Expert Consultant on Health Satellite Accounts Compilation and Application

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Result of Service

A health financing and performance monitoring system based on health satellite accounts and health performance indicators built to inform fiscal and health outcome scenarios and monitor performance.

Work Location

Remote.

Expected Duration

6 Months (part-time).

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Duties and Responsibilities

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa is implementing a project aiming to transform health financing in Africa through unlocking fiscal space, driving innovation, and building resilient and equitable systems. The project seeks to develop SHA-consistent Health Satellite Accounts (HSA) and related health performance indicators for four African countries (Botswana, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Togo) for reference years between 2022 and 2024.

Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Section, the Consultant will serve as the technical lead and primary implementer, working with the national team to:

• Assess existing health accounts, national accounts, and government finance data to identify gaps and data requirements.
• Design and supervise complementary data collection to fill identified gaps.
• Develop SHA-compatible and health-compatible social accounting matrix (HSAM) data mapping frameworks tailored to the country’s context.
• Lead the hands-on construction of Health Satellite Accounts and SAM for the country.
• Ensure technical quality, consistency, and international comparability of outputs.
• Build institutional capacity through on-the-job training and knowledge transfer.
• Facilitate national validation processes and secure stakeholder endorsement.
• Develop health performance indicators based on the health satellite accounts.
• Prepare comprehensive technical documentation, analytical reports, and policy briefs.
• Provide strategic recommendations for institutionalizing HSA as a routine statistical product.

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Qualifications and Special Skills

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s or PhD) in Economics, Statistics, Public Health, Health Economics, or a related field.
• Specialized training or certification in National Accounts, Health Accounts (SHA 2011), or Health Economics is desirable.

Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in health accounts, national accounts, or health financing performance analysis.
• Demonstrated expertise in System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011) methodology and implementation.
• Strong knowledge of System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) and experience linking health accounts to national accounts and Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) frameworks.
• Proven track record of leading or contributing to National Health Accounts or Health Satellite Accounts development in at least one African country.
• Hands-on experience with data gap assessment, survey design, and primary data collection, processing, and analysis.
• Demonstrated capacity building and training experience in statistical systems strengthening.
• Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder technical workshops and validation processes.

Languages

• Fluency in English (written and spoken) is required.
• French proficiency is required for consultants seeking to work with Togo.

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No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.

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