POSITION: HEALTH FINANCING OFFICER -1 POSITION
STATION: BUNGOMA COUNTY
JOB GROUP: RS 11
Duties and responsibilities:
Reporting to the Chief of Party , the incumbent will among others be responsible for the following:
► Provide technical support to county health departments in sector planning and budgeting and ensure prioritization of strategic disease programmes including HIV in county resource allocation.
► Foster consultative discussions between the department of health and key county structures such as county assembly, county treasury and governorship on prioritizing health interventions during resource sharing.
► Represent the project on county level and intergovernmental policy forums and provide technical advisory on policy design and implementation pitfalls & successes.
► Support the focus counties to design and implement health financing strategic frameworks aligned to the national health policy framework and UHC goals.
► Provide technical assistance to county health department in designing and implementing public financial management laws and regulations.
► Support county health department to design and implement strategies to increase health sector revenues.
► Build strong partnerships with the government and other key stakeholder to ensure the project is in line with government priorities and the successful implementation of the project.
► Collaborate with the project M&E lead to develop metrics for monitoring and measurement of health financing interventions against benchmarks and support the learning agenda.