Local Consultant-Development of Midwifery Investment Case-Dar Es Salaam-Tanzania

The consultant will support the Ministry of Health to develop a Tanzania-specific Midwifery Investment Case to guide strategic investments, advocate for policy formulation, and resource mobilization aimed at improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Tanzania. The role involves evidence generation, stakeholder engagement, impact modeling, policy analysis, and dissemination of findings under the guidance of the Assistant Representative.

Responsibilities

• Organize and facilitate an inception workshop with Government of Tanzania officials, UN agencies, midwifery associations, CSOs, NGOs, academia, and development partners.
• Develop a stakeholder engagement plan to ensure broad participation and buy-in.
• Conduct a detailed review of Tanzania’s maternal and neonatal landscape analysis, health system, policies, and current midwifery services and workforce analysis, and fiscal space for health and SRMNCAH.
• Identify gaps in coverage, financing, training, and workforce distribution.
• Define Midwifery Intervention Packages aligned with national priorities.
• Perform comprehensive analysis guided by the UNFPA Investment case framework for scaling up care provided by midwives.
• Utilize the Lives Saved Tool and other relevant tools to project health outcomes of different scale-up scenarios.
• Develop multiple investment scenarios reflecting different levels of intervention coverage and resource allocation.
• Estimate economic benefits of improved health through scaling midwifery models of care.
• Estimate required midwifery workforce and conduct gap analysis.
• Provide suggestions on strategies and costs to meet workforce gaps.
• Assess systemic, regulatory, and policy factors affecting institutionalization and scale-up of Midwifery Model of Care.
• Provide recommendations for improving enabling environment including professional recognition, regulation, financing and integration into health systems.
• Prepare and facilitate validation workshops and stakeholder consultations.
• Incorporate feedback into the final investment case document.
• Support dissemination of findings through policy briefs, advocacy materials, and high-level events.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Health Financing, or related health sciences.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in health financing, investment case development, or cost-benefit analysis, preferably in reproductive health.
• Experience with standard costing tools (SPECTRUM/FamPlan, LiST, WHO Choice, or equivalent) or demonstrated experience with impact modeling tools relevant to SRMNCAH service packages.
• Demonstrated experience in engaging with Government, UN agencies, and development partners.
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, and communication skills in English.
• Fluent in written and spoken English and Kiswahili.

Skills

• Health Economics
• Public Health
• Health Financing
• Investment Case Development
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Reproductive Health
• Standard Costing Tools
• Spectrum
• FamPlan
• LiST
• WHO Choice
• Impact Modeling
• SRMNCAH Service Packages
• Government Engagement
• UN Agency Collaboration
• Development Partner Engagement
• Analytical Skills
• Facilitation Skills
• Policy Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Resource Mobilization

Languages

English, Kiswahili