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2025/HSSE/13690

Job offer type
Experts

Type of contract
Fixed-term contract (CDD)

Activity sectors
Health policy ; Health systems

Deadline date
2025/08/18 17:03

Contract
Employee

Duration
1 year, with possibility of renewal (local contract)

Mission description

(NATIONAL CONTRACT)

The Health system strategy expert will be seconded to the MOH Permanent Secretary office in Kigali and report directly to the team leader. The Health System Strategy Expert will serve as a senior technical advisor providing strategic leadership in implementing Rwanda's Health Sector Strategic Plan V, while supporting stakeholder partnership management and institutional capacity building across key health sector organizations.

This role combines high-level strategic advisory functions with operational project management, focusing on health system strengthening, workforce optimization, and sustainable financing mechanisms within Rwanda's health sector framework. His/her main responsibilities will be:

  • Provide high-level strategic and technical support to the Ministry of Health's Permanent Secretary Office in implementing its mandate and the Health Sector Strategic Plan V (HSSPV).
  • Contribute to the Expertise France’s TA project activities implementation to guarantee a smooth start-up and effective execution.
  • Lead the integration and implementation of the 4x4 Health System Strategy within the Ministry's planning and budgeting framework, focusing on optimizing workforce deployment, enhancing medical and human resource management, and improving equitable health financing at the local level.
  • Assess current health financing models, develop sustainable mechanisms, and foster stakeholder engagement, including partnerships with government bodies, NGOs, and development partners.
  • Facilitate planning, budgeting, and monitoring processes, oversee workforce optimization, and implement training programs aligned with the strategy's objectives.
  • Support leadership capacity building in health facilities and manage partnerships and stakeholder coordination.
  • Contribute to the capacity development of partner organizations such as the Ministry of Health, Rwanda Biomedical Center, and other relevant HSSPV implementing stakeholders.
  • Coordinate the learning process on how the project contributes to the development of the health sector.
  • Ensure that relevant results information is available for monitoring, evaluation, decision-making, learning, and reporting.

Project or context description

Project description

To support Rwanda's Health Sector Strategic Plan V (2024–2029) to address maternal mortality (203 deaths per 100,000), chronic malnutrition (33% stunting), and non-communicable diseases (50% of deaths) while prioritizing climate resilience and gender-responsive care, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is developing a Results-Based Financing (RBF) loan in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH), Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), and the Ministry of Finance (MINECOFIN).

AFD's anticipated loan will use results-based payments conditioned on key performance indicators to strengthen Rwanda's health system, building on existing RBF mechanisms to enhance access to climate-resilient, gender-responsive healthcare. This loan envisions a specific focus at district level in the Northern Province, targeting four districts: Musanze, Gakenke, Rulindo, and Gicumbi.

The RBF program is designed to target two MOH priorities:

  • Increasing qualified healthcare professionals within a strengthened health system
  • Enhancing access to high-quality primary healthcare addressing maternal/child health, NCDs, mental health, nutrition, and emergencies

To support the anticipated RBF implementation, AFD has requested Expertise France to provide technical assistance through residential experts to be seconded to key divisions or departments within RBC and MOH, as well as at district level. This planned support would focus on four strategic areas: Decentralized Healthcare, Health System Governance and Management, Biomedical and Health Infrastructure, and Climate Resilience.

The technical assistance project will be implemented over a period of 30 months. Under the management of a team leader, the team would consist of 8 Technical Experts, and would be supported by Expertise France’s Kigali-based Project Support Unit (PSU) for administrative, finance, HR and procurement, as well as Paris-based HQ for public health technical support.

 

Overview 

Expertise France is the French agency for international cooperation, under the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. The agency develops and implements projects that sustainably strengthen public policies in low- and middle-income countries and focuses on four priority areas:

  • Democratic, economic and financial governance;
  • Stability of countries in crisis/post-crisis situations and security;
  • Combating climate change and favouring sustainable urban development;
  • Strengthening health systems, social protection and employment.

In these areas, Expertise France engineers and implements capacity-building projects, mobilises technical expertise and acts as a project coordinator, bringing together public expertise and private know-how. With an annual business volume of 390 million euros and over 400 projects in 145 countries, Expertise France's activities are part of France's international cooperation policy and official development assistance.

Active since 2019 in Rwanda, Expertise France Rwanda implements 6 projects, primarily funded by the European Union, AFD and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for a total amount of €50M. The agency's main areas of intervention in Rwanda are:

  • Economic and financial governance
  • Sustainable development, climate and agriculture
  • Health and human development

Required profile

Qualifications 

  • Master’s degree in Healthcare Management, Public Health or related medical field.

Professional experience 

  • Minimum five years of relevant experience in steering international development projects;
  • Minimum five years of relevant experience in the field of public health systems;
  • Minimum one relevant professional experience outside your country of origin;
  • Experience in several projects is an asset.
  • Demonstrated professional experience integrating gender equality, social inclusion and climate-resilience considerations within health programmes.

Skills

  • Monitoring and evaluation competences;
  • You are result oriented;
  • Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with an excellent capacity to translate technical concepts to a wide variety of audiences.
  • Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, including government, NGOs, and community organizations.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving skills and strategic mindset.
  • Initiative-taking and sense of responsibility.
  • Proficiency in office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
  • Perfect command of English and Kinyarwanda; fluency in French is an asset.

Additional information

Desired start date: September 2025

Application deadline: August 18, 2025

Remuneration: competitive remuneration will be offered according to Expertise France’s salary scale and the candidate’s qualification and experience.

Type of contract: Rwandan national contract

HOW TO APPLY:

Please apply on that link: https://expertise-france.gestmax.fr/search/faceted/searchAction/set/field/vacsearchfront_type_offre/value/001/lang/en_US

Please provide your CV and cover letter (no longer than 2 pages each), as well as three professional references with contact details.

Candidates are invited to submit their application as soon as possible. Expertise France reserves the right to pre-select candidates before the application deadline. 

Deadline for application : 2025/08/18 17:03

Expertise France is the public agency for designing and implementing international technical cooperation projects. The agency operates around four key priorities :

  • democratic, economic, and financial governance ;
  • peace, stability, and security ;
  • climate, agriculture, and sustainable development ;
  • health and human development ;

In these areas, Expertise France conducts capacity-building initiatives and manages project implementation, leveraging technical expertise and acting as a project coordinator. This involves combining public sector expertise with private sector skills to drive impactful results. 

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