Health Finance Specialist 183 views0 applications


Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is an international development company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries.

Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health Finance Specialist

Location: Kebbi
Employment Type: Full time

Position Objectives

  • The Health Finance Specialist (HFS) in Kebbi State will be a technical staff member of USAID/Nigeria State2State Activity.
  • S/he will provide support and leadership to Health Finance activities and ensure efficient and effective implementation of relevant health related PFM interventions within the state; and emplace a well-coordinated relationship between MDAs in the health sector and PFM institutions in Kebbi State.

Responsibilities
The HFS will provide technical assistance (TA) and advisory services in relations to the following PFM activities in the health sector, within Kebbi State:

Budget Planning, Administration and Execution:

  • Planning and preparation of health MDAs budgets that are comprehensive, realistic, credible, and clearly link policies with proposed expenditures;
  • Developing and implementing multi-year planning frameworks such as health sector Medium Term Sector Strategies (MTSS);
  • Developing annual procurement plans in the health sector to foster greater transparency, reduce risk, and support service delivery efficiency.
  • Planning and management of procurement and expenditure processes to ensure that a higher portion of the budget is executed during the fiscal year; and
  • Monitoring, adjustments, and reporting on the achievement of the purposes for which the budget was approved, through timely in-year (monthly and quarterly) budget performance reports.

Budget Transparency:

  • Developing systems to release draft budgets, approved budgets, and regular within-year (monthly or quarterly, not just annual) expenditure reports in a format conducive to public understanding and analysis; so that citizens can monitor not only what has been allocated but also what has actually been spent in the health sector.

Procurement:

  • Support the health sector MDAS in their annual procurement planning and operationalizing e-procurement.
  • Internal Controls
  • Improving the quality and functioning of systems of internal controls process and system in MDAs in the health sector. This is to ensure fewer opportunities for fraud, waste and abuse of public funds, and a reduced chance of negative audit findings; and eventually promote appropriate use of funds leading to improved allocation and expenditure in health sectors.
  • Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM)
  • Increasing DRM, particularly tax revenues, through the development of Revenue Expansion Strategy, and appropriate policies and roadmap for implementation of the Strategy; and Encouraging the state governments and LGAs to spend a significant portion of these increased revenues on the health sector.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Strengthening and improving the capacity of MDAs in the health sector and LGAs to monitor and evaluate both their financial management, procurement and audit functions and the magnitude of impact of resulting improvements to health service delivery.
  • Conduct baseline PFM assessment for the health sector using State2State PFM Assessment Tool; and conduct other thematic assessments as required, prepare reports, identify gaps, and make recommendations.

Cash / Treasury Management:

  • Supporting in the development of budget profiles in the MDAs of the health sector to ensure that health sector’s MDAs budgets are properly captured in the state and LGAs’ annual budgets.
  • The role will collaborate on PFM activities design, and support implementation, and other activities as needed.

Reporting:

  • The PFM Specialist will report, technically, to the Technical Director PFM [Bauchi main office] and administratively on a daily basis with the State Program Manager (SPM), and coordinate with other members of the state team as well as other State2State teams.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field such as Accounting, Business, Social Sciences, Law, Development Studies, Public Policy etc. Master’s preferred.
  • At least nine (9) years of relevant professional experience. At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of international development activities, with preference given to governance and health finance activities under a USG instrument, or experience related to technical area of the position.
  • Experience working in PFM, democracy, and governance sector in Nigeria, especially at the subnational level.
  • Prior experience in overseeing the awarding and managing grants to local organizations to promote democracy and governance goals preferred.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as good knowledge of the local language.

More Information

  • Job City Kebbi
  • This job has expired!
Share this job


DAI was founded in 1970 by three graduates of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government intent on providing a more dynamic and effective brand of development assistance. This entrepreneurial approach would look beyond traditional philanthropy to embrace the virtues of the private sector, and build a company that delivers social and economic development on a competitive, cost-effective, best-value basis—a social enterprise that is self-sustaining because it is profitable.

Employee-owned DAI is now a global development company with a record of delivering results in 160 countries. But it remains today what it was as a start-up: innovative, alert, self-critical, and forward-looking—and driven by a powerful sense of corporate purpose. Our mission remains essentially unchanged from the days of the founders.

A Consistent Mission

DAI’s mission is to make a lasting difference in the world by helping people improve their lives. We envision a world in which communities and societies become more prosperous, fairer and better governed, safer, healthier, and environmentally more sustainable.

Incorporated in 1970 as Development Alternatives, Inc., DAI made its earliest mark through a series of analytical studies. In 1973, we won a contract to analyze 36 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) projects in Latin America and Africa.

The resulting study, Strategies for Small Farmer Development, cemented the firm’s growing reputation, and we built on this momentum to seek more substantial assignments implementing projects in the field. Our first major project was to revitalize the agricultural economy in the North Shaba region of Zaire. Other implementation initiatives in rural and agricultural development followed in Sudan and elsewhere.

