Primary Healthcare Specialist (Consultancy)

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  Implement LLFs vision by providing public health solutions to lower and middle-income countries and managing the funds health sector portfolio.

• Offer technical expertise to guide strategic planning in global public health, ensuring operational efficiency and fostering collaboration with IsDB stakeholders and in-country partners for long-term impact.

Interested candidates are encouraged to view the Terms of Reference and apply via our IsDB Procurement Portal. Access the application form and more details at:

https://www.isdb.org/project-procurement/tenders/2024/eoi/invitation-expression-interest-long-term-consultant-primary-healthcare-specialist

Operational Planning, Implementation, and Follow-Up:

• Lead the development and implementation of LLFs primary healthcare strategic focus, workplans, and KPIs for the LLF Management Unit ensuring their alignment to IsDB health sector strategies and LLF Theory of Change, Results Framework and Operations Manual.

• Work with regional hubs, external partners, and project teams as well as other relevant units at IsDB and PMUs to support identification and design of projects with a focus on primary healthcare and provide practical advice on how to integrate healthcare dimensions in operations.

• Identify and support the development of healthcare technical assistance as part of the LLF Project preparation and implementation facility including overseeing the delivery of consultants.

• Oversee execution of health projects on an on-going basis. Lead the monitoring and facilitation of the progress of the projects and portfolio as per the Project Plan, flag any quality or delivery issues with the project team and related Bank stakeholders and troubleshoot and resolve the same in a timely manner to avoid delays in completing the projects.

• Lead and provide necessary health-related technical guidance for project implementation and support the preparation of project reporting.

• In coordination with the aRBM specialist, support the LLF M&E activities, including advising projects on heath indicators and data collection, analysing aggregated data on health across projects, and reporting on indicators to donors and relevant IsDB stakeholders.

• In coordination with the Gender specialist, support the womens empowerment mainstreaming efforts in LLF health projects, including developing and tracking gender-related health outcomes.

• As needed, collaborate with the IsDB health unit to provide capacity building opportunities to project teams and other relevant stakeholders on healthcare as part of technical assistance provided.

• Lead the preparation of key public health strategy papers to ensure the unit is contributing to the overall goal of the bank.

• Provide technical leadership to the LLFMU team on all strategic matters related to the health sector.

Coordination, Communication & Follow-Up:

• Serve as the focal point on all matters linked to LLFs primary health work for both internal and external stakeholders.

• Coordinate with relevant stakeholder departments across the Bank to ensure alignment of LLF health activities with current institutional Strategy and existing sectoral and thematic policy commitments.

• Whenever necessary, manage communication and visibility media materials related to specific projects and/or LLF in general.

• Advisory support to the Head of LLFMU on global healthcare matters and establishing and maintaining relationships and communications within IsDB as well as external partners (LLF Donors, development partners, government counterparts, others) and promote linkages in the relevant areas.

• Provide technical executive briefings and advice to the Head LLFMU and IsDB Representatives on the LLF IC (Senior Management) on policy papers, reports and proposals to aid in decision making related to health issues in LLF. Policy Brief for each priority and a note on Gender and Climate Change).

Knowledge Sharing and Development:

• Provide technical guidance and insights to LLFMU team members to ensure all team members are able to deliver efficiently.

• Generate knowledge sharing on approach, outcomes, good practices, and achievements realized by LLF in support of primary healthcare. Contribute to IDB knowledge repository by documenting best practices and lessons learned.

• Keep abreast with the development interventions being carried out by other agencies, share best practices and identify areas where IsDB and LLFMU can make contributions.

• Share knowledge and experience of LLFMU projects with other Units within IsDB and seek opportunities for joint collaborations.

• Coach, mentor and develop Analysts in the Unit.

• Participate and contribute in regional and international events/forums on Health to stay abreast with the latest development in the sector.

• Collaborate with other LLFMU sectoral teams to ensure dissemination of tailored knowledge and expertise to support project implementation, ensuring that cross-cutting issues such as capacity development and social/environmental issues related to health are adequately addressed.

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  Bachelors degree in public health, epidemiology/medicine, international development, social sector, or related field. Masters degree or above will be preferred.

• At least 10 years of professional experience in the public health sector including portfolio and project management, strategy management, monitoring and evaluation, analytics, program development, with multi-lateral sector experience, ideally in the Islamic world.

• A strong track record of successfully developing, managing and/or monitoring large-scale MNCH, PHC programs in partnership with country governments in developing economies

• Demonstrated knowledge of technical public health topics, project management, including project cycle and project approval processes of multilateral institutions.

• Familiarity or experience engaging with global governance structures/coordinating mechanisms within the global health and Health Systems Strengthening/PHC sector will be an asset.

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  Project management skills

• Expertise in public health and primary healthcare sector

• Results and MEL management

• Analytical and conceptual skills and the ability to interpret MNCH, PHC data and use it to plan strategically

• Relationship building and interpersonal skills

• Time Management skills

• Report writing and communication skills

• Risk management skills