, review of Funding Requests, grant-making, grant-approval processes and other aspects of Global Fund grants linked to Health Finance, STC, and Value for Money. Where relevant, takes a lead role in completing relevant documentation for grant approval processes linked to STC / Health Financing, including Secretariat Brieifing Notes (SBNs), Grant Approval Committee (GAC) approval documents, etc;
• Leading on development/updating of streamlined approaches on innovative finance e.g.e, PfR
• Advising on the appropriate payment mechanisms costing, value for money, design, quality assurance and monitoring/evaluation of innovative projects like PfR;
• Documenting lessons learnt and developing communication and briefs on traditional and innovative financing projects;
• Supporting technical assistance on PfR projects and their design, working closely with the Health Finance Specialists in the Health Finance Department and Country Teams;
• Inputing into the technical design and quality assurance of the development and implementation of evaluations of the PfR projects.
• Leading on synthesizing and communicating PfR messages across the Secretariat;
• Working with stakeholders to ensure Health Finance engagement through Idea, Concept, Design, and Approval stages of PfR project development;
• Conducting routine monitoring of the projects to inform improvements to processes, policies, and ways of working;
• Leading the analysis, presentation, and interpretation of complex information to technical and non-technical stakeholders whilst maintaining the integrity and substance of the subject; Coordinating timely input from specific teams to provide the required information/data in order to develop reports/committee papers required on blended finance for Management Executive Committee (MEC) and governance bodies, in collabortion with the Strategic Advice and Project Management Office (PMO). The Specialist will also perform people management responsibilities.

Subject to change by the Executive Director at any time at their sole discretion.

Qualifications

Essential:

• Advanced university (MSc equivalent) degree in economics, finance, development or other relevant discipline.

Desirable:

• PhD in development economics or related discipline with strong applied focus

Experience

Essential:

• Strong experience in or related to health financing, expenditure tracking, public financing, sustainability and transition, development finance, health financing reforms or related technical fields
• Demonstrated experience supporting implementation of development financing in the global health and/or the development fields
• Demonstrated experience providing high-quality technical support to stakeholders supporting the implementation of development or development finance initiatives, preferably within the Global Health space.
• Understanding of the Global Fund business model, or grant management models more broadly.
• Experience working in an advisory capacity and have developed credibility and trust with leaders whilst taking ownership for delivery of key reports, findings, and initiatives.
• Strong evidence of successfully leading projects which highlight their project management skills and capabilities.
• The ability to flexibly and effectively adapt between operational implementation and strategic thinking.
• Ability to manage multiple complex stakeholders and multiple reporting lines with flexibility, resilience and well-developed emotional intelligence.
• Business development experience including valuing returns on investment.
• Experience working within multi-cultural & international environments/organisations.

Desirable:

• Will have held positions of incremental responsibility and will have 4-6 years post graduate working experience.
• Working/Living within developing countries supported by the Global Fund.
• Over 2 years of people management experience.

Competencies

Languages:

An excellent knowledge of English and preferably a good working knowledge of Spanish.. Knowledge of other would be an asset.

Organizational Competencies:

• Global Fund awareness and mind-set \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Level 2
• Service orientation \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Level 2
• Drive for results \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Level 2
• Collaboration \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Level 2
• Interaction \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Level 2
• Adaptability \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Level 2

Functional Competencies:

• Project Management -Expert
• Strengthening Systems for Health \\xe2\\x80\\x93 Mastery
• Business -Expert
• Analytical -Expert
• Finance -Mastery
• Due diligence -Mastery

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