National Technical Specialist – Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) Management Technical Assistance

1. Enhancing PRs’ financial management performance; 
2. Ensuring the effective funding of the accounting, HR and procurement ERP software for the Ministry of Health Principal Recipients.

• Manage UNDP support to the Ministry of Health in the production of Global Fund grants reports as well as supporting audit and Local Fund Agents (LFA )reviews; 
• Ensure that the required deliverables (Progress Updates/Disbursement Report, Cash Report, Pulse Check Report, Tax Reports, etc.) are submitted to the Global Fund on time, consistent with the Principle Recipient’s (PR’s) financial records and in line with Global Fund requirements.

The financial management information system- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation:

• Implementation of the financial management system 
• Supervise the implementation of any additional requirements and customizations beyond the scope of initial Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS )ToR;
• Ensure provision of technical Microsoft (MS )Dynamics resource support, and user training is available; 
• Support the production of reports through the system and support the government towards final system testing and acceptance sign off; 
• Maintain the post implementation FMIS issue log and supervise the resolution of all issues through the post implementation period; 
• Review post implementation user confidence, and working environment and lead technical negotiations and discussions with FMIS vendor on future support framework that can minimize user dependence on vendor support and related maintenance cost for sustainability.

• Continued support for the roll out of salaries and remuneration scales for One Project Management Unit’s (PMU) structure. 
• Supervise the Human Resources (HR) information system performance management module role out, leave management and other HR functions in the system to ensure effectiveness and efficiency in program delivery; 
• Support centralization of payroll processing under One PMU;
• At the request from the PMU, provide recruitment support for all: PMUC, Financial Coordinator (FC) and Human Resources Coordinator (HRC)- positions; 
• Support and participate in the initial annual PR senior finance and programme staff performance objectives setting for 2025/2026.

Enhanced capacity, policy dissemination and governance oversight:

• Provide final analysis and recommendations to the required revision of current PRs financial and operational policies and procedures (drafted by Technical Assistance (TA) team) in light of the new technology transformation; 
• Provide final analysis and recommendation to the required revision of current PRs policy on Human Resource/HR Management (drafted by TA team) to ensure alignment with (any changes of) the HR procedures within the country; 
• Lead the coordination between UNDP TA team and GF Country Team, including with all PR AIDS, TB and Malaria MoH, and the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) with regards to the smooth implementation of GF program.

Improved procurement and fund management related support:

• Support the development of assets/inventory barcode/Quarterly Financial Report (QFR )enabled tagging system that is linked to the new FMIS to be implemented for all assets purchased since 2021; 
• Act on all special procurement and fund management support calls from PRs and their partners as and when needed; 
• Provide capacity strengthening through on the job back end support for PRs procurement and logistics staff on contract and procurement management.

• Participation in the trainings for the operations/ projects staff; 
• Contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice; 
• Effective contribution to learning and knowledge sharing in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming.

The incumbent of the position should avoid any kind of discriminatory behavior including gender discrimination and ensure that:

• Human rights and gender equality is prioritized as an ethical principle within all actions; 
• Activities are designed and implemented in accordance with “Social and Environmental Standards of UNDP”; 
• Any kind of diversities based on ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, disability, religion, class, gender are respected within all implementations including data production; 
• Differentiated needs of women and men are considered; 
• Inclusive approach is reflected within all actions and implementations, in that sense an enabling and accessible setup in various senses such as disability gender language barrier is created; 
• Necessary arrangements to provide gender parity within all committees, meetings, trainings etc. introduced.

People Management competencies:

• UNDP People Management Competencies can be found in the dedicated site.

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Partnership Management

• Relationship Management: Ability to engage with a wide range of public and private partners, build, sustain and/or strengthen working relations, trust and mutual understanding
  Strategic engagement: Ability to capture and sustain attention, interest and agreement of high-level, influential policy and decision makers and secure their buy-in of high-level vision and objectives

Finance

• Finance Reporting and Analysis: Understands changes in regulatory, legal and ethical frameworks and standards for financial reporting in the public sector. Ability to extract, evaluate financial data, derive relevant findings and present them in a meaningful and coherent manner to facilitate effective decision making and performance monitoring. Understands the benefits of integrated reporting, including non-financial resources such as human, social and intellectual capital, and environmental and governance performance
• Technology and data in Finance: Ability to understand developments, opportunities and challenges in technology relating to public finance
• Financial Risk Management: Ensures financial resilience through proactive assessment of risk, implementation of controls and taking mitigating action. Understands risk and reward in relation to collaborative and commercial projects. Ensures a culture of positive risk management

Business Direction & Strategy

• System Thinking: Ability to use objective problem analysis and judgement to understand how interrelated elements coexist within an overall process or system, and to consider how altering one element can impact on other parts of the system

Business Management

• Project Management: Ability to plan, organize, prioritize and control resources, procedures and protocols to achieve specific goals