Health Financing and Costing Consultant (Remote)

About this role

The role is a Health Financing and Costing Consultant working remotely in Nigeria for UNFPA, with a five-week engagement. It focuses on analysing Nigeria's national strategy for nurses and midwives from 2026 to 2030 and developing a multi-year, costed operational plan. The consultant will gather data, design a costing framework, facilitate workshops with key health stakeholders, and produce a series of interim and final reports. The employer is UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the project involves budgeting, funding gap analysis, and donor engagement for sustainable financing of reproductive and maternal health efforts. The position is staff-level consultancy reporting to UNFPA country office staff, with some in-person workshops and travel supported as needed.

What you would do

• Review the NSDNM 2026-2030 and related health workforce and financing documents.
• Develop a transparent multi-year costing model covering program costs, capital expenditures and overheads.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and interviews with government bodies, donors and professional associations.
• Draft the Design and Validation Workshop reports and the comprehensive financial narrative.
• Prepare a Preliminary Costing Model and a Draft Costed Operational Plan in a phased timeline (Weeks 1-3).
• Lead the validation and finalisation of the Costed NSDNM Operational Plan (Week 4-5).
• Coordinate with UNFPA and Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for data and approvals.
• Document risk mitigation, implementation roadmap, and donor engagement plans.
• Ensure quality in budgeting, data analysis and reporting for stakeholder use.
• Report progress in weekly review meetings.

What they are asking for

• Master's degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Public Financial Management or related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in costing health sector strategic plans, preferably HRH or maternal/reproductive health.
• Experience with health economics tools (e.g., OneHealth Tool, LiST, EQUIST).
• Experience working with UN agencies, government, NGOs or civil society with coalition-building.
• Knowledge of Nigeria’s health system, policies and socio-cultural context.
• Strong analytical, facilitation and writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools.
• Ability to work remotely with occasional in-person workshops.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.

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