Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) within its Health Economics and Financing practice area in the Global Health Systems Innovation Department. They will play a critical role within the health economics and financing unit, providing support and thought leadership to our diverse portfolio of projects in the areas of revenue mobilization, pooling, purchasing, and benefit entitlement as well as costing, health technology assessment, and public financial management.
This position may be performed remotely from any country where MSH is registered and has business operations.
Main responsibilities of the position:
The STA will provide technical assistance, analytical, and operational support to MSH’s projects in health financing, health economics and health technology assessment. They bring strong quantitative skills and research capacity and have experience supporting projects funded by diverse donors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, World Bank, or pharmaceutical companies. The STA will also help increase worldwide knowledge and understanding of MSH’s health financing work through staff training of staff, publications in journals, and presentations to external stakeholders while supporting new business development proposals to donors. The candidate will support the Health Economics and Financing team in executing activities conducted under the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) project, funded by USAID, and projects, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focused on primary health care and malaria.
More specifically:
Support to projects related to health financing, health economics, and Health Technology Assessment 75% LOE
The candidate will support the Health Economics and Financing team in executing activities conducted under the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) project, funded by USAID, and projects , funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focused on primary health care and malaria.
The work will contribute to achievement of MSH mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by building strong, resilient, sustainable health systems, through:
Synthesize evidence and literature on Costing, Cost-Effectiveness, and Health Technology Assessment, as well as relevant program results for inclusion in products and strategies
Evaluate the evidence surrounding costs and cost-effectiveness of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention programs and interventions
Ensure the learning from the project is documented, shared, and applied within MSH’s KM platforms and through learning activities
GHSI thought leadership, business development, and positioning 15% LOE
Lead activities to promote health economics and financing team within the organization
Champion discussion groups and develop community discussing health financing, health economics and HTA
Support business development activities as needed
GHSI Collaboration & Management 10% LOE
Participate in department meetings and initiatives as required
Participate in MSH required processes, courses, and initiatives as needed (e.g., annual reviews and certifications)
QUALIFICATIONS
What do you need to apply?
MSH employs people of passion, we seek those individuals who dream of a better world. We look for professionals who combine experience, local knowledge, and an understanding of international best practices. The successful candidate for this role will be driven by passion for achieving the operational excellence required to achieve MSH's mission.
Required Education:
Masters in Public Health or equivalent experience.
Advanced graduate degree (Masters level or above) with formal training in related discipline, including health financing, health economics, health technology assessment, public health, health services research, policy analysis, epidemiology, or biostatistics preferred.
Required Experience:
Minimum of 7 (seven) years of relevant work experience in supporting health sector projects and activities in low-resource settings with an emphasis on qualitative/quantitative analysis in the health financing area. Experience may include cost data analysis, cost-effectiveness, cost modeling, program efficiency, literature review, systematic priority setting, or health technology assessment.
Strong analytical and quantitative analysis skills.
Statistical or computer programming experience, including Microsoft Excel using Visual Basic for Applications and/or other programming languages (Stata, SAS, R, simulation packages, etc.).
Knowledge and Skills
Strong ability to lead by example, with integrity, purpose, and commitment to the attainment of MSH’s goals and commitment to technical excellence.
Skilled at creating a climate where high technical performance at all levels of the team is recognized and valued.
Skilled at delegating appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority on relevant practice area matters.
Proven skills in working and collaborating with donors, host country institutions, and international organizations.
Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
Demonstrated familiarity with USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, other donor or country-level policy and strategy orientations in relation to the practice area is preferred
Strong written and oral communication skills, demonstrated management experience.
Ability to interpret highly technical documents (grey literature, published academic paper), and translate into public-facing documents / posts / blogs to disseminate knowledge uptake from the general public.
Competencies
Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with professional colleagues from multiple units and within various socio-cultural contexts.
Demonstrated competence to assess priorities and solve problems using innovative, evidence-based solutions.
Excellent writing, organizational and communications skills including organizing, scanning, summarizing and presenting information.
Understands how to collect, synthesize, interpret and present data.
Physical Demands
Ability to travel up to 20 percent domestically and internationally.
MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan.
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