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• Under the general guidance of the Social Policy
  Specialist and close coordination with Alive, Safe and Learning team
  leaders carry out analysis of the budget and budgeting process and
  actively participate in relevant budget meetings and events to help ensure
  effective budget changes that favor women and children within the UNICEF
  areas of work, with a particular focus on health budgeting.
• Analyze the Social policy environment and
  generate evidence for effective advocacy for social budgeting with direct
  impact on the MDG areas for acceleration.
• Actively participate in relevant sector
  meetings and working groups including the Development partners economists
  group and development partner working groups. Develop key policy briefs
  for the focus areas and engage in budget revision at national and district
  levels to influence the allocation.
• Ensure that all UNICEF work, agreements,
  partnerships, advocacy etc. promotes the achievement of child mortality
  reduction.
• Offer technical assistance and guidance to
  harmonize existing health sector costing using `Marginal Budgeting for
  Bottlenecks` (MBB) Tool and develop and/or strengthen capacity within the
  Ministry of Health and at District level for the effective application of
  the MBB tool.
• Analyse UDHS, UNHS and other relevant household
  surveys to provide relevant analysis for UNICEF advocacy, particularly in
  the area of health.

• Analysis of the national and district budgets
  focusing on the areas of acceleration to achieve the MDGs.  Actively participate in relevant budget
  related meetings.
• Prepare policy papers that on UNICEF work areas
  that will form the basis for advocacy with Government, bilateral partners
  and NGOs. This should include as relevant focus analysis of relevant
  household surveys.
• Active engagement with Social Sector ministries
  and relevant development partner meetings to advocate for increased budget
  allocation and accountability by the sectors with a focus on the health
  sector.
• Support Budget reviews at district level and
  provide technical support to district officials in rational budget
  allocation in key areas of UNICEF Uganda`s work

• Provide technical assistance to harmonize
  existing health sector costings using MBB with a focus on costing of the
  Child Survival Strategy and harmonizing it with the the Road map on
  Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction. Develop and/ or strengthen
  capacity within the Ministry of Health and at District level for the
  effective application of the MBB tool.
• In close collaboration with other UN agencies
  and bilateral partners influence the budget support review and influence
  its  allocation towards achieving
  the MDGs
• Identify and initiate socio economic studies
  required for improved advocacy towards resource allocation.
• Participates in the preparation of all
  programme reports for management, Board, donors, budget reviews, programme
  analysis, annual reports, etc.

• The Social Policy & Economic Specialist for
  the UNICEF Country Programme should possess an advanced university degree
  in economics, development planning, social policy, administration and or
  related fields.
• Possession of a good first level university
  degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and
  experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Five or more years’ progressively responsible
  relevant work experience at national or international levels in social
  policy and economic and policy analysis.
• Prior experience in working within the health
  sector and/or within multilateral financing institutions an advantage.
• Good working knowledge of economics and financing
  of social development.
• Quantitative and qualitative research skills.
• Possess the ability to handle and analyse DHS
  surveys using Stata and/or SPSS would be a considerable asset.
• Fluency in English is required.

• Communicates effectively to varied audiences,
  including during formal public speaking.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural
  environment.
• Sets high standards for quality of work and
  consistently achieves project goals.
• Has good leadership and supervisory skills;
  co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are
  clear.
• Translates strategic direction into plans and
  objectives.
• Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex
  quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
• Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups;
  maintains an effective network of 
  individuals across organizational departments.
• Identifies urgent and potentially difficult
  decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and
  department-wide activities.
• Demonstrates, applies and shares expert
  technical knowledge across the organization.

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