Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 06 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Purpose:
Purpose of Assignment:
Tanzania is categorized by the World Bank as a lower middle-income country with a GDP per capita income of $1,136 in 2021. The 2022 national census and housing survey initial report shows that the total population is at 61,741,120. Tanzania still faces challenges in achieving positive health outcomes and most of SRHR indicator reports are way below national, regional, and global targets. HIV prevalence is still high in Tanzania, reported at 4.6%; highest among women compared to men (6.5% and 3.4 respectively).

The investment in HIV financing to support HIV interventions in the country has been mainly donor dependent, with the National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) report showing that more than 90% of HIV funds comes from external bilateral and multilateral donors. The report also indicates that the government contributed only 0.3% and 1% of public spending as a total share of HIV spending with no clear sustainable HIV financing mechanism established by the government. Moreover, there is limited resource mobilization done with an estimated gap of more than 38 billion Tanzanian shillings per year to support all HIV interventions in Tanzania. With this significant gap and lack of sustainable resources to support HIV interventions through the AIDS Trust Fund, UNFPA Tanzania is seeking a consultant to support the government in developing a sustainable HIV financing framework beyond donor funding.

Scope of work:
The successful individual consultant would need to undertake the following interventions:
• (Description of services, activities, or outputs)
• Intervention # 1. Develop a Sustainable HIV financing framework 2024/25 to 2029/30 to address HIV financing gap and sustainability.
• Intervention # 2. Develop a private sector partnership model to invest funds to attain sustainable HIV financing in mainland Tanzania.
• Duration and working schedule: This work will require 60 working days. The contract will start on September 2023 to December 2023.
• Place where services are to be delivered: The consultant will be based in Dar es salaam-Tanzania during the assignment.

Delivery dates and how work will be delivered (e.g., electronic, hard copy etc.): The selected consultant will be expected to deliver the following:
• Inception report/work plan for the whole exercise including a detailed timeline and budget.
• A 15-paged scoping report with a detailed analysis in relation to (i) the Government’s sustainable financing framework for the HIV response beyond donor funding with details of the commitments, expenditures, and gaps in funding HIV response, (ii) a public private sector partnership model as an alternative model to invest funds to attain sustainable HIV financing in mainland Tanzania.
• An Annex report highlighting the different detailed analyses that should provide interesting contextually relevant examples and case studies of successful innovative financing instruments.
• Power point presentation to and discussion with relevant stakeholders of the draft.
• Final documents hard copy and soft copy on (i) Sustainable HIV financing framework 2024/25 to 2029/30 to address HIV financing gap and sustainability beyond donor funding, (ii) a public private sector partnership model as an alternative model to invest funds to attain sustainable HIV financing in mainland Tanzania.
• Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements, periodicity format and deadline: The follow-up of the consultancy will be based on the deliverables previously described and activity reports. In addition, the selected consultant will be required to provide regular updates through emails, regular meetings as required to monitor adherence to the schedule.

Evaluation criteria:
• The individual consultant selected will be based on the quality of the technical and financial proposals and track record of similar work undertaken and education profile submitted. The weight allocated between the two will be 70 points for technical proposal and 30 points for the financial proposal.

Expected travel:
• Travels from Dar es salaam to concerned/selected region(s) including Dodoma

Payment schedule:
• 40% upon submission of and acceptance of the Inception Report.
• 30% upon submission of the Draft Report.
• 30% upon submission and acceptance of the Final Report.

Required expertise, qualifications, and competencies, including language requirements:
The national individual consultant must have:
• At least a master’s degree in health economics, finance or other relevant degree related to health economics, finance, economics, resource mobilization, PhD on the same will be an added advantage.
• Proven experience in developing studies, in developing and managing financing instruments, innovative financing in the health sector for at least 5 years.
• Previous experience in conducting assessment or analysis of government expenditures in health/HIV.
• Previously developed public sector program financing framework and market assessment documents in the health sector.
• Experience working in resource mobilization, innovative financing in the health sector.
• Strong understanding of and experience leading and working with the private and public stakeholders.
• English writing and speaking skills.
• Experience working with the United Nations system is an asset.


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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