Health Financing & Costing Consultant (Remote) at United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.
- The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026 - 2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal.
- It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
- This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Health Financing and Costing Consultant
Job Purpose
The primary goal is to conduct a comprehensive financial analysis of the national strategic direction for nurses and midwives (NSDNM2026-2030) in Nigeria and develop a multi-year costed operational action plan.
- The final deliverables will enable stakeholders to understand the financial expenses required to implement the NSDNM (2026-2030), identify funding gaps, and map funders to secure sustainable financing.
Description
How you can make a difference:
In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff who embody these international norms and standards and will defend them courageously and with full conviction.
- UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact sustained results, ensuring effective external relations, communications, partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape.
- We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.
Scope of Work
The Health Financing/Costing Consultant will facilitate the development of a five (5) year costed operational action plan for the NSDNM2026-2030, providing robust data for budgeting, tracking funding gaps, and enabling donor engagement or financial sustainability.
S/He is expected to carry out the following assignment:
- The Health Financing/Costing Consultant will facilitate the development of a five (5) year costed operational action plan for the NSDNM2026-2030, providing robust data for budgeting, tracking funding gaps, and enabling donor engagement or financial sustainability.
S/He is expected to carry out the following assignment:
- Situational Analysis: Review the finalized NSDNM2026-2030, national health workforce strategy, the midwifery model of care, health financing landscape, current domestic and external spending on reproductive and maternal health, and baseline workforce capacity.
The expected outputs are:
Preliminary Costing Model (Week 1): Draft budgeting tool with initial estimates including detailed objective and activity mapping.
- Design Workshop (Week 2): Presentation of draft costing model and assumptions including budget categorization to key stakeholders for feedback and consensus building.
- Draft Costed Operational Plan (Week 3): including narrative report detailing operational breakdown by pillar, implementation roadmap, multi-year funding requirements, financial gap analysis, donor mapping and engagement matrix, and resource mobilization action plan including risk/mitigation.
- Validation Workshop (Week 4): Presentation of second draft costed operational plan to key stakeholders for feedback and consensus building.
- Final Costed NSDNM (2026-2030) Operational Plan (Week5): including a comprehensive narrative of the context and strategic alignment, implementation roadmap, budget breakdowns, financial gap analysis, donor mapping and engagement strategy, resource mobilization action plan.
Duration and working schedule:
- The duration of this consultancy is five (5) weeks.
Place where services are to be delivered:
- The consultancy will be remote, with two stakeholder in-person and virtual workshops
Supervisory arrangements:
The Costing Consultant will report directly to the Gender/SRHR Specialist, under the supervision of the Technical Specialist, Reproductive and Maternal Health at the country office.
- S/He would also have technical guidance from the Director of Nursing Services, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
- Monitoring and progress control, including reporting requirements: Weekly review meetings will be held to assess progress and resolve challenges.
Expected travel: Minimum travel, expected.
Requirements
Required Expertise, Qualifications and Competencies, including language requirements:
She/he must possess a Master’s Degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Public Financial Management, or a related field.
- At least two (2) years of relevant experience in costing health sector strategic plans, ideally with a focus on human resources for health (HRH) or maternal and reproductive health.
- Proven proficiency with global health economic modeling tools (e.g., OneHealth Tool, LiST, EQUIST).
- Experience working with UN agencies, government, NGOs, or youth/civil society groups with demonstrated success in building and sustaining national advocacy coalitions.
- Knowledge of Nigeria’s health system and services, policies, and socio-cultural context.
- Excellent analytical, stakeholder facilitation and communication skills.
- Strong drafting and writing skills with attention to detail.
- Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office and digital collaboration tools are mandatory.
Location: Nigeria (All 36 State's)
Deadline: 27th October, 2026; 04:59 PM
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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