Consultant - Consultant (Strategy)

Purpose of consultancy

To provide analytical and technical views to identify Unitaid's strategy and funding priorities, identify/assess opportunities for strategic grant implementation, and provide strategic input on the design of Unitaid’s grants as well as grant implementation.

The consultant will design analyses on health products and their markets, cutting edge market impact/market-shaping approaches, and health systems to help guide the development of global health interventions.

Background

Unitaid requires external strategy, technical advisory and consultative services across the malaria, child survival and RMNCH portfolio.

Deliverables

• Produce written content for the Director of Strategy, the Senior Management Team, Executive Office, Executive Board and its committees in alignment with Unitaid’s Strategy 2023 - 2027.
  • Provide analyses and technical views, including reviewing of product/innovation landscapes developed by Unitaid, related to tools and interventions for malaria, child survival and RMNCH and improving access to tools to prevent, diagnose and treat disease in low resource settings as well as review key documents.
  • Validate document (with global partners and the broader disease community) on new high-potential opportunities, including market-based interventions, for Unitaid to speed access to innovations.
• Develop reports, presentations, briefing notes, and other materials for Unitaid's Executive Board, Policy and Strategy Committee, and Joint Review Committee.
• Monitor and propose potential engagements at relevant high level and technical meetings for the Unitaid to advocate relevant technical content.
• Organize engagements, webinars and technical meetings that support the implementation of Unitaid’s strategy.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in business/management economics, or public health.

Desirable:

• First level degree or a diploma/certificate in a discipline related to healthcare product access (medicine, pharmacy, product development, product design, etc.).

Experience

Essential:

• Over 10 years of relevant experience in global development or healthcare industry with a focus on developing access strategies or project design for interventions in public or global health.
• At least 3 years of experience in health products analysis, such as: analysis of markets and competitive intelligence; forecasting or market models; financial modelling; analysis of design/impact of market-based interventions.
• Experience working in designing products/solutions for use, in resource-limited settings.

Desirable:

• Experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and/or diagnostics industry (e.g., market access, regulatory, medical affairs, intellectual property).
• Demonstrated experience supporting design and application of innovative financing mechanisms or market-based interventions, including volume guarantees, advanced market commitments, R&D success rewards, basic R&D lump-sum funds, subsidies, etc.
• Experience working with an international / UN based organization.

Skills/Knowledge:

Essential:

• Knowledge of the disease landscape/s related to malaria, child survival and RMNCH.
• Technology literate.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytic skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Languages required:

Essential:

• Expert knowledge of English.

Desirable:

• Intermediate knowledge of French.

Location

Off-site – Home based.

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel.

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

Remuneration:

Band level C - USD 10,000 – 12,500 per month.

Living expenses (A living expense is payable to on-site consultants who are internationally recruited):

N/A

Expected duration of contract:

8 months.

Additional Information

• This vacancy notice may be used to identify candidates for other similar consultancies at the same level.
• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.
• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
• If your candidature is retained for interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.
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