National Consultant : Domestic and Sustainable Financing for TPSR, SRHR & DD

The consultant will provide expert technical leadership to implement the Sustainable Financing Roadmap for Uganda (2026–2030), focusing on domestic financing for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), adolescent health, and TPSR. The role involves evidence generation, strategic policy dialogue, public financial management assessments, and institutional capacity development to support sustainable domestic financing.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of the UNFPA CPD10 Sustainable Financing Roadmap, integrating financing analytics and driving evidence-informed policy dialogue aligned with Uganda’s Public Finance Management Act (PFMA 2015) budget calendar and Programme-Based Budgeting (PBB) architecture.
• Build evidence and analytics including updating economic evidence/policy briefs, developing budget notes and financing factsheets, and conducting fiscal space and efficiency analysis.
• Drive evidence-informed advocacy to increase domestic budget allocations for DD, SRHR, teenage pregnancy prevention, and TPSR implementation at national and district local government levels.
• Diagnose Public Financial Management (PFM) bottlenecks, optimize budget execution rates, and ensure value-for-money and equitable outcomes across national and local government levels.
• Broaden SRHR and adolescent health financing architecture by leveraging International Financial Institutions (IFIs), results-based mechanisms, and private sector partnerships.
• Institutionalize financing tools, analytics, and tracking mechanisms into government PFM processes to support transition from aid funding to sustainable domestic financing.
• Progressively transfer econometric models, financing dashboards, and analytical tools to government technical staff and train UNFPA and partner staff on financing analytics and policy dialogue.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s) in Health Economics, Public Finance, Economics, Public Policy, Development Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in health economics, public financial management, domestic resource mobilization, and sustainable financing strategies in developing countries (experience in Uganda strongly preferred).
• Direct, practical understanding of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA 2015), Programme-Based Budgeting (PBB), the Program Budgeting System (PBS), Budget Call Circulars, and parliamentary budget approval procedures.
• Demonstrated expertise in developing Investment Cases, Cost of Inaction analyses, Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs), and fiscal space analyses within health, population, or social sectors.
• Proven capacity in high-level policy advocacy with Ministries of Finance, Ministries of Health, National Planning Authorities, Parliamentary Committees, and IFIs (World Bank, AfDB).
• Solid understanding of IFI operations, Results-Based Financing (RBF) frameworks, blended finance, private sector engagement, and conducting PFM execution analyses at national and district levels.
• Excellent facilitation, training, and strategic communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex economic data into practical policy messages for decision-makers.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is required.

Skills

• Health Economics
• Public Financial Management
• Domestic Resource Mobilization
• Sustainable Financing Strategies
• Public Finance Management Act
• Programme Budgeting
• Program Budgeting System
• Budget Call Circulars
• Parliamentary Budget Approval
• Investment Case Development
• Cost of Inaction Analysis
• Expenditure Reviews
• Fiscal Space Analysis
• Policy Advocacy
• Results-Based Finance
• Blended Finance Structuring
• Private Sector Engagement
• PFM Execution Analysis
• Facilitation
• Training
• Strategic Communications

Languages

English