Vacancy title:
Domestic Resources Mobilization Specialist

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Deadline of this Job:
02 March 2023  

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, February 17, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Job no: 559447
Contract type: Consultant
Duty Station: Dodoma
Level: Consultancy
Location: United Republic of Tanzania
Categories: Health

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, passion.

The Government of Tanzania (GoT) has been relatively de-prioritising the budget allocations to the health sector compared to other economic sectors. For example, in FY 2022/23 only 5.18% of the total government budget was allocated to health sector1, which is far lower than the 12% target set in the Fifth Health Sector Strategic Plan2. Total expenditure on PHC stands at USD 18 per capita, out of which only USD 8 is provided by government, which is far lower than the USD 65 global benchmark set to deliver quality PHC services in LMICs3.

Primary health services financing is currently highly dependent on donor funding. However, external financing has been progressively decreasing, moving from 39% to 33% of the current health expenditure between 2017 and 20204, and is expected to decrease further with the improvement of Tanzania’s economic conditions. Therefore, there is a need to identify additional sources of domestic revenues to finance primary health services and continue expanding the coverage of quality primary health care services.

Many countries have embarked on several domestic resources mobilization efforts to expand the fiscal space for health through a combination of general revenue measures and consumption taxes. For example, Ghana established a National Health Insurance Levy consisting of 2.5% points from the 17.5% VAT, Indonesia earmarked 5% of the central government budgetary allocations and a minimum of 10% each districts total budget, both excluding salaries, to health, and Thailand introduced a 2% surcharge on excise taxes imposed on sale from alcohol and tobacco products.

Countries have taken different approaches to earmark expenditures and revenues and health, leading to different outcomes in terms of budget transparency and accountability6, and the effectiveness of earmarking taxes to increase overall funding for health and make it more stable has been mixed7. Although earmarking may increase overall government expenditure, it does not necessarily lead to increased expenditure for a target program due to the fungibility of the overall government budget

How can you make a difference?

The consultant will be expected to identify opportunities to generate additional resources for the health sector, estimate their revenue generation potential for the health sector and review the public financial management regulations to ensure additional resources are effectively and efficiently allocated to the sector.

The consultant will be expected to travel to Tanzania (Dodoma) for the inception and dissemination meetings and spend a minimum of two weeks in the country to consult with stakeholders and collect data. The rest of the analysis will be conducted remotely.

Specifically, the consultant will be expected to:

• Identify resources mobilization opportunities for the health sector
• Estimate the revenue generation potential of such options
• Outline options to earmark such additional resources to the health sector

Deliverables, Time Frame and Payment

Medical Evacuation Coverage.
The consultant will be required to submit the proof of medical/Health Insurance with medical evacuation coverage.

Duration

The duration of this consultancy is 6 months and remotely base.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• Advanced degree in Economics, Public Finance, Public Policy, Social Sciences, or a closely related field
• Substantial experience working with governments in low- and middle-income countries on domestic resources mobilization and public financial management issues, ideally in the health sector
• Track record of quantitative data analysis
• Demonstrated experience writing technical documents

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

UNICEF offers reasonable accommodation for consultants/individual contractors with disabilities. This may include, for example, accessible software, travel assistance for missions or personal attendants. We encourage you to disclose your disability during your application in case you need reasonable accommodation during the selection process and afterwards in your assignment.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks: 

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a consultancy or individual contract will not be considered “staff members” under the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations and UNICEF’s policies and procedures, and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of Consultants and Individual Contractors. Consultants and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.

The selected candidate is solely responsible to ensure that the visa (applicable) and health insurance required to perform the duties of the contract are valid for the entire period of the contract. Selected candidates are subject to confirmation of fully-vaccinated status against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) with a World Health Organization (WHO)-endorsed vaccine, which must be met prior to taking up the assignment. It does not apply to consultants who will work remotely and are not expected to work on or visit UNICEF premises, programme delivery locations or directly interact with communities UNICEF works with, nor to travel to perform functions for UNICEF for the duration of their consultancy contracts.

UNICEF only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/.

“The UN system in Tanzania provided a work environment that reflects the value of gender equality, teamwork, diversity, integrity, a healthy balance of work and life and equal opportunity for all, including persons with disabilities”

Qualified persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply for UN vacancies and are protected from discrimination during all stages of employment.”

Deadline: 02 Mar 2023 E. Africa Standard Time

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Associate Degree

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