Specialist, Access Financing - GL D - Defined Duration until December 2028
The Global Fund aims to accelerate the end of AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria as epidemics. As part of our mandate to fight the three diseases, the Global Fund plays a leading role in global markets for medicines and technologies that prevent, diagnose, and treat HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Every year, more than half of the Global Fundโs investments is used to procure key health products, ensuring they are available to those who need them most.
As one of the biggest health product procurement entities in the public sector, investing nearly US$3 billion in health products and equipment procurement, the Global Fund is uniquely placed to drive equitable access to quality-assured health products, services and innovations through its Supply Operations department.
Supply Operations, collaborating across the Global Fund Secretariat, is responsible for the Global Fundโs market shaping activities and the overall management of procurement activities, health product sourcing, quality assurance and supply chains.
The Market Shaping, Partnerships & Innovation team addresses the evolving and pressing needs of driving more equitable access to innovative and quality assured health products in a more responsive and cost-effective delivery model, which requires strategic market interventions and partnerships.
Shaping innovation and accelerated new product introduction at scale is one of the strategic interventions of the NextGen Market Shaping approach.
Accelerating health product introductions at scale requires addressing upstream, mid-stream and downstream barriers along the end-to-end value chain. Mid-stream market challenges, including financial challenges, continue to be a barrier to progress. Many of these challenges are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, including high cost and lack of economies of scale at new product introduction, fixed budgets and grant cycles, delays in country demand, decision making and regulatory approval and countriesโ delays in funds transfer when procuring health products with domestic funds. Supply Operations, in coordination with other Departments and Divisions, plans to develop and deploy innovative financial solutions to address these barriers and help deliver the NextGen Market Shaping approach and Global Fundโs 2023 โ 2028 Strategy.
Under the supervision of the Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Financing, the Specialist, Access Financing is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing innovative access financing mechanismsโincluding the Access Fund and new financial solutionsโto enable equitable introduction and scale-up of quality-assured health products. This role focuses on conceptualizing and delivering financial approaches that address barriers to access and accelerate the introduction of new products, driving product availability in support of Global Fundโs NextGen Market Shaping approach.
Key Responsibilities
1. Access Financing Solution Design & Development
- Conceptualize and develop innovative access financing models that address market and financial barriers to product access, including in relation to new product introduction.
- Drive the evolution of the Access Fund and other mechanisms to align with strategic priorities and country needs.
- Conduct financial and operational feasibility assessments for new financing concepts. Develop materials and recommendations for executive-level audiences.
- Ensure alignment with programmatic and procurement objectives.
2. Implementation & Operational Delivery
- Drive the rollout and day-to-day management of access financing mechanisms, ensuring timely, efficient, and compliant execution.
- Collaborate within Supply Operations and across the Secretariat to integrate financing tools into grant and procurement processes.
3. Stakeholder Engagement & Coordination
- Engage with internal stakeholders (incl. e.g., Sourcing, Grant Management, Finance, Legal) and external partners to ensure alignment and effective implementation of access financing interventions.
- Represent Supply Operations in relevant technical working groups as needed, including preparing and facilitating preparations or briefings with regards to financing solutions and their status.
- Act as a focal point for access financing solutions in scope.
4. Risk Management, Compliance & Process Improvement
- Ensure all access financing mechanisms comply with internal policies, donor agreements, and fiduciary standards during their design and implementation phase. Consult with Risk, Legal and other relevant stakeholders as and when needed.
- Identify financial and operational risks associated with access financing tools. Collaborate on mitigating actions across the Secretariat. Escalate to the Senior Specialist, Supply Chain Financing as needed.
- Drive continuous improvement of financing processes, documentation, and governance.
Subject to change by the Executive Director at any time at their sole discretion.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Advanced degree in finance, economics, business administration, or related field.
Desirable:
- Business administration or financial qualification
Experience
Essential:
- Experience in health financing, innovative finance, large financing initiatives and financing instruments, ideally in a global health or development contexts.
- Experience in designing and managing financing mechanisms or investment tools, ideally in a health context.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, project management, and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated experience in leading cross-disciplinary projects.
- Evidence of successfully managing projects which highlight project management skills and capabilities, including planning, co-ordinating and managing multiple activities and stakeholders
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills and ability to build trustful relationships and influence stakeholders
Desirable:
- At least five years of relevant post-university work experience
- Understanding of procurement and supply chain dynamics in low- and middle-income countries.
- Familiarity with the Global Fund business model and Global Fund policies and processes
- Experience in public health and market shaping for health products
Competencies
Languages:
An excellent knowledge of English and preferably a good working knowledge of French. Knowledge of other languages would be an asset.
Functional Competencies:
- Procurement & Supply Chain โ Level 2
- Finance โ Level 3
- Risk โ Level 1
- Project Management โ Level 3
- Business โ Level 2
- Operational Policy โ Level 1
- Analytical โ Level 2
- Communication โ Level 2
- Disease Knowledge โ Level 1
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Job Posting End Date25 January 2026
- Business administration or financial qualification
- Advanced degree in finance, economics, business administration, or related field.