Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant
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UNICEF is hiring a Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant to lead technical support on digital health financing and investment advisory across the programme. The role involves mapping financing windows, preparing analysis and briefs, and contributing investment cases for Ministries of Health, Finance and lenders in participating countries. The assignment is based in Nairobi and requires periodic face-to-face engagement in Panama with substantial overlap with Latin America and Caribbean working hours; Spanish fluency is required.
- Consultancy role with UNICEF focused on digital health financing and investment advisory
- Requires Master's in health economics, financing, public policy or related field
- At least 8 years experience in health financing or development finance in low- and middle-income countries
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UNICEF is hiring a Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant to lead technical support on digital health financing and investment advisory across the programme. The role involves mapping financing windows, preparing analysis and briefs, and contributing investment cases for Ministries of Health, Finance and lenders in participating countries. The assignment is based in Nairobi and requires periodic face-to-face engagement in Panama with substantial overlap with Latin America and Caribbean working hours; Spanish fluency is required.
- Consultancy role with UNICEF focused on digital health financing and investment advisory
- Requires Master's in health economics, financing, public policy or related field
- At least 8 years experience in health financing or development finance in low- and middle-income countries
- Minimum 5 years working with or within the World Bank or regional development banks
- Nairobi-based with periodic travel to Panama and Latin America/Caribbean working-hour overlap
- Spanish fluency is required
- Deadline: 11 Nov 2026
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Digital Health Financing and Investment Consultant
Job Type: Full Time
Qualifications
- BA/BSc/HND
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- MBA/MSc/MA
Experience
8 years
Location: Nairobi
Job Field: Consultancy
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Finance / Accounting / Audit
The consultant will lead technical support to the digital health financing and investment advisory support across the programme. This includes mapping and tracking the financing windows open to participating countries, preparing analysis and briefs that position digital health within IFI operations and national budget cycles, and contributing investment cases that Ministries of Health, Ministries of Finance and lenders can use. The consultant will work closely with the UNICEF Health Economics and Financing (HEF) team, Health Section colleagues in the COEs, and with IFI teams whose operations cover the participating countries. The assignment requires periodic face-to-face engagement in Panama and working hours that overlap substantially with Latin America and the Caribbean. Fluency in Spanish is required.
Minimum requirements:
Education:
Master’ in Health economics, health financing, economics, public policy, public health, international development or a related field.
A first-level university degree with two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in place of an advanced degree.
At least eight years of progressively responsible experience in health financing, health sector investment planning or development finance in low- and middle-income countries, including at least five years working with or within the World Bank or regional development banks on health sector operations (preparation, appraisal or financing instrument design), and a record of producing costed investment cases, financing strategies or national health or digital health roadmaps for governments.
Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of IFI operation cycles and financing instruments, national budget processes and public financial management.
Knowledge of IFI operation cycles and financing instruments, national budget processes and public financial management.
Working knowledge of how digital health investment is costed and planned, including familiarity with the WHO Digital Implementation Investment Guide, the World Bank Digital Health Blueprint Toolkit and/or comparable approaches.
Ability to translate digital health architecture and system requirements into investment costing and financing language for non-technical audiences.
Ability to write concise analytical products for Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Health and IFI task teams.
Ability to work across several countries and time zones with limited supervision.
Language Requirements:
Fluency in English and Spanish is required. Spanish is a screening requirement, and candidates without it are not evaluated further. French is an advantage.
Desirables:
Experience in one or more regions of the participating countries.
Experience supporting health sector investment planning or IFI engagement in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Experience with Gavi or other global health financing windows.
Experience designing multi-country or pooled financing arrangements, including for regional public goods.
Experience with UN agencies.
Deadline:
11 Nov 2026
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