About World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is the technical and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership in global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical and implementation support and monitoring and assessing health trends. In Afghanistan, WHO works to improve the health and well-being of all Afghans by preventing and reducing mortality, morbidity and disability and strengthening health services in close coordination with national and international partners.
Job Summary
Afghanistan’s health system is highly dependent on Household Out-of-Pocket (OOP) spending and donor support. According to the Afghanistan National Health Account (NHA) 2021, the current health expenditure in 2021 is around USD 3 billion. The highest proportion of expenditure comes from household out-of-pocket (OOP), accounting for 77.2 % of current health expenditure (CHE). The second largest health expenditure comes from donors, which is 19.3%, and the third is the government budget allocated to health which is 3.3 % of Current Health Expenditure (CHE). After the political transition in Afghanistan, the economic status changed, which affected the health sector, especially health financing, and increased reliance on donor assistance due to the low government share of the total health expenditure.
Purpose of the Post:
The purpose of this consultancy is to update and enhance the revenue generation strategic framework that was previously provided in 2018. The primary objective is to implement an updated strategy that will effectively increase domestic revenue for the health sector in Afghanistan. By doing so, the activity aims to reduce the country’s dependency on external aid and increase government contributions to the health sector
Duties & Responsibilities
In Afghanistan, to finance the health system in a more sustainable way, health financing needs to be shifted from high dependence on external assistance and private household expenditures to the government budget and prepayment mechanisms. In this activity the revenue generation strategic framework which has been provided in 2018 will be updated . Implementation of the above-mentioned strategy will increase domestic revenue for health to reduce the dependency on external aid and increase government contributions to the health sector in Afghanistan, so as to lower OOP expenditures of households. Though activity is a long-term effort with multi-year activities, but inception necessary steps need to be taken at least.
Job Summary:
1. Identify revenue generation target sources
2. Development method of the assignment and present it to the stakeholder
3. Collaborate with stakeholder specially MOF on collecting update data
4. Propose best practices relevant to revenue collection process and earmarking of the collected revenue
5. Collection of update data, cleaning and analyzing
6. Provision of report and integrate the finding with previous revenue generation strategic frame work
Deliverables:
1. Develop plan of action for the assignment and presentation to stakeholders
2. Data collection, cleaning, and analysis
3. Updating RGSF and report
Job Requirements
1. University degree in public health, economics, econometrics, statistics and/or another relevant field preferred.
2. Minimum two-five years’ experience in government, NGOs, UNs in the field of : Data management and analysis, planning, financial management, accounting, public health works, or health economics
3. Proficient in use of Microsoft Excel, Word and SPSS
4. Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
5. Excellent reporting writing skills
Criteria/ Procedure:
Screening of the candidates;
Long List – The candidates shall be long listed base on the minimum qualifications and relevant experience to the Vacancy Notice (VN).
Short List – Further shortlist shall be done base on years of relevant experience, higher education and required skills.
Assessment method:
WHO may conduct written/presentation and interview or combination of the mentioned mediums to select the most qualified candidate.
WHO is an equal opportunity employer and qualified women are particularly encouraged to apply and equally qualified female candidate will be given preference.
Submission Guideline
Interested applicants (Afghan National) meeting the above qualifications are requested to submit their applications quoting this Vacancy Announcement Number (WHOAFG- 2024-02-02) along with their curriculum vitae, copy of National ID (Tazkira) to below mentioned email:
Applications received after the closing date will not be considered. ONLY CANDIDATES UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION WILL BE CONTACTED FOR INTERVIEW AND TEST.