Independent Consultant for CHAI -Costing and Financial Analysis Consultant for HIV Program NSP
- Career Category: Advisor / Individual Consultant
- Schedule:Full-time
- Salary: N/A
Base Location: Remote work with potential travel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Contract Type: Independent Consultant – Costing and Financial Analysis Consultant
Contract Period: Approx. 3 months, 25 working days
Expected Start Date: 14 February 2026
Report to: Senior Program Manager, HIV/AIDS
Purpose
To conduct a fully costed HIV NSP:2026-2031, that estimates resource needs, identifies funding gaps, evaluates efficiency and optimization opportunities, and provides evidence-based recommendations to guide government planning, donor engagement, and sustainable financing of the national HIV response in the current environment of rapidly evolving funding constraints.
Specific Objectives
Develop a detailed cost model that maps NSP strategies, interventions, and activities to financial inputs.
Estimate incremental and full costs for HIV core strategic components (e.g. prevention (including PreP), HIV testing services, care and treatment services, STI prevention and control, eMTCT, laboratory services, logistics and supply management, strategic information and program management), and other cross-cutting enablers.
Ensure that the costing framework captures efficiency gains from integration, defines annual domestic funding thresholds required for sustainability, and includes the costs associated with social contracting.
Project annual resource needs over the NSP period (2026-2031) including capital and recurrent costs. through an iterative process initiated in 2026 and updated at least once after quarter one 2026 as greater certainty on TGF and USG funding becomes available Compare resource needs with projected available financing to quantify the funding gap.
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- English - Fluent is required
- Master's Degree in health economics, finance, and public health or related fields.
- At least 5- 7 years of relevant experience in HIV program costing, health financing, or economic evaluations or public health budgeting
- Demonstrated experience in applying costing methodologies, including bottom- up costing, activity-based costing and programme-based costing
- Experience in conducting financial gap analysis, resource mapping, and scenario modeling
- Experience working with ministries of health and donor-funded programs (Global Fund, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, etc.).
- Experience of working within/ with Cambodia public health sector is an advantage
- Familiarity with national HIV responses, policies, and strategic frameworks.
- Experience working with Ministries of Health or international development partners.
- Demonstrated experience using OneHealth Tool, or other health costing models
- Experience conducting allocative or technical efficiency analyses, optimization modeling, or scenario-based prioritization in public health programs is strongly preferred
- Strong analytical, modeling, and report-writing skills
- Strong knowledge of Global Fund grant architecture, budgeting processes, and financial reporting requirements is an advantage
- Advanced proficiency in English (written and spoken) is required.
- Understanding local language is an advantage
