POSITION SUMMARY

The Financing Alliance for Health is seeking a highly skilled, multi-functional, and entrepreneurial leader with a passion for global health to serve as Health Financing Manager for the Francophone FAH portfolio countries in Africa.

The Health Financing Manager – Francophone will play a pivotal role in providing leadership, strategic oversight, and technical expertise in the implementation of FAH initiatives and supervision of embedded capacities across the Francophone FAH portfolio countries

The position will involve close collaboration with Ministries of Health in Senegal and the Central African Republic to strengthen health systems with a focus on Primary Health Care Programming and Financing, and SRMNCAH advancements.

Key roles and responsibilities

•  Leadership and Supervision: Offer strategic guidance and oversight to the implementation of FAH country initiatives. Provide leadership and supervision to Health Financing Technical Advisors embedded and working within Ministries of Health.
• Technical Expertise: Ensure the delivery of high-quality technical support to the portfolio governments while providing on-site implementation support.
• Project Implementation and Coordination: Ensure the seamless execution of FAH in-country projects and lead collaboration efforts with relevant stakeholders and ministries.
• Oversee the coordination of activities to guarantee the alignment of project implementation with funding and organizational goals and objectives.
•  Monitoring and Evaluation: Ensure the continuous monitoring of project activities, assessing progress, and implementing corrective measures as needed to achieve project objectives.
• Health Financing Initiatives: Contribute to the design and implementation of health financing mechanisms, strategies, and reforms for primary health care programming.
• Resource mobilization: Lead efforts to mobilize resources for primary healthcare, both domestic and external resources. This includes identifying potential funding sources and providing guidance on resource mobilization, allocation, and utilization to maximize program impact.
• Stakeholder coordination: Lead coordination efforts between MoH and other health actors and stakeholders (government agencies, donor agencies, civil society, private sector among others) to ensure alignment and synergy in programming and financing efforts for primary healthcare.
• Cross-Country Learnings: Facilitate cross-country learning initiatives across FAH portfolio countries, ensuring knowledge exchange and best practice sharing.
• Policy Advocacy and Impact Assessment: Spearhead policy advocacy endeavors to champion evidence-based health financing policies and reforms conducive to primary healthcare. Engage with policymakers actively, leveraging evidence to influence decision-making processes in favor of advancing primary healthcare initiatives.

Qualifications:

• A master’s degree in economics, Public Health, Health Economics, Policy and Planning, or a related field
• At least 12 years of relevant experience in health financing, health economics, policy and planning, and project management. Experience in program management is essential.
• Demonstrable experience in managing teams and working with multiple Ministries of Health, particularly in Africa.
• Strong understanding of primary health systems, with an emphasis on public health and SRMNCAH programming.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to generate innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships and work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively and independently with multiple stakeholders including governments, funders, philanthropy, and the private sector.
• Excellent problem-solving, strategic thinking, and analytical skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with fluency in English and French.

Compensation
This position offers a competitive compensation package linked to the background and experience of the candidate.

Timing
Applications are accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis.