National consultancy to cost the National Health Sector Development Plan

This consultancy involves developing a detailed costing framework for the National Health Sector Development Plan in Madagascar. The consultant will engage stakeholders, analyze data, draft costed plans, and build capacity for sustainable costing models over a 3-month period, working remotely.

Responsibilities

• Document review and analysis of PDSS draft, national health policies, budget frameworks, and donor commitments.
• Develop a costing framework aligned with WHO/UNICEF guidelines and national budget classifications.
• Identify key actors including Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, INSTAT, civil society, and donors.
• Facilitate inclusive consultation workshops at national and regional levels to validate assumptions and priorities.
• Ensure technical units contribute to cost estimates through participatory costing.
• Document and incorporate stakeholders’ input into costing models.
• Use MICS data, National Health Accounts, and budget execution reports for realistic costing.
• Benchmark regional and global cost standards for similar interventions.
• Develop low, medium, and high investment scenarios to guide decision makers.
• Conduct sensitivity and specificity analyses of costing models to identify influential variables and ensure accuracy.
• Produce detailed costing tables, financing gaps, resource mobilization strategies, and costing briefs.
• Organize validation workshop to present findings for costing report endorsement and dissemination.
• Deliver a comprehensive final report with recommendations for financing and implementation.
• Organize capacity building sessions for Ministry of Health staff on costing tools and methodologies for sustainability.

Requirements

• MA Public Health, Health Economics, Applied Economics, Health Financing, Data Science, Development Studies, Epidemiology, Statistics
• At least 10 years of professional experience in health economics/financing, public health planning, or national development in low or middle-income countries.
• 3-5 years of direct costing experience (costing national health strategies/strategic plans).
• Relevant experience as a lead in the costing exercise of health strategic plans or any other strategic public document with a major component of health.
• Working experience with government ministries of Health, Ministries of Finance, UN agencies, the World Bank or other development partners’ organizations.
• Fluency in French and Malagasy, with a strong command of English.
• Ability to engage senior government officials, development partners, and NGO representatives to work in a resource-constrained setting.
• Knowledge of the Malagasy health planning processes and disease-specific programs.
• Familiarity with One Health Tool, EQUIST, LiST, CHPCT, Excel complex spreadsheets, PowerPoint, and unit cost development.
• Expert knowledge of economic evaluation principles is an asset

Skills

• Health Economics
• Health Financing
• Public Health Planning
• National Development
• Costing National Health Strategies
• Costing Strategic Plans
• Lead Costing Exercises
• Government Health Sector Engagement
• Development Partner Coordination
• OneHealth Tool
• EQUIST
• LiST
• CHPCT
• Excel Complex Spreadsheets
• Power Point
• Unit Cost Development
• Economic Evaluation Principles

Languages

French, Malagasy, English