Senior Health Specialist

Leads maternal, newborn and child health support for the Global Financing Facility, translating evidence into country investment cases and technical assistance. The specialist advises governments and World Bank teams, develops partnerships and metrics, and advances stronger primary health systems.

• Advise clients and teams on maternal and newborn health approaches
• Translate technical evidence into investment cases and programmes
• Develop metrics and evaluation approaches for health performance
• Coordinate GFF partnerships and stakeholder collaboration
• Produce health knowledge products and analytical tools
• Support country investment-case delivery and health financing

• Doctorate in medicine, public health or related field, or demonstrable equivalent expertise
• At least 10 years of maternal, newborn and child health experience
• Primary health-care and health-financing expertise
• Excellent written and oral English

• World Bank operations experience
• French language ability

• Maternal and newborn health
• Health systems strengthening
• Health financing
• Technical assistance
• Partnership management
• Performance measurement