Consultant - EYE Strategy Resource Mobilization at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy

The consultant will perform the following:

• develop a business case for yellow fever interventions;
• develop funding proposals;
• provide advocacy expertise to enable attainment of financial, technical, and non-financial resources for the global Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) strategy. 

Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: Develop business case report for YF interventions. 
• Deliverable 2: Develop and submit at least 5 proposals for WHO AFRO, PAHO, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia and 3 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. 
• Deliverable 3: At least 1 large funding commitment ($1 million) is secured annually to ensure progress across key unaddressed thematic areas and to address critical gaps in LAC.
• Deliverable 4: Secure at least $1million for the 3 no-regret African high-risk countries (DRC, Ethiopia, Nigeria) in 2022 and 2023. 

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in international or public relations, business administration, communications, social sciences, law, public health or another related field.

Desirable:

• Specific training certificate in business administration, communications, or other relevant field.

Experience

Essential:

• At least 5 years of relevant experience combined at the national and international levels, in the areas of partnerships, donor relations, private sector engagement or resource mobilization, with emphasis on public health.
• Experience in developing business cases in the global health field.

Desirable:

• Experience in conducting cost studies in health care.
• Experience in fundraising markets for projects in Africa or the Americas especially for health and specifically for vaccination.
• Experience with WHO, UN agencies, US Center for Disease Control (CDC) or a health cluster member organization.

Skills/Knowledge:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to convey complex proposal development, donor reporting/relations with clear recommendations. 
• Ability to produce quality reports.
• Solid knowledge of advocacy, communications, partnerships, and resource mobilization.
• Knowledge of the work of UN agencies and the practical considerations for funding and advocacy. 
• Knowledge of stakes linked to arboviral diseases and/or tropical diseases with epidemic potential.

Closing Date : Feb 24, 2023