Senior Health Economist, seconded to Ministry of Health Malawi
Company Overview
Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported by four key pillars:
Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. Wealso provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Palladium develops and delivers solutions that create positive impact for communities, businesses, societies and economies. We transform lives and create enduring value by working with governments, corporations and non-profit organisations. Palladium is built on the idea that progress will be supported by four key pillars:
- International Development
- Strategy Execution Consulting
- Impact Investment
- Training and Events
Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. Wealso provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.
Project Overview and Role
In Malawi, Palladium manages the USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) Project. HP+ works with key stakeholders to advance health policy and financing for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal and newborn health at national and subnational levels. The project aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation. As part of its work in Malawi, HP+ will be supporting the Ministry of Health in some of its health sector reforms and required data analyses to inform policy making and implementation.
The Government of Malawi recognizes that the MOH has a vital role to improve the quality of life of Malawians by ensuring universal access to quality, efficient, essential health services. To achieve improved access to health services, the MOH, under its Minister?s leadership as mandated by the President, is committed to implementing a number of reforms including reviewing partnership with CHAM; establishing a health fund; introducing national health insurance; and reforming hospital operations.Responsibilities
Palladium is seeking a Senior Health Economist to be seconded full time to the Ministry of Health. The Senior Health Economist will provide high-level technical assistance to the Government of Malawi (GoM) directly at the national level. He/she will directly report to the Minister of Health, and also provide technical assistance to the Director of Planning and Policy Development of MOH and other officials as requested. A major focus of this position will be to perform critical analyses to inform policy-making and implementation at the Ministry. The Senior Health Economist is expected to assist the MoH and especially the Minister?s office with key health sector reforms pertaining to health financing, such as: the establishment of a health fund to mobilize and pool resources for the sector, the introduction of a national health insurance scheme, and review of user fees. In addition, he/she will provide technical assistance around other priority activities at the Department of Planning and Policy Development (DPPD) or the Minister?s office, as directed by the Minister and/or the Director of DPPD. These may include costing of health sector interventions, expenditure tracking and analysis, and policy analyses of health financing issues. The Senior Health Economist will report for day-to-day assignments to the Minister, while administrative oversight will be jointly provided by the Director of DPPD and the HP+ Malawi Country Director. The position will require a two year commitment, with a possibility of extension depending on MOH priorities and the availability of funding. Location for this position is Lilongwe, Malawi.
Please note that this is a readvertisement of a position previously posted on our website. If you have previously applied for this position, your application is still in our database and under consideration, and no further application or action is required.
Key Responsibilities
? Provide high-level, state-of-the-art technical assistance to the Minister of Health?s office on key health financing reform activities, especially issues related to financial resource mobilization, health insurance, user fee policies, budget prioritization, as well as any priority costing and expenditure tracking exercises.
? Collaborate with other technical partners and government agencies to conduct timely and correct secondary data analyses, costing studies, and other evidence generation as needed to inform reform areas.
? Provide analytical support to other departments of the Ministry as directed.
? Support Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) related to health financing and costing work, using the findings to improve work in Malawi on a continuing basis, and ensuring the exchange of best practices and lessons learned.
? Assist with research and dissemination efforts as needed.
? Upon request, represent MOH on issues related to health financing in national and district-level meetings with partners and stakeholders, including national technical working group meetings.
? Act as point person for HP+ Malawi?s work with the GoM on health financing and costing of health services, in liaison with the Country Director and HP+ technical advisors from the project?s headquarters.
? Provide timely updates to the HP+ team on work progress, and contribute activity reports and success stories as needed. Assist with identifying new activities or partnerships that will advance MOH and HP+ project goals.
? Other duties as assigned.Requirements
Qualifications
? Master?s degree or higher in relevant field (health economics, business administration, actuarial sciences). Formal training in health economics and PhD preferred.
? A minimum of 7 years of work experience required in health economics and/or health financing, including substantial experience in Sub-Saharan Africa; experience working on health insurance and costing studies preferred.
? Experience performing quantitative data analysis; fluency with Microsoft Excel. A data analysis test may be administered during the interview process.
? Experience working within or in partnership with senior levels of government required.
? Experience conducting policy analysis and providing high-level policy advice to senior decision-makers.
? Strong diplomatic, interpersonal and networking skills and ability to work well with senior government counterparts, consultants, and within a cross-cultural and virtual team.
? Experience working with multilateral and bilateral donors.
? Understanding of governmental structures and processes in Malawi; