Vacancy for Health Financing Advisor at Palladium International
Employment Nigeria
28-Jan-2017
ABUJA ,
Health
NGO
Palladium - We work with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.
POSITION : Family Planning/Health Financing Advisor
Overview and Role
- Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a USAID-funded five-year $185 million project awarded to Palladium on August 28, 2015. HP+ has a mandate across global, country, and subnational levels to strengthen and advance health policy priorities in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal health.
- It aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation, with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs, and by strengthening in-country partners’ capacity to navigate complex environments for effective policy design, implementation, and financing aligned to their priorities.
- HP+ is starting up a new field program in Madagascar with a strong focus on health financing.
Purpose of Role
- The HP+ Nigeria Family Planning/Health Financing Advisor is a full-time position to support the HP+ Nigeria Country Director in implementing finance-related activities under the HP+ Nigeria workplan.
- The Family Planning/Health Financing Advisor will provide content knowledge, technical assistance, consultation, and support for the development and execution of economic analyses, health finance policy analyses and strategies, and costing assessments.
- Methodologies that may be applied include cost-effectiveness studies, unit costing of health interventions, health budget and expenditure surveys, and feasibility or policy analyses of proposals for community-based and social/universal health insurance programs.
- The Family Planning/Health Financing Advisor will provide high-level technical assistance to the Ministry of Health, the Nigerian Healthcare Financing and Advocacy Technical Working, the state-level Family Planning Advocacy Working Groups, and policymakers in Nigeria, and will write reports, and policy and technical briefs to inform relevant audiences.
- The candidate may be required to manage local consultants to carry out activities.
Position Descriptions:
- Provides health economics, health finance and costing expertise/technical assistance to the program, technical staff and administrators as per project/program requirements.
- Provides analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, consider, and resolve issues or problems.
- Uses various quantitative and qualitative techniques to perform costing and policy analyses.
- Develops, reviews and/or prepares necessary technical and program-related reports, including presentations, briefs and posters.
- Guides and supports protocol development, research, data collection, policy formulation, training, technical working groups and capacity building efforts in support of project activities and deliverables.
- Ensures quality of services and compliance per project/program requirements.
- Organizes as needed project/program trainings, conferences, workshops, and meetings.
- Participates, and represents the organization as needed, in outside associations, conferences, and symposia.
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree with significant experience preferred. PhD or MA in Economics or Health Economics, or MPH with significant coursework in health economics and finance.
- At least 8 years of experience in public health, health economics, health finance, and policy formulation related to developing countries, or experience in other fields related to the duties described above.
- Strong program management skills and supervisory skills are highly desirable.
- Strong interpersonal, writing, presentation, and organizational skills are required.
- Demonstrated problem solving, analytic, financial, and evaluative skills.
- Experience translating/communicating data for decision making and policy reform
- Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.
- Professional and mature demeanor and conduct.
- Ability to respond and adapt quickly to changing requirements and competing demands.
- Ability to take initiative and/or respond independently to situations.
Further Role Requirements:
- This position is based in Abuja, Nigeria and is open to candidates who can demonstrate that they are legally able to work in Nigeria.
- There are no moving expenses or expatriate allowances associated with the position.
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