In 2008, the Global Fund Board decided to implement the NSA approach through a phased roll-out, beginning in 2009 with a ‘First Learning Wave’ of limited scope. The Global Fund announced the Second Wave of NSAs in January 2011. As with the First Wave, the number of countries participating in the Second Wave is limited, in order to draw further lessons to guide the broad roll-out of NSAs in the future.

The Global Fund’s NSA approach takes as its core a country’s national disease strategy documentation. The approach has three components.

The outputs of the consultancy shall be:

• Detailed costing methodology for each set of actions within the NSP
• Facilitation of participatory revision of the NSP budgetary framework
• Knowledge transfer to a critical mass of national stakeholders through facilitation of specific sessions on costing and budgeting in a national strategic planning consultative workshop 

Preferred experience

Core competencies and experience

• Relevant educational background
• Expertise in health economics, costing and budgeting
• No less than 7 years of extensive experience in the area of costing and budgeting national health programmes
• Previous experience in the region
• Previous experience with HIV/AIDS programmes
• Proven analytical skills and ability to work under tight deadlines
• Working knowledge of English. Knowledge of Romanian and/or Russian shall constitute an advantage

Duration of Workand Payment Conditions:  

The consultant shall provide 10 daysof in-country mission in September 2011. The in-country mission is tentatively scheduled for 1-10 September 2011.

Both male and female candidates are strongly encouraged.

Interested persons should submit their CV and Commercial Offer by August 15, 2011, 6:00 PM.

Please address applications to 67 Bucuresti str, MD-2012 Chisinau, Moldova, or by e-mail RataS@unaids.md.

Only those selected will be contacted.