International/National Consultancy – UNICEF

Development of a Costed Implementation Plan for Health Care Technology

Job Overview

• Organization: UNICEF
• Job No.: 595336
• Position: International/National Consultancy for the Development of a Costed Implementation Plan for Health Care Technology
• Contract Type: Consultant
• Duty Station: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Work Arrangement: Remote
• Duration: 2.5 months
• Category: Health
• Advertised: 25 August 2026
• Deadline: 14 September 2026
• Applicant Location: United Republic of Tanzania

Purpose of the Consultancy

The consultant will develop a comprehensive, costed and operational implementation plan for Health Care Technology Management in Tanzania.

The plan will help the Ministry of Health, PO-RALG and implementing partners with:

• Health technology planning and budgeting
• Medical equipment investment and maintenance
• Biomedical engineering workforce planning
• Equipment lifecycle management
• Sustainable financing mechanisms
• Institutional roles and accountability
• Integration of health technology management into broader health-system strengthening

Main Objective

The consultancy will translate health-care technology policy into practical interventions across Tanzania’s health system.

The implementation plan should establish:

• Institutional roles and responsibilities
• Financing mechanisms
• Human-resource requirements
• Service-delivery standards
• Monitoring frameworks
• Costed interventions
• Multi-year investment requirements
• Alignment with available and projected health-sector resources

Required Qualifications

Education

• Master’s degree or higher in one of the following:
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Clinical Engineering
  • Health Systems Engineering
  • Public Health
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • Health Economics
  • Related health-systems discipline

Professional Experience

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in:
  • Health systems strengthening
  • Health technology management
  • Health infrastructure development
• Demonstrated experience developing:
  • National implementation plans
  • Large-scale implementation plans
  • Health-sector strategies
  • Investment cases
• Proven experience with biomedical equipment management, including:
  • Procurement
  • Maintenance systems
  • Lifecycle management
  • Health technology assessment
• Experience working with public health systems in low- and middle-income countries, preferably sub-Saharan Africa.
• Experience engaging with:
  • Government ministries
  • Subnational health structures
  • Development partners

Technical Skills Required

Candidates should have strong expertise in:

• Health Technology Management systems
• Biomedical engineering services
• Hospital infrastructure systems
• Costing models
• Investment cases
• Multi-year implementation plans
• Public-sector planning and budgeting
• National and subnational health planning cycles

Desirable Skills

• Strong analytical and technical report-writing skills
• Experience facilitating multi-stakeholder consultations
• Consensus-building skills
• Familiarity with national health-sector strategies, plans and guidelines

Language Requirements

• Fluent English: Written and spoken
• Fluent Swahili: Written and spoken

Application Requirements

Applicants must submit:

1. Updated UNICEF TMS profile and CV
2. Cover letter
3. Separate financial proposal using UNICEF’s prescribed financial-proposal template

The financial proposal must be submitted in the required template format.

Important Assessment

This is a specialized senior consultancy, not a general public-health or administrative position. The strongest candidates will have a combination of:

Master’s degree + 5 years’ relevant experience + health technology/biomedical equipment expertise + costing/investment planning + Tanzanian public-health-system experience.

If your background is primarily IT, cybersecurity, business administration, accounting, general administration, or general project support, this position would likely be a weak match unless you also have substantial health technology/health-systems experience.

How to Apply

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