Multiple Consultancies, Health Financing in Togo, Congo, Burkina Faso, Benin

Multiple Consultancies: Health Financing

Company Overview:

Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved – and is committed to continuing to improve – economies, societies and most importantly, people’s lives.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

Project Background:

Palladium
is supporting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global
Fund), to assess and plan how Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, and Togo can
sustainably finance their responses in these priority disease programs.
Palladium will be providing technical support to government stakeholders and
the Global Fund to understand the current health financing context, identify
opportunities and challenges as well as priority areas for future action. This
will enable the countries to devise comprehensive and sustainable domestic
resource mobilization strategies for HIV, TB, and malaria. The outcome of this
activity will be a report outlining the current sources of financing for HIV,
TB and Malaria programs in these countries, potential for increased fiscal
space and key opportunities in the budget cycle process to increase budget
allocations and domestic expenditure in the three disease areas. Palladium
will also develop an accompanying advocacy brief validated by in-country
stakeholders with targeted recommendations for action.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Palladium will engage a national consultant (or consultants) based in
each country to lead the in-country data collection, stakeholder engagement and
validation effort. The consultant will report to the Palladium HQ country health
financing lead. The consultant’s period of performance will be July 2020 to
January 2021, but might vary due to country contexts.

Palladium is accepting applications to complete the scope of work outlined for Role 1 and/or Role 2 in each of the four countries. Please indicate in your cover letter which country you are applying to work in and whether you are applying for Role 1, Role 2, or both Roles 1 and 2. Please indicate the estimated level of effort in days that you propose to use in each country per Role. Selected candidates will be issued fixed-price contracts for each consultancy. This RFP in no way obligates Palladium to award a contract nor does it commit Palladium to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal.

Anticipated period of performance: July 2020 to January 2021

Locations: Porto-Novo, Benin / Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso/ Brazzaville, Congo/ Lome, Togo

GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK FOR BOTH ROLES 1 AND 2:

Document activities, deliverables, and results on a weekly basis, along with the relevant evidence, submitting activity and result reports to his/her supervisor
Communicate with HP+ on issues/delays affecting data collection and analysis
Attend meetings related to the project, as required by his/her supervisor and/or the Program Director
Observe all administrative and financial policies and procedures established by Palladium and the Global Fund

ROLE 1
– Management and Facilitation – Additional Scope of Work:

Review data needs and identify key informants (government officials and other stakeholders) that can validate health and health financing indicators and fill in all information gaps
Arrange and facilitate key informant interviews to validate data, map budget process, and identify key opportunities to influence allocation decisions
Arrange and facilitate validation workshop of
key stakeholders

ROLE 2
– Data Collection –
Additional Scope of Work:

Collect health, HIV, TB and malaria budget and expenditure from MOH funding channels, ensure the accuracy and completeness of data requested and collected, and synthesize data into an Excel database
Review MOH budget allocations and summarize by expenditure type (i.e. salaries, capital), disaggregated by funding source
Collect and summarize in Excel format health budget execution data by program area or expenditure type (i.e. salaries, capital, etc), if available
Map and draft short description of different MOH funding channels
Collect and concisely summarize additional key documents and indicators on central and regional government budgets and health, HIV, TB, and malaria financing, as requested
Conduct key informant interviews to validate data, map budget process, identify key opportunities to influence allocation decisions, etc
Conduct and facilitate validation workshop of key stakeholders

Required Qualifications:

GENERAL (ROLES 1 AND 2)
Required Qualifications	Bachelor’s degree in economics, public policy, public health, public finance or a related field. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to facilitate productive meetings Flexibility, resourcefulness, and demonstrated ability to work independently to produce high-quality, timely deliverables Fluency in French
Preferred Qualifications	Master’s degree in economics, public policy, public administration, public health, or a related field Prior work with USAID, the Global Fund, or other international development partners highly desirable

ROLE 1 – MANAGEMENT AND FACILITATION
Required Qualifications	10+ years of experience working with high-level government actors in the country’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance to develop consensus around budgetary priorities or policy proposals Extensive knowledge of the national health system, health financing landscape, and government budgeting processes for health
Preferred Qualifications	Knowledge of national epidemics of HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Knowledge of country public financial management system, nomenclature, reporting and codification systems supporting government budget operations.

ROLE 2 – DATA COLLECTION
Required Qualifications	10+ years’ experience (8 with a Master’s degree) in conducting research and analyses on health policy, health financing, health governance, or related topics at the national and international levels Excellent interview and workshop facilitation skills High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc) Demonstrated familiarity with the national health system and how it is financed
Preferred Qualifications	Experience with HIV/AIDs, malaria, and tuberculosis financing data Knowledge of country public financial management system, nomenclature, reporting and codification systems supporting government budget operations.

APPLICANT INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested applicants should submit their CV and cover letter by midnight on Thursday, October 31st, 2020. Cover Letters should include: Country you are applying to work in, whether you are applying for Roles 1, 2 or both, as well as estimated level of effort (based on a standard 8-hour workday) for each country per role.

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