Health Sector Budget Support Advisor

The Belgian development agency, BTC, mobilises its resources and its expertise to eliminate
poverty in the world. BTC contributes to the efforts of the international community and works
towards a society that provides present and future generations with sufficient resources to
build a sustainable and fair world.
Its 650 staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State
and other development partners to international solidarity. They support more than 300
cooperation projects and programmes in some 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
In view of the the further development of its activities the BTC is currently looking for a (m/f):
Health Sector Budget Support Advisor - Uganda
Ref.: UGA/09/022
Location: Uganda, Kampala
Duration of the contract: 2 years
Probable starting date: as soon as possible
Monthly salary package: between 5.299,56 euro and 7.500,22 euro (this includes the gross
monthly salary and the expat benefits: hardship allowance and expat allowance). The salary
is calculated, depending on the composition of the family and the number of years of relevant
experience.
Project:
Belgium has supported the Health Sector of Uganda with 18 million euros of sector budget
support over the past 5 years and is a historical donor in the sector. It has contributed to the
financing of the implementation of the HSSP II. The Belgian Development Cooperation is
committed to a sector wide approach (SWAp) to health development and is, together with
other actors, therefore advocating for co-ordination and partnership with all stakeholders
involved in health sector.
Uganda approved during the 2010 Joint Review Mission the “Health Sector Strategic&
Investment Plan 2010/11-2014/15” (HSSIP) and a new MoU, called Country Compact under
the IHP+, was signed. Belgium has decided to engage further budget support to the health
sector through HSSIP during the next two years with a possible additional contribution of 10
million euros.
Within this context, the Belgian Development Agency (BTC), responsible for monitoring of this
support, will recruit a “Health Sector Budget Support Advisor”. Informing and working
together with the Attaché for International Cooperation at the Belgian Embassy, who has the
political responsibility of the Belgian support, he/she will provide input to the ongoing health
policy and technical dialogue with the Government of Uganda. In coordination and liaison with
the Health Development Partners (HDP) Group, the advisor will provide technical input to the
health SWAp, HSSIP and the government’s reforms to be undertaken in the health sector.
Objectives
The Health Sector Budget Support Advisor will fulfil two main objectives:
· The expert will be in charge of the disbursement report that advises on the release of
budget support installments.
· The expert will, in straight coordination with the Attaché and the HDP Group, monitor
and follow up on Uganda’s health sector and contribute to advancing the health
reform and HSSIP through policy dialogue. The expert will report on this monitoring.
Function:
· Report to the Attaché, BTC and the Budget Support Working Group with regards to
HSSIP implementation and policy dialogue in the health sector, as provided in the
Vademecum for Budget Support.
· Provide technical and policy advice to the Attaché with regards to his/her positioning
on health policy issues through regular meetings and brief notes. Assist and advise
the Attaché in the Health Policy Advisory Committee (HPAC), HDP and other relevant
meetings.
· Report about the opportunity of disbursement of the different Belgian instalments. The
advisor will systematically check whether the conditions for disbursement, as defined
in the Specific Agreement, are met. She/he will then formulate a clear advice to the
Attaché in this respect.
· Support capitalization in order to feed into future Belgian interventions through
documenting the implementation process and sharing experience; exchanging
expertise and programme results with other BTC interventions and Belgian actors
involved in the health sector and / or in budget support modalities.
· Participate for the health sector in the meetings of the Joint Budget Support
Framework (JBSF) Task Force if she/he gets the mandate of the HDP Group.
· Participate actively in the processes on the development and the realization of the
Indicative Cooperation Programmes (ICP) in Uganda.
· Do sufficient field missions to test the policy dialogue issues to the reality in the field.
Field missions will be aligned as much as possible to Ministry of Health (MoH) and
HDP Group initiatives or the BTC-Capacity Building Project in MoH.
· Seek an active interaction with stakeholders in MoH and document the Belgian
portfolio approach in the sector.
In regards to the Health Development Partner Group:
· Ensure follow-up and analysis of HSSIP implementation.
· Actively participate in the technical working groups responsible for the programme
follow-up with a focus on budget analysis and public finance management within the
health sector, including the analysis of the Office of the Auditor General’s reports for
the health sector.
· Monitor identified risk factors (see technical note) and constructively collaborate with
the partner authorities within the policy dialogue to implement mitigation actions.
· Participate in the organisation and preparation of the annual sector reviews and
related field missions.
· Actively support donor coordination towards an active partnership approach to
programme follow-up and policy dialogue with the Ugandan authorities, by providing
support to the Attaché and the chair of the Health Development Partners group.
· Establish, maintain and develop good working relations with the Government
ministries (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Local Government, Ministry of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development, Office of the Prime Minister, etc.), relevant
institutions and all partners involved in HSSIP.
· Develop, maintain and share an in-depth knowledge and understanding of HSSIP and
the health sector, including through networking with local actors (e.g. Civil Society
Organisations).
· Ensure the timely provision of input on the performance of the health sector to the
taskforce of the Joint Budget Support Framework. Advocate and work proactively with
all stakeholders in the planning, the implementation and the monitoring of all health
sector related issues of JBSF.
Regulatory framework
The follow-up of the Belgian contribution to the BS programme will be done according to the
principles and tasks set out in following official documents:
· Vademecum for Budget Support;
· Specific Agreement on the contribution between Belgium and Uganda;
· Implementation Agreement between DGD and BTC;
· Country Compact signed by the Health Development Partners and the Government of
Uganda (MoH);
· The follow-up will be aligned as much as possible to the JBSF-framework.
Profile:
Qualifications:
· Post graduate degree in Public Health at university level, i.e. health economics &
public finance management / health policy / public sector management.
Experience:
· Knowledge and experience of Public Finance Management;
· At least 5 years of proven experience working with health sector reforms, budget
support and donor coordination in low-income countries, preferably in Anglophone
Africa;
· Experience with working in Monitoring and Evaluation methods is an asset;
· Cooperative and networking attitude and experience of working in multi-disciplinary
team settings;
· Extensive professional experience in a multicultural context.
Other:
· A high degree of questioning business as usual, drive, self-motivation and ability to
work independently with minimum supervision;
· Negotiation and diplomatic skills;
· Analytical skills and critical attitude;
· English proficiency.
Interested?
Please apply not later than July 6th 2011, through our web site www.btcctb.org. Use our
Standard CV and a letter of motivation to apply. You can find the model of our Standard CV
on the page Jobs of our website. If you have any additional question, don’t hesitate to contact
us at 02/505 18 65.