Health Financing Technical Advisor 

Position Title:	Health Financing Technical Advisor
Workstream	Country Engagement and Support
Reports to:	National Project Lead
Travel:	Frequent travel required (30+% of the time)
Duty Station:	Tanzania, Dodoma

 

ABOUT FINANCING ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH (FAH)  

Financing Alliance for Health partners with African governments to “focus financing to achieve improved health for all”.  We do so through working on five key outcomes: 1) Mobilizing more funding for health; 2) Directing More Funding to primary and community health, which have the highest returns on investment; 3) Ensuring Money is spent effectively, efficiently; 4) Building Government Capacity & Ownership; and 5) Shaping the Regional Health Financing Environment.  

 

Our work aims to increase access to and utilization of quality primary health services for every household, ultimately reducing morbidity and mortality. We believe in the transformative power of community health workers (CHWs), who not only improve health outcomes but also create thousands of jobs, primarily for women, marginalized individuals, and youth.   

 

FAH also plays a critical role in the Africa Frontline First (AFF) Initiative, a collaborative Catalytic Fund and network of technical assistance providers to scale and strengthen integrated and sustainable community health delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa. AFF support 17 countries in building high-functioning, resilient, country-led community health service delivery systems, including an expanded and institutionalized workforce of 200,000 CHWs by 2030.  

AFRICA FRONTLINE FIRST OVERVIEW  

Africa Frontline First (AFF) is an Africa-led partnership from the Community Health Impact Coalition, the Financing Alliance for Health, and Last Mile Health, under the championship of H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. 

 

AFF aims to support ten countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to build high-functioning, resilient, country-led community health service delivery with an expanded and institutionalized health workforce of 200,000 CHWs by 2030. Anchored within the local context and health reform journey of each country, these shifts in community health service delivery will contribute to reducing excess morbidity and mortality from COVID-19, Malaria, TB, and HIV, prevent maternal and child mortality, advance health security, and accelerate economic recovery at the community level following the pandemic. In turn, these investments in community health are critical to progress on the health SDGs, including ending AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, expanding universal health coverage (UHC), and as well as ensuring effective pandemic preparedness and response to COVID-19 and future pandemics.  

 

ABOUT THE PROJECT 

Africa Frontline First (AFF), in partnership with the Government of Tanzania, is supporting the design and implementation of a costed, scalable Integrated and Coordinated Community Health Worker (iCCHW) Optimization Protocol to strengthen the performance, quality, and cost-efficiency of Tanzania’s community health worker (CHW) programme. 

 

The project represents the first phase of a multi-year effort to strengthen Tanzania’s community health delivery system by optimizing how community health services are planned, financed, delivered, and monitored. The long-term objective is to establish a sustainable, data-driven, and cost-effective community health model that improves health outcomes, particularly for malaria and RMNCAH, through stronger CHW performance and more efficient system design. 

 

Phase 1 focuses on building the foundations of a high-performing and sustainable community health system. This includes strengthening governance and coordination across national and district levels, improving financing visibility and efficiency, and institutionalizing robust data and performance management practices. Working closely with the Ministry of Health, PO-RALG, district authorities, and technical partners, the project supports the co-design and testing of practical tools and processes to identify system bottlenecks, pilot optimization strategies, and embed improvements within government structures. 

 

In subsequent phases, optimization approaches developed and validated during Phase 1 will be refined and scaled nationally. Through strengthened governance, enhanced financing, improved use of data, digital and AI-enabled tools, and gender-responsive programming, the project aims to contribute to reductions in under-five malaria prevalence in high-burden regions, while advancing equitable, community-centred health care delivery across Tanzania. 

 

The project is implemented through a consortium of partners, including the Financing Alliance for Health, Touch Health, and Last Mile Health, and is led by the Africa Frontline First Initiative. 

POSITION DESCRIPTION 

The Health Financing Technical Advisor will provide embedded national-level technical assistance to support the Government of Tanzania (Community Health Unit) to strengthen health financing, planning, and governance for the iCCHW programme. 

