Health Financing and Costing Consultant (Remote)

About this role

A Health Financing and Costing Consultant is sought by UNFPA for a 5-week, remote assignment in Nigeria. The role focuses on conducting a comprehensive financial analysis and developing a five-year costed operational plan for the national strategy on nurses and midwives (NSDNM 2026–2030), including budgeting, funding gap analysis, and donor engagement. The consultant will facilitate stakeholder workshops, design a multi-year costing framework, and produce reports detailing the costed plan, budgeting tools, and implementation roadmap. The work involves collaboration with UNFPA, the Federal Ministry of Health, and other national partners, with limited travel for in-person workshops. The position is a consultancy under UNFPA’s reproductive and maternal health programme, intended to support sustainable financing for HRH in Nigeria.

What you would do

• Facilitate workshops and interviews with national stakeholders to validate data and assumptions.
• Develop a five-year costed operational plan for NSDNM 2026–2030.
• Create a transparent multi-year costing model covering programme costs, capital expenditures and overhead.
• Draft comprehensive financial narratives and reporting for the costed plan.
• Review relevant national health workforce strategies and funding landscape.
• Prepare a preliminary costing model and activity mapping in Week 1.
• Present drafts to stakeholders for feedback at design and validation workshops.
• Produce a final costed operational plan with budget, gaps, donor mapping and resource mobilisation actions.
• Coordinate with UNFPA and government partners; ensure alignment with programme objectives.
• Support donor engagement and tracking of funding needs and risks.

What they are asking for

• Master's degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Public Financial Management or related field.
• Experience with health economic modelling tools (e.g., OneHealth Tool, LiST, EQUIST).
• At least two years of experience costing health sector strategic plans, preferably HRH or reproductive health.
• Experience working with UN agencies, government, NGOs or civil society in advocacy coalitions.
• Strong analytical, facilitation and communication skills.
• Excellent drafting and writing abilities with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools.
• Knowledge of Nigeria’s health system, policies and socio-cultural context.

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