Senior Public Finance and Refugee Inclusion Costing Consultant

About the role

The consultancy will generate rigorous evidence on financial requirements, investment gaps and financing options needed for sustainable refugee inclusion into essential services and local systems in Ethiopia, and develop an investment case owned by the Refugees and Returnees Service.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct multi‑sector social service delivery costing studies covering at least two sectors at national or sub‑national level.
• Perform financing‑gap analyses, public expenditure reviews and develop investment scenarios and financing strategies.
• Work with sector specialists and government counterparts to develop sector‑specific costing assumptions and investment cases.
• Produce technical options, lifecycle cost estimates, O&M plans and institutional arrangements aligned with international standards (e.g., WHO, Sphere).

Required profile

• Advanced university degree in economics, public finance, development economics, health economics or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in public finance, multi‑sector service delivery costing, investment case development or related fields.
• Proven experience leading gap assessments, financing‑gap analyses and developing investment cases in humanitarian‑development or low‑resource contexts.
• Experience working with government institutions, development partners or international organisations, preferably in Ethiopia.

Required skills

• Public finance analysis and multi‑sector costing expertise.
• Cost modelling and credible cost‑estimate development.
• Strong facilitation skills for consultations with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work with incomplete datasets and document assumptions transparently.