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International Budget Partnership (Ibp) Hiring Senior Health Public Financial Management Advisor

The International Budget Partnership (IBP) works to make governments raise and spend public money more fairly so that people have access to the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.

Job Title: Senior Health Public Financial Management Advisor Organisation: International Budget Partnership (IBP) Department: GAPP Job Location: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time, Fixed-Term

IBP partners with budget analysts, community organisers and advocates in more than 100 countries to advance public budget systems that work for people.

Contract Length: Initial 1-year fixed-term contract, with a view to renewal Closing Date: 22 October 2026 at 1:00 PM GMT Preferred Start Date: January 2027 Reports To: Global Lead, Policy and Research

Its work includes generating evidence, advocating for reform, and strengthening the skills and knowledge of people so they can participate in budget decisions that affect their lives.

IBP has staff based across multiple countries, with in-depth country work in Nigeria, South Africa, Indonesia and Francophone Africa.

About The Role

IBP is seeking a Senior Health Public Financial Management Advisor to provide technical expertise for its growing health public financial management (PFM) portfolio.

The Advisor will provide direct technical assistance and capacity strengthening to country teams and civil society partners.

The role will help teams diagnose and address problems in how health resources are planned, budgeted, released, spent and accounted for, while developing research methods and diagnostic tools to support evidence-based work.

The position requires a strong PFM practitioner who can work across health and finance systems and move between hands-on technical support, applied research and diagnosis, and facilitation of problem-solving among diverse actors.

1. Technical Assistance And Capacity Strengthening – 50%

The Senior Health PFM Advisor will:

• Provide direct technical assistance to regional and country teams and partners, with a focus on Africa and IBP’s broader partner engagements on health budgets.

• Diagnose and address health PFM problems, including budget credibility and execution, resource flows, procurement, expenditure controls and reporting.

• Help teams identify technical, institutional and political causes of identified problems.

• Map actors, relationships, incentives and accountability mechanisms that shape health PFM challenges.

• Develop feasible strategies for addressing identified problems.

• Facilitate technical dialogue and joint problem-solving among finance and budget institutions, health institutions, subnational governments, civil society, oversight institutions, communities and development partners.

• Design and deliver capacity strengthening and training for IBP teams, civil society partners, government counterparts and other accountability actors.

• Provide ongoing technical advice and facilitation in English and, where possible, French.

2. Research And Methodology Development – 30%

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing and refining practical research methods and diagnostic approaches for health PFM problems and their surrounding accountability ecosystems.

• Conducting or overseeing country-level analysis combining quantitative budget and expenditure data with institutional and political economy analysis.

• Analysing health budget credibility, execution, resource flows, reporting and oversight.

• Translating findings into actionable recommendations, technical briefs, diagnostic reports and other products.

• Identifying recurring problems and evidence gaps across countries.

• Using lessons from implementation to strengthen IBP’s health PFM methodologies and technical assistance.

3. Coordination And Strategic Alignment – 20%

The Advisor will:

• Work with IBP’s Global Policy and Partnerships team, country Policy Leads, and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning colleagues.

• Integrate health PFM expertise into country programming.

• Connect learning across countries and align activities with IBP’s broader strategy.

• Coordinate work planning, budgets and reporting for assigned health PFM projects and activities.

• Contribute technical content to concept notes, funding proposals and donor reports.

• Represent IBP’s health PFM work with donors, government counterparts, technical partners and relevant policy and technical forums.

• Participate in team, staff and coordination meetings and other assigned activities.

Qualifications And Experience

Candidates should have:

• A minimum of 7 years of professional experience providing technical assistance, advisory support or applied analysis on public financial management, including experience in the health sector.

• Understanding of health systems and health financing and how they interact with government PFM systems.

• Strong technical understanding of PFM systems, particularly budget formulation, programme budgeting, budget credibility and execution, resource tracking and financing systems, expenditure controls and financial reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex PFM problems using quantitative, institutional and political economy analysis.

• Experience providing hands-on technical assistance to government, civil society and/or other country-level actors.

• Experience developing or adapting research methods, diagnostic tools or analytical frameworks for country-level PFM or sectoral analysis.

• Strong facilitation and communication skills.

• Extensive experience working across countries and cultures, including engagement with governments, civil society organisations, development partners and other stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries.

• Commitment to equity, social justice and strengthening citizen and civil society participation in public resource decision-making and accountability.

• Fluency in English.

Working knowledge of French and familiarity with Francophone PFM systems, including the WAEMU (UEMOA) harmonised public finance framework, are an advantage.

Salary

IBP states that salaries are determined with consideration of current market conditions and comparable not-for-profit organisations.

Illustrative annual gross salary ranges include:

• Nigeria: USD 41,475–43,430
• Senegal: CFA 26,156,180–29,214,581
• South Africa: ZAR 789,698–826,908
• Kenya: KES 4,348,190–4,553,080
• Europe: EUR 65,000–80,000

The salary offered will be payable in local currency, based on local markets and commensurate with experience.

Location And Travel

This is a remote position. IBP’s team currently works across several time zones, with many colleagues based between UTC-5 and UTC+3.

Applications are encouraged from anywhere, although IBP will consider time-zone compatibility and proximity to its country offices.

Regional and in-country travel will be required.

How to apply

Applicants should complete the online application form, including the short screening questions, and submit:

• A CV.
• A cover letter of no more than 750 words, providing tangible examples of how their skills, knowledge and experience support the key priorities of the position.
• At least two examples of technical assistance, training materials or written work relating to health, PFM or budget accountability. These may be provided as website links in the cover letter or attached to the application.

Application Link: VIEW FULL JOB DETAILS/ APPLY HERE/

Recruitment Timeline

Application Deadline: 22 October 2026 at 1:00 PM GMT First-Round Interviews: Weeks of 2 and 9 November 2026 Final Interviews: Week of 16 November 2026 Preferred Start Date: January 2027

IBP is recruiting for this position in anticipation of funding. Any offer of employment will be conditional upon the required funding being confirmed.

Candidates should have at least 7 years of professional experience in public financial management, including experience in the health sector.

💰 Illustrative salary ranges include: 🇿🇦 South Africa: ZAR 789,698–826,908/year 🇰🇪 Kenya: KES 4,348,190–4,553,080/year 🇳🇬 Nigeria: USD 41,475–43,430/year 🇸🇳 Senegal: CFA 26,156,180–29,214,581/year 🇪🇺 Europe: EUR 65,000–80,000/year

🔗 Apply here: https://IBP.bamboohr.com/careers/51

⏰ Applications close 22 October 2026.

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Candidates should have:

• A minimum of 7 years of professional experience providing technical assistance, advisory support or applied analysis on public financial management, including experience in the health sector.

• Understanding of health systems and health financing and how they interact with government PFM systems.

• Strong technical understanding of PFM systems, particularly budget formulation, programme budgeting, budget credibility and execution, resource tracking and financing systems, expenditure controls and financial reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to diagnose complex PFM problems using quantitative, institutional and political economy analysis.

• Experience providing hands-on technical assistance to government, civil society and/or other country-level actors.

• Experience developing or adapting research methods, diagnostic tools or analytical frameworks for country-level PFM or sectoral analysis.

• Strong facilitation and communication skills.

• Extensive experience working across countries and cultures, including engagement with governments, civil society organisations, development partners and other stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries.

• Commitment to equity, social justice and strengthening citizen and civil society participation in public resource decision-making and accountability.

• Fluency in English.

Working knowledge of French and familiarity with Francophone PFM systems, including the WAEMU (UEMOA) harmonised public finance framework, are an advantage.

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