Policy Specialist, Health Finance & Global Fund STC - Home-Based

Job Opportunity : Policy Specialist, Health Finance & Global Fund STC

UNDP is the knowledge frontier organization for sustainable development in the UN Development System and serves as the integrator for collective action to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Supporting countries to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC), strengthen health systems resilience, and ensure sustainable health financing is a key priority for the organization, particularly in the context of Global Fund partnership and health security imperatives.

UNDP's Sustainable Finance Hub (SFH) draws on a critical mass of UNDP expertise, initiatives, and partnerships to support the mobilization and leveraging of resources for the SDGs, with health financing representing a critical component of sustainable development finance. The Hub works through four service offers : public finance for the SDGs, private finance for the SDGs, integrated national financing frameworks and the SDG Finance Academy.

Within this context, health financing remains critical. The rising burden of non-communicable diseases, unfinished communicable disease agendas and the risk of gains being reversed, pandemic preparedness needs, and climate-health nexus challenges all underscore the imperative of sustainable financing, where strengthened domestic resources and well-aligned external support reinforce each other. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria represents one of the largest sources of external health financing globally, with its Sustainability, Transition & Co-financing (STC) approach requiring sophisticated financial planning, domestic resource mobilization, and innovative financing solutions.

In close coordination with the HIV and Health Group and SFH Lead Advisor for Programme and Partnerships, the Policy Specialist, Health Finance & Global Fund STC will lead UNDP's engagement with health financing stakeholders to leverage and multiply resources through sustainable finance instruments, ensure Global Fund co-financing compliance, and integrate health financing into coherent policy frameworks across national, subnational, and local levels.

Under the joint supervision of the Programme Advisor, Global Fund Partnership and Health Systems Team, within the HIV & Health Group and the Sustainable Finance Hub, GPN Coordination Advisor, working closely with relevant regional bureaux and country offices, the Specialist will perform the following duties :

Lead Global Fund STC Support and Co-financing Strategy

• Serve as UNDP's primary technical advisor on Global Fund Sustainability, Transition & Co-financing (STC), providing strategic guidance on compliance pathways, co-financing tracking systems, and integration into Global Fund strategies.
• Conduct comprehensive fiscal space diagnostics and Public Financial Management (PFM) assessments to inform Global Fund country dialogues and Grant Cycle 8 (GC8) pipeline development.
• Lead development of country-specific co-financing roadmaps that align domestic resource mobilization with Global Fund requirements and national health priorities.
• Provide technical assistance on Global Fund co-financing methodologies, tracking mechanisms, and reporting frameworks to ensure country compliance and maximize funding access.
• Serve as focal point linking Global Fund STC requirements with UNDP's broader health financing and sustainable finance portfolio in close collaboration with Programme Specialists.

Design and Structure Innovative Health Finance Instruments

Convene multi-stakeholder Co-financing Platforms

Integrate Health Financing into National Frameworks

Deploy Digital PFM and Accountability Solutions

Provide Strategic Advisory for Leadership Engagement

Coordinate Internal and External Partnerships

Lead Capacity Development and Knowledge Management

The Policy Specialist will work under the joint supervision of a primary supervisor, the Programme Advisor, Global Fund Partnership and Health Systems Team, within the HIV & Health Group, with matrix supervision to the Public Finance Team Lead; where relevant, the Specialist will link up with Regional Health team leaders. Supervisory responsibilities : The Policy Specialist will directly (co-) supervise junior technical specialists and any personnel recruited under health financing projects (Global Fund, Gavi, World Bank, etc.) to support delivery of health financing services and / or the objectives outlined above. Day-to-day coordination will be managed through weekly check-ins, with performance evaluated against an agreed annual workplan tied to Global Fund cycles and health financing deliverables.

Competencies

Core : Achieve Results, Think Innovatively, Learn Continuously, Adapt with Agility, Act with Determination, Engage and Partner, Enable Diversity & Inclusion

People Management : UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical

Thematic Area : Business Direction & Strategy

Name : System Thinking

Definition : Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within