Opportunity: ONE Seeks to Hire Health Advocacy Consultant

ONE is a campaign and advocacy organisation backed by almost seven (7) million people from around the world who are committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. We also work with leaders in Africa to advocate for increased public financial resources towards agriculture and the health sector as key for poverty reduction efforts and we promote reforms that lead to greater transparency and accountability in the management of public budgets in Africa.

ONE Nigeria’s 2016 Health Advocacy Goal: 

To campaign for the implementation of the African Union Abuja health commitments to increase the health budget by USD227M and to increase the quality of domestic resources allocated to the Health Sectors by the Federal government of Nigeria and the States governments of Lagos and Kano. Working closely with partners advocating for the financing of the National Health Act, ONE will launch a Health campaign to promote progress towards the 15 percent Abuja AU health spending commitment and Johannesburg Summit women’s commitments. In subsequent years this campaign will reach out to governments in Kano and Lagos states.

Purpose and Objectives of this analysis: 

1. To review the extent to which the level of federal resources allocated to health (mainly in the health ministry and related federal health programs) complies with the Abuja Commitment and other statutory targets.
2. To review the extent to which overall budget priorities are conducive to meet the said targets and the most pressing health needs.
3. To suggest what the budgetary implications would be to bring federal health budgets to the investments levels needed and committed to and to suggest which budget increases could be reasonably expected to at least start closing the gap.
4. To compare resource allocation trends and prioritization/ de-prioritization of key health issues and targets with regional peers.

The recommendations will indicate ways in which the budget in the future can be made more responsive to current health needs and ensure that greater e effectiveness, equity and efficiency of public health spending is achieved.

Specific criteria of the consultant: 

• Advanced degree in public finance, social policy or public financial management,
• Expert knowledge analyzing agriculture budgets in Nigeria,
• Familiarity with the Nigeria public policy, budget process and public financial management context,
• Proven experience in conducting budget analysis in agriculture,
• Excellent analytical skills and experience in quantitative analysis,
• Excellent English writing skills,

Selection process: 

Selection will be made by inviting interested candidates to submit their application containing:

• Curriculum Vitae,
• Technical proposals containing work plan and methodology,
• Confirmed availability for the completion of the job,
• Financial proposal including daily rate.

DEADLINE: April 15,  2016

 

For a detailed Terms of Reference for the assignment please send an email to africa.one.org@one.org.

For any additional questions please send your emails to africa.one.org@one.org not later than 12pm on the 11^th of April 2016.