Among a new generation of DAI employees joining the firm in the 1980s was current CEO Jim Boomgard, a Ph.D. agricultural economist who played a key role in developing an approach to small business promotion in developing countries and managed a landmark multicountry study called Growth and Equity through Micro-enterprise Investments and Institutions (GEMINI).

Connect with us
0 USD Kebbi CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Development Alternatives, Inc (DAI)

Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is an international development company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries.

Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Title: Health Finance SpecialistLocation: Kebbi Employment Type: Full time

Position Objectives

  • The Health Finance Specialist (HFS) in Kebbi State will be a technical staff member of USAID/Nigeria State2State Activity.
  • S/he will provide support and leadership to Health Finance activities and ensure efficient and effective implementation of relevant health related PFM interventions within the state; and emplace a well-coordinated relationship between MDAs in the health sector and PFM institutions in Kebbi State.

Responsibilities The HFS will provide technical assistance (TA) and advisory services in relations to the following PFM activities in the health sector, within Kebbi State:

Budget Planning, Administration and Execution:

  • Planning and preparation of health MDAs budgets that are comprehensive, realistic, credible, and clearly link policies with proposed expenditures;
  • Developing and implementing multi-year planning frameworks such as health sector Medium Term Sector Strategies (MTSS);
  • Developing annual procurement plans in the health sector to foster greater transparency, reduce risk, and support service delivery efficiency.
  • Planning and management of procurement and expenditure processes to ensure that a higher portion of the budget is executed during the fiscal year; and
  • Monitoring, adjustments, and reporting on the achievement of the purposes for which the budget was approved, through timely in-year (monthly and quarterly) budget performance reports.

Budget Transparency:

  • Developing systems to release draft budgets, approved budgets, and regular within-year (monthly or quarterly, not just annual) expenditure reports in a format conducive to public understanding and analysis; so that citizens can monitor not only what has been allocated but also what has actually been spent in the health sector.

Procurement:

  • Support the health sector MDAS in their annual procurement planning and operationalizing e-procurement.
  • Internal Controls
  • Improving the quality and functioning of systems of internal controls process and system in MDAs in the health sector. This is to ensure fewer opportunities for fraud, waste and abuse of public funds, and a reduced chance of negative audit findings; and eventually promote appropriate use of funds leading to improved allocation and expenditure in health sectors.
  • Domestic Resource Mobilization (DRM)
  • Increasing DRM, particularly tax revenues, through the development of Revenue Expansion Strategy, and appropriate policies and roadmap for implementation of the Strategy; and Encouraging the state governments and LGAs to spend a significant portion of these increased revenues on the health sector.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Strengthening and improving the capacity of MDAs in the health sector and LGAs to monitor and evaluate both their financial management, procurement and audit functions and the magnitude of impact of resulting improvements to health service delivery.
  • Conduct baseline PFM assessment for the health sector using State2State PFM Assessment Tool; and conduct other thematic assessments as required, prepare reports, identify gaps, and make recommendations.

Cash / Treasury Management:

  • Supporting in the development of budget profiles in the MDAs of the health sector to ensure that health sector’s MDAs budgets are properly captured in the state and LGAs’ annual budgets.
  • The role will collaborate on PFM activities design, and support implementation, and other activities as needed.

Reporting:

  • The PFM Specialist will report, technically, to the Technical Director PFM [Bauchi main office] and administratively on a daily basis with the State Program Manager (SPM), and coordinate with other members of the state team as well as other State2State teams.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field such as Accounting, Business, Social Sciences, Law, Development Studies, Public Policy etc. Master’s preferred.
  • At least nine (9) years of relevant professional experience. At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience in the successful implementation of international development activities, with preference given to governance and health finance activities under a USG instrument, or experience related to technical area of the position.
  • Experience working in PFM, democracy, and governance sector in Nigeria, especially at the subnational level.
  • Prior experience in overseeing the awarding and managing grants to local organizations to promote democracy and governance goals preferred.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills as well as good knowledge of the local language.
2023-10-01

NGO Jobs in Africa | NGO Jobs

Ngojobsinafrica.com is Africa’s largest Job site that focuses only on Non-Government Organization job Opportunities across Africa. We publish latest jobs and career information for Africans who intends to build a career in the NGO Sector. We ensure that we provide you with all Non-governmental Jobs in Africa on a consistent basis. We aggregate all NGO Jobs in Africa and ensure authenticity of all jobs available on our site. We are your one stop site for all NGO Jobs in Africa. Stay with us for authenticity & consistency.

Stay up to date

Subscribe for email updates

October 2024
MTWTFSS
« Jan  
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031 
RSS Feed by country: