Background Information – Pakistan
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) aims to make significant strides in promoting sustainable development, aiding the federal and provincial government in SDGs attainment, and establishing itself as a reliable provider of efficient services for development programming around Climate Adaptation, Basic Service Delivery and Energy Efficiency. Operational since 1999, UNOPS Pakistan (Project Office) is part of the Sri Lanka Multi-Country Office in the Asia Pacific Region.
Background Information – Job-specific
Health-sector outlook in Pakistan.
The country continues to face high burdens of communicable and non-communicable diseases, growing climate-sensitive health risks and critical financing gaps that impede universal health coverage and development of modern health infrastructure. International health financing windows—such as Takeda’s Global CSR Program, the Global Fund, Gavi, the Asian Development Bank’s regional health security facility and emerging blended-finance mechanisms—offer opportunities to mobilise catalytic resources for Government and civil-society partners.
Job Specific Context
Pakistan faces substantial financing gaps in primary health care, non-communicable-disease management, and emerging climate-sensitive health threats. Several global health mechanisms—such as Takeda’s Global CSR Programme, the Global Fund’s Catalytic Investment Window, Gavi’s Health Systems Strengthening stream and regional blended-finance facilities—represent critical opportunities to mobilise additional resources for national and provincial health priorities.
To complement an existing Senior Health Retainer who provides strategic positioning, UNOPS seeks to engage a Partnerships Officer (Health – Retainer) to develop three (3) complete concept notes/proposals tailored to priority donors, and a pipeline of at least three (3) viable funding entry points for FY 2025–2026. The assignment includes:
- craft winning submissions for at least three health-funding sources;
- identify and secure two further prospective health-funding entry points; and
- strengthen PKCO’s internal pipeline management and donor-cultivation systems
The Partnerships Senior Officer (Health – Retainer) will provide on-call technical advice and hands-on support to PKCO’s Partnerships & Programme Development Section and relevant project teams.
Under the overall supervision of the Partnerships Officer, the consultant will:
Map and prioritise health-funding opportunities
- Analyse global and regional donor landscapes; create a ranked long-list and shortlist of mechanisms aligned with Pakistan’s health strategies.
- Prepare engagement briefs (objectives, eligibility criteria, decision timelines, key contacts).
Development of concept-notes & proposals (three full packages)
- Ensure the completion of comprehensive concept notes and proposals, at least three, inclusive of inputs and agreement of stakeholders based on sectoral priorities.
- Draft logframes, budgets, theories of change, risk/ESG screens and gender-integration plans in line with donor templates and UNOPS due-diligence standards.
- Finalise three proposals to the agreed donors.
Cultivate donor relationships & stakeholder engagement
- Arrange, prepare and, if delegated, represent UNOPS in meetings with donors and other entities in the sector.
- Produce talking points, pitch decks, meeting briefs and trip reports within 48 hours.
Strengthen pipeline management & knowledge sharing
- Contribute to the funding-pipeline tracker.
- Document lessons learned and update internal proposal toolkits, sample annexes and SOPs.
- Submit concise monthly progress reports to the Partnerships Specialist.
Deliverables
The deliverables expected are;
- Sectoral donor-mapping report and engagement plan.
- 3 agreed upon concept notes and project proposals.
- Identification & engagement of two funding sources in the health sector.
- Consolidated lessons-learned and hand-over report.
How to apply
https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=30438#2