The Senior Health Specialist will perform the following functions:

• Define GFF value proposition: Enable the government to develop, along with key stakeholders, a common vision of the specific areas of value addition and focus of the GFF in the country
• Institutional arrangements: Work with the national government to define the institutional arrangements that will guide the GFF process
• Country platform: Work closely with the GFF Liaison Officer to ensure that there is a functioning national platform that serves to guide the GFF process in the country
• Investment case preparation process: Guide the development of a roadmap for the preparation of the investment case
• Health financing work plan: Ensure the Secretariat works with the government and stakeholders to develop a health financing work plan that complements the investment case

Requirements

Applicants must have:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Health, Health Financing, Public Administration) and eight to 12 years of relevant experience, minimum, in supporting large scale development programs in low and low-middle income countries
• Experience working with the World Bank or experience working on supporting the design and implementation of World Bank-financed projects in low and low-middle income countries
• Experience working with governments to strengthen health systems
• Experience having developed and/or facilitated complex partnerships, including between NGOs, CSOs, private sector, multi-lateral institutions and governments; strong relationship builder with excellent interpersonal skills is essential for this position
• Experience disseminating analytic information with multiple stakeholders and translating data in action and improvement in interventions and outcome
• Knowledge of issues affecting fragile states and experience working in these settings an advantage
• Expertise in key areas of the GFF value proposition (data for decision making, health financing, private sector, etc.) an advantage
• Ability to work effectively in situations of uncertainty and under time pressure
• Ability to innovate and work within and across WBG institutions on monitoring solutions for development
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English (essential)
• Ability to speak French (desirable)

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