Senior Specialist, Human Resources for Health, and Sexual Reproductive Health Integration - GL E - Defined Duration until December 2026
Human Resources for Health (HRH) including Community Health Workers (CHWs) are a key part of health systems. They are essential for comprehensive primary health care service delivery and public health functions at health facilities and in communities, including sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. They are needed for achieving the health-related sustainable development goals, including ending the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, addressing health inequities and achieving universal health coverage. They are also needed for building country capacities for health security, including the requirements of the International Health Regulations to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from health emergencies. And HRH/CHW are important for inclusive economic development and advancing gender equality, given that the vast majority of the health workforce is female.
The Global Fund is a major source of funding for HRH/CHWs for the Grant Cycle 7 period (2024-2026) the Global Fund investment in HRH/CHWs is over $1.9B USD (of which $332m USD is through the Global Fundโs Covid-19 Response Mechanism known as C19RM).
In addition to the above Global Fund investment in HRH/CHW, the Global Fund has received funding from the private sector to increase access to high-quality, integrated, people-centered Sexual and Reproductive Health services by strengthening community and primary health care platforms and promoting better integration of SRH services in 12 countries. Most of this funding is programmed through country grants, a significant amount is programmed through the Community Systems & Response (CS&R) Strategic Initiative (SI), providing technical assistance through a centrally managed project to complement grant funding. The private sector partnership also includes an objective on strengthening public financial management systems.
Simultaneously, the Global Fund anticipates other donors to increase investment in HRH, including CHWs (e.g., the multilateral and bilateral development banks, the USG, the Pandemic Fund, and other initiatives).
The Senior Specialist for HRH and SRH integration will be part of the HRH/CHWs sub-team in the Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health and Pandemic Preparedness and Response (RSSH-PPR) team, within the Technical Advice and Partnerships (TAP) Department. The Senior Specialist will act as the technical lead for integrated human resources for health and community health worker programming with a specific focus on the new partnership on SRH service integration in primary health care and community systems, working under the direction of the Senior Specialist who leads the HRH/CHWs sub-team.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as overall project manager leading programmatic delivery of the new private sector partnership
Working as a senior member of the HRH-CHW sub-team and in close collaboration with dedicated staff embedded in Grant Management Division supporting delivery of the grant-funded component of the integrated SRH investment, as well as Health Financing Department and Finance (both responsible for the public financial management objective of the partnership), and overall with the Private Sector Engagement Department who stewards the relationship with private sector donors; the Senior Specialist will oversee implementation of the ambitious partnership investment:
- Convene a cross-departmental programme implementation team, to ensure clear communication of critical delivery and reporting milestones, regular follow up and coordination of efforts across teams working to operationalize the partnership. Working with Implementation Specialists, Integration and Quality of Services in GMD regional teams, develop and support implementation of the country engagement plan. Ensure timely follow up and reporting of partnership-relevant investments, and donor engagement at relevant agreed junctures, as part of existing structures and agreed reporting arrangements.
- Working with GMD and the SI teams, coordinate development of an integrated workplan for the implementation of the initiative. Ensure mapping of country specific workplans against agreed partnership framework to build technical coherence and enable follow up and reporting against key partnership priorities as well as by country.
- Oversee implementation of the TA element of the investment, in close collaboration with the broader SI team, HRH-CHW country focal points and GMD colleagues. Ensure clear additionality and coherence of technical deliverables at country level as well as coherence with the approved partnership framework.
- Overall monitoring and quality assurance of TA provider performance according to TA provider contracts.
- Identify, manage and report on key risks, including ensuring timely upwards escalation as necessary to ensure programmatic delivery.
- Working with HFD and Finance teams, maximize the synergy between the PFM component of the investment and health and community systems focused parts of it, wherever possible.
- Working closely with CRG, ensure gender-responsiveness of the implementation approach, with a focus on ensuring a rights-based approach in SRH services and activity implementation, in line with the approved partnership framework.
- Oversee all reporting and communication for the new partnership initiative, with specific focus on leading the development of the reports due to the private sector donor for overall partnership and leading internal reporting for the CS&R Strategic Initiative.
- Ensure effective communication and coordination, including with all relevant CMLIs, Strategic Initiatives, and other internal and external TA mechanisms.
