Qualifications

Purpose of consultancy

To strengthen the positioning of Unitaid in the global health landscape by supporting the implementation of Unitaid’s External Relations Strategy, especially on donor relations and resource mobilization activities in Brazil and identified key countries in Latin America.

Background

The Consultant will support the overall collaboration with Brazilian and Latin American health stakeholders, from public and private sectors, supporting Unitaid’s goal to foster innovation in health in the overall regional health agenda. The contractor will engage with both existing and potential partners, with a primary focus in Brazil and a secondary focus in Latin American countries. To develop this task, it is key that the contractor has an existing and extended network of high-level public health professionals, stakeholders, and government officials, in order to be proactively involved in the development of strategic partnerships and resource mobilization.

Deliverables

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

• An advanced university degree or equivalent in public health and/or social sciences.

Experience:

Essential:

• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in partnership and country engagement development.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience of working with government representatives.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in the field of public health.

Desirable:

• Previous experience with international organizations.

Skills:

• Well established network of contacts.
• Advanced writing and communication skills particularly for verbal presentations in meetings and events and written communication in the form of technical briefings, reports and donor proposal and reporting.

Languages required:

Essential:

• Expert knowledge of Portuguese.
• Intermediate knowledge of Spanish.
• Intermediate knowledge of English.

Location

Off site: Home-based.

Travel

The consultant is expected to travel to attend meetings and/or relevant political events whenever needed.

Remuneration and budget (travel costs are excluded):

Remuneration:

Band level C – USD 500 – 625 per day.

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

N/A

Expected duration of contract:

11 months (approximately 90 days). Additional contracts may be offered based on funding availability and satisfactory performance.

Additional Information

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• A written test may be used as a form of screening.
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