Requirements

Who Can Apply

UNICEF welcomes qualified applicants of any nationality, gender or background, including people with disabilities.

Education

• A master's degree or equivalent in health economics, health financing, public health or health policy. A public health or policy degree must focus on health economics or financing.

• A master's in economics or finance with a focus on strengthening health systems is also accepted.

Experience

• At least 8 years of work in international health and development.

• A strong focus on health economics, policy and financing in low- and middle-income countries.

• Proven use of economic or health financing models in real health systems, such as primary health care or government health services. You must be able to turn this analysis into practical plans.

Skills

• Advanced skills in economic evaluation, such as cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit and return-on-investment analysis.

• Budget impact and financial forecasting models.

• Health financing reviews, such as public financial management (PFM) assessments.

• Modelling tools such as UNIVAC, OneHealth Tool, LiST, Spectrum or Optima Health, or advanced Excel and R models.

• Strong number skills with software like R, Stata or Excel VBA, and handling large datasets.

• Clear policy writing, with a record of briefs, investment cases or published research.

• Deep knowledge of how global health funding works, including Gavi, the GFF and development banks.

Language

• English and French. Both are required.

Other Requirements

• Selected candidates go through reference, safeguarding and background checks. These include checks of degrees and past jobs.

• Job offers depend on medical clearance.

• Kenya must issue a visa for this international post. UNICEF will help arrange it.

• Government employees usually must resign before joining UNICEF.

• International staff must be willing to move between duty stations and may be sent to support emergencies.

Nice to Have (Not Required)

• Another UN language: Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish.

• Extra training, such as a medical degree (MD/MBBS) or a PhD in economic evaluation or fiscal policy.

• Leading cost-effectiveness, budget impact, investment case or fiscal space studies for immunization and other health areas.

• Supporting health or immunization financing reforms in low- and middle-income countries.

• Advising ministries of health and finance in several of these countries.

• Working with global health partners like Gavi, the Global Fund or GAIN, or with development banks.

• Country-level work in development, fragile or humanitarian settings.