Overview
The Health Governance Analyst will provide technical and advisory support to local authorities and communities to strengthen health governance, support reform implementation, and enhance capacity through data analysis, training, and promotion of best practices in healthcare.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a project planning process and ensure the preparation of a work plan and a detailed budget for the provision of health services.
- Coordinate/manage the day-to-day activities of the assigned portfolio and the overall implementation process.
- Facilitate establishment of interactive and inclusive platforms for project implementation.
- Ensure implementation activities are in alignment with UNDP policy and programme management procedures.
- Ensure operational management of assigned portfolio.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships and strategic linkages with implementing and development partners.
- Develop and maintain stakeholder mapping and analysis.
- Provide technical support to implementing partners.
- Support resource mobilization efforts and project development.
- Provide expert and technical advisory support to local authorities and communities.
- Develop and conduct the health reform implementation plan on the regional level of conflict affected regions.
- Review the results framework and update the indicators, baselines, and targets of the assigned portfolio.
- Develop clear strategies and an effective system for data collection, means of verification, and information sharing and reporting.
- Monitor implementation and progress in achieving goals and targets.
- Identify, analyze, and take adequate measures to manage emerging issues, problems, and risks.
- Conduct field visits to project location sites.
- Liaise with the Finance team to ensure administrative requirements, budgets and use of financial resources are managed and executed in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Prepare corporate, donor and government reports.
- Ensure proper operational and financial closure of the project.
- Organize training, workshops, and capacity building activities.
- Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned.
- Participate in and ensure sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice.
- Support establishment of knowledge platforms for the project.
- Promote advocacy on development trends and opportunities to collaborate.
- Assist with ensuring the Programme contributes to the promotion of gender equality.
- Use the principles of gender-responsive communications.
- Be aware of relevant gender issues and concerns in the healthcare sector.
- Support the promotion of team culture of gender equality and zero tolerance to any sexual misconduct.
- Demonstrate respect for gender equality in professional interactions.
- Assist with informing and briefing personnel and partners about corporate sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse policies.
Required Experience
- Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree or equivalent) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience in the field of public health, social policy or local governance.
- Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
Qualifications
An advanced university degree (Masters’ degree or equivalent) in Management, Medicine Sciences, Public Health, Social Science, or related field is required; or A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with an additional two years of qualifying experience.