- Represent RSSH team in all interactions with the donor as well as internal and external platforms advancing implementation of the new partnership and broader integration agenda. Brief GF leadership as relevant and ensure the full HRH-CHW team and GMD CTs are briefed and supported to ensure successful partnership activities at country level.
Provide technical advice and support to country teams on Human Resources for Health and CHW programming, with a specific focus on integrated SRHR services.
- As part of the broader HRH-CHW team, and in close coordination with other Senior Specialists in the team, lead development of resources and technical guidance, including consolidation of evidence, good practice and emerging lessons learned on integrated SRHR service delivery.
- Act as thematic lead for one or more of these areas: Integrated service delivery planning for SRHR, continuous quality improvement (applied to SRHR outcomes), CHW programme strengthening with a specific focus on integration of multiple community actors, support resource development and consolidation of evidence, good practice, guidance, technical resources on priority topics for the CS&R private sector investment in integrated SRHR.
- With support from other HRH-CHW team member, lead and oversee internal and external learning dissemination events.
- Working with relevant teams, support development of integrated metrics for tracking results, particularly in the SRHR area, for future funding investments.
- Provide technical advice and support to country teams on HRH/CHW programming, CS&R and integrated service delivery, including support to design TA elements, draft concept notes, attendance of key review meetings.
- Carry out joint missions with country teams, as relevant, to advance and accelerate implementation and strengthen the programmatic impact of the private sector partnership.
Support team internal functions including collaboration on HRH-CHW programming across Global Fund teams. Tasks may include:
- Support analysis of Global Fundโs HRH/CHW investments.
- Contribute to strategy guidance notes, develop technical briefs and synthesis of global best practices.
- Contribute to talking points on HRH-CHW and integrated service delivery.
- Support other relevant collaborative initiatives on HRH-CHW programming and integrated service delivery within the RSSH-PPR team and across broader Global Fund Teams, including the shaping of the Catalytic Investment (CI) for the SRH and HIV, TB, Malaria integration for the next grant cycle (GC8).
- Provide technical advice and support to country teams on broader RSSH-PPR (as needed) within the framework of the RSSH-PPR Team Country Focal Point model.
- Proactive identification of opportunities to operationalize key HRH and critical approaches as part of Global Fundโs HRH/CHW investments in priority portfolios.
Subject to change by the Executive Director at any time at their sole discretion.
Qualifications
Essential:
Master's degree or advanced university degree in Public Health, or equivalent.Experience
Essential:
- Strong experience working in public health, particularly integrated service delivery, human resources for health or community health workers programmes.
- Strong experience of working on sexual reproductive health and integrated HRH-CHW programming
- Strong knowledge of HRH-CHW evidence base and normative guidance and at least 1 of the other following topics: continuous quality improvement and integrated supportive supervision; gender analysis applied to SRH services or CHW programmes, HRH planning; PHC workforce development; HRH analysis;
- Strong knowledge of gender equality and health issues, with experience taking a gender-responsive and gender-transformative approach to health policy and programming
- Strong project management and TA management experience, including performance management (programmatic and financial) of teams within budget and time constraints, working with diverse teams and external partners, including national governments and technical partners;
- Strong experience managing multiple internal and external stakeholders and of effective communication across project teams and external partners
- Strong experience monitoring and analyzing data, producing insights, presenting and communicating insights to inform decision-making and drive consensus with key stakeholders.
- Experience of synthesizing research and evaluation and developing project reports, learning briefs, learning sessions, and using a variety of communication channels to enhance dissemination of learning (preferably on HRH and quality improvement)
Desirable:
- A minimum of 8-10 years' experience within health systems strengthening, particularly integrated service delivery, SRHR, HRH / CHW programming
- Experience working with or demonstrated understanding of the Global Fund including policies, administrative and sourcing processes, governance structure and grant management.
- Experience of providing technical support to other teams in relevant areas, including experience of designing TA and quality assuring TA products
- Experience of partnership development, especially with private foundations.
Competencies
Languages:
An excellent knowledge of English and preferably a good working knowledge of French. Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
Functional Competencies:
- Strengthening Systems for Health - Expert
- Project Management - Expert
- Geopolitical awareness โ Mastery
- Analytical - Mastery
- Operational Policy โ Mastery
- Multicultural understanding โ Mastery
- Communications - Mastery
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Job Posting End Date27 October 2024