The role will focus on improving financing visibility, costing, budget alignment, and use of financial data for decision-making, while supporting the Ministry of Health to lead coordination across partners and government entities. The Advisor will work closely with Ministry of Finance counterparts, PO-RALG, and implementing partners to ensure community health priorities are fiscally realistic, executable, and sustainable. 

 

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES 

1. Government Support, Coordination & Facilitation 

• Provide day-to-day embedded technical support to the Ministry of Health Community Health Unit to advance implementation and coordination of the iCCHW programme. 

• Support planning and facilitation of national and sub-national coordination meetings and technical workshops related to community health system strengthening. 

• Strengthen collaboration across government entities (including PORALG and district authorities) and with implementing partners to ensure alignment with national priorities. 

• Support clear governance arrangements, roles, and coordination mechanisms for community health implementation. 

1. iCCHW Optimization and Evidence-informed reforms 

• Lead and/or coordinate CHW optimization and performance assessments at national and selected district levels to identify system bottlenecks, gaps, and opportunities for improvement. 

• Support the Ministry of Health to co-develop, validate, and institutionalize a costed and scalable iCCHW Optimization Protocol, informed by evidence from assessments, implementation reviews, and learning across the project. 

• Support development of government-approved optimization workplans and synthesis reports that consolidate Phase 1 learning and inform future scale-up. 

3. Health Financing support

• Co-Lead and institutionalize national community health resource mapping, ensuring financing data for community health investments is consolidated, digitized, and actively used for coordination and decision-making. 

• Support development and validation of the 2026 Costed Annual Operational Plan for Community Health, aligning government and partner investments with national strategies and priorities. 

• Provide technical assistance to support inclusion of community health priorities within the Global Fund Grant Cycle 8 (GC8) application across malaria, HIV, TB, and RSSH components. 

4. Monitoring, Evaluation & Data-Driven Decision-Making

• Co-Lead development and institutionalization of a national M&E framework to strengthen iCCHW program performance, evolution, and learning. 

• Support assessment of M&E gaps, including review of DHIS2 and UCS indicators, data quality, data flow, and use of performance data across national and subnational levels. 

• Support development of a CHW Implementation Performance Framework, defining key system drivers and bottleneck indicators (e.g. payments, supervision, supply chain, reporting, safety), with integration of malaria and RMNCAH service delivery indicators. 

• Promote a culture of data-driven decision-making and adaptive management through regular analysis, dashboards, and structured performance reviews. 

5. Learning and Adaptive Management

• Support institutionalization of quarterly government-led iCCHW implementation reviews through the Community Health Task Force, integrating financing and performance data into decision-making. 

• Oversee preparation of quarterly implementation review reports, including agreed action plans, accountability mechanisms, and follow-up. 

• Ensure learning from reviews is translated into practical program adaptations and informs optimization strategies. 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 

• Master’s degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Health Systems, Economics, Public Policy, or a related field. 

• 8–12 years of relevant experience in health systems strengthening, health financing, community health, or public sector reform. 

• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to government institutions, preferably Ministries of Health, or Ministries of Finance. 

• Ability to work effectively in embedded government advisory roles and multi-partner environments. 

• Experience leading or contributing to health programs assessments, system diagnostics, or optimization studies, translating findings into practical reforms. 

• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation frameworks, routine health information systems (e.g. DHIS2), and use of data for decision-making. 

• Experience engaging with Global Fund or other large health financing mechanisms is an advantage. 

• Demonstrated experience strengthening governance and coordination mechanisms, including facilitating multi-stakeholder platforms, technical working groups, or task forces. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English 

 

Compensation 

This position offers a competitive compensation package linked to the background and experience of the candidate. 

Timing 

Applications accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Application Requirements 

Please submit your resume and cover letter as a single pdf document via this link; https://financingalliance.odoo.com/jobs/health-financing-technical-advisor-tanzania-181 

We receive many applications for each vacant position, as a result only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from our recruitment team within 6 weeks of application, please consider your application unsuccessful. 

FAH values the diversity of the people it hires and serves within the community. Our diversity is committed to fostering a work environment where individuals’ strengths and uniqueness are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop their potential.  

FAH has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable child or adult by any of our staff, partners, or representatives. We are committed to preventing all undesirable behaviour at work. This includes, child abuse and exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse.