Job Requirements
Education:
Bachelor’s degree
Work experience:
5 years
Language skills:
English
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Full time
The Results-Based Financing Expert contributes to the attainment of the specific objective of the activity, in the role assigned to him/her by the project documents (TFF, agreement, or contract) namely, in general, to provide specialist technical support to the activities of the projects at implementation 1 level, especially in the areas of Results-Based Financing and Health System Strengthening, to be transferred to the partner. On this note, Enabel in Uganda is seeking to recruit ONE Results-Based Financing Expert (RBF Expert) as well as a pool recruitment
Qualification Required:
• A Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Medicine, Health Economics, Pharmacy, Public Health, Health Administration or any other Health-related Medical qualification from a recognized University
• A Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Economics and Health Administration
Knowledge and Experience:
• A Minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a specialist in the field of Public Health or Health Economics
• At least 3 years experience in working with the Public Health system of Uganda
• At least 3 years working experience in the field of Results-Based Financing
• Experience in working with Bilateral agencies and development co-operation
• Good analytical and experience in strategic alignment with Project goals
• Good knowledge and experience about Project design and Project cycles
• Good understanding of M&E frameworks and Health Indicators
• Knowledgeable about knowledge management and capacity building
• Knowledge of Logic Framework, Health Indicators, Monitoring and Evaluation tools
• Good knowledge about the National Health System of Uganda
• Good communication and facilitation skills
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and use of Internet tools
Salary Package Enabel will offer a Gross salary package of between UGX 10-12 Million, medical Insurance, and a 13th Month package paid in December. Salary is in accordance with the years of experience.
How to apply
Interested applicants should submit their hard copy applications including a cover letter, curriculum vitae (CV) of 4 pages maximum, and copies of relevant academic documents with names of at least 3 professional referees; their emails and telephone contacts to:
The Human Resource Officer;
Enabel in Uganda
Plot 1B Lower Kololo Terrace
P.O. Box 40131
Kampala.
Responsibilities
As Results-Based Financing(RBF) Expert:
Main tasks
• Analyze the situation and the needs of the Project: and prepare plans accordingly
• Contribute to updating the Theory of Change of the intervention and to adapting, where applicable, the proposed chain of results
• Contribute to defining and planning the activities to be realized to contribute to the intervention results
• Support the field teams in developing content, terms of reference, and guidelines for capacity building and performance review activities
• Participate in capacity building, supervision, and mentorship, performance review activities when required
• Contact and establish relations with all interesting or needed stakeholders especially at the central level
• Provide and coordinate the necessary technical input to achieve the results (colleagues, national partners, national and international consultants, etc.)
• Supervise M&E activities of the project so that the performance of the intervention can be reliably and accurately measured
• Supervise development and completion of the databases in order to allow for digital and up-to-date management of information
• Provide for mechanisms and methods allowing for correct scientific monitoring of achievements
As Technical Advisor in Results-Based Financing:
Main tasks
• Remain informed of recent interesting evolutions at the national and international level on result-based financing
• Participate in scientific and technical forums in that specific area
• Carry out required prospecting to remain innovative and creative in achieving the expected change
• Provide structured and comprehensible feedback to all team members
• Produce, depending on the needs, the necessary strategy and technical papers with and for the partner.
• Participate in the strategy dialogue at the sector and technical level
• Ensure the dialogue with national and international institutions and Organisations
• Participate actively in the harmonization, coherence, and coordination between different TFPS
• Actively contribute to the elaboration of proposals if requested
As Knowledge Manager:
Main tasks
• Organize in the intervention knowledge management and knowledge-building system with the objective of contributing to the national learning on RBF
• Update the factual data (evidence) to be fed into the decision-making process.
• Put in place genuine learning dynamics through permanent monitoring of activities fostering short learning loops
• Create a setting that is conducive to learning, writing, reflection, self-criticism, and self-assessment
• Train actors in literature research, in writing scientific or popularizing project articles
• Introduce new technologies and methods in the learning process
• Deliver the generated knowledge and factual data to the appropriate level
• Document best practices and lessons learned throughout the project to prepare for capitalization events
• Coordinate the production of the M&E and strategic learning section of quarterly and annual reports
• Contribute to mid-terms and end-term evaluation
• Produce strategic, policy, and technical communication about the progress of the project
• Produce factual data (evidence) about innovations and achievements and present them (posters, presentations at conferences…) so to feed the policy debate at the national level
• Organize and coordinate capitalization and dissemination events
As Facilitator/Support to Change Process:
• Advise partner entities on actions to be taken to improve their management as well as how to implement these actions
• Facilitate the change process,
• In association with the partners, adapt the Organisational structure, optimize the processes, improve the systems and strengthen staff competencies.