INTERNAL/EXTERNAL JOB ADVERT FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF AN TECHNICAL ADVISOR FOR BACKUP HEALTH PROJECT FOR THE DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GmbH IN BAFOUSSAM Background BACKUP health is mandated for the period April 2020 to March 2023 to support governmental and civil society partners to leverage funding from global (health) financing mechanisms for the strengthening of their health systems. To achieve this goal, the project will collaborate with partners in eight (8) focus countries (Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe) primarily on three main areas: Strengthen national coordination of global health financing: to ensure that the management (planning and implementation) of globally financed programmes is coordinated and based on national strategies, and in turn leads to health services that are targeted towards group-specific needs; Strengthen capacities of selected institutions in the partner countries to set and achieve health-system strengthening priorities in connection with global financing: these priorities may include improved human resource competencies for strengthening health systems and improved organisational competencies for managing global financing, such as data, financial and risk management, as well as the technical capacities required for specific health systems functions. Improve the management of health services at the decentralized level particularly with regard to the integration of globally financed programmes: for example, by analysing existing models of community-based health services and using the findings to propose a new model for integrated management of health services. Participation by civil society, key and vulnerable populations, human rights and gender equality are critical factors for programme success and serve as cross-cutting topics for the project. Responsibilities BACKUP Health seeks to employ a qualified technical advisor who will work in close collaboration with the BACKUP team (in country and headquarter) as well as the Bilateral Programme team The Technical Advisor has the …