Health Financing and Costing Consultant

The Health Financing and Costing Consultant will conduct a comprehensive financial analysis of the national strategic direction for nurses and midwives (NSDNM2026-2030) in Nigeria and develop a multi-year costed operational action plan. The role involves budgeting, tracking funding gaps, and enabling donor engagement to secure sustainable financing for the NSDNM.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a situational analysis reviewing the NSDNM2026-2030, national health workforce strategy, midwifery model of care, health financing landscape, current domestic and external spending on reproductive and maternal health, and baseline workforce capacity.
• Design a transparent, multi-year costing model capturing direct programmatic costs, capital expenditures, and operational overhead.
• Facilitate workshops and key informant interviews with the NSDNM Technical Working Group, Federal Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, donor agencies, and midwifery associations to validate assumptions and gather data.
• Lead drafting of Design and Validation Workshop reports including a comprehensive financial narrative report of the costed operational plan.
• Deliver preliminary costing model, design workshop presentation, draft costed operational plan with narrative report, validation workshop presentation, and final costed NSDNM operational plan.
• Report weekly progress and participate in review meetings.
• Work remotely with minimal travel and conduct two stakeholder in-person and virtual workshops.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Public Financial Management, or a related field.
• At least two (2) years of relevant experience in costing health sector strategic plans, ideally with a focus on human resources for health (HRH) or maternal and reproductive health.
• Proven proficiency with global health economic modeling tools (e.g., OneHealth Tool, LiST, EQUIST).
• Experience working with UN agencies, government, NGOs, or youth/civil society groups with demonstrated success in building and sustaining national advocacy coalitions.
• Knowledge of Nigeria’s health system and services, policies, and socio-cultural context.
• Excellent analytical, stakeholder facilitation and communication skills.
• Strong drafting and writing skills with attention to detail.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools are mandatory.

Skills

• Health Economics
• Public Financial Management
• Costing Health Sector Plans
• Human Resources for Health Costing
• Maternal Health Costing
• Global Health Economic Modeling
• OneHealth Tool
• LiST
• EQUIST
• Health System Knowledge Nigeria
• Multi-Stakeholder Facilitation
• Advocacy Coalition Building
• Financial Analysis
• Budgeting
• Financing Gap Analysis
• Donor Engagement Strategies
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Digital Collaboration
• Technical Report Preparation

Languages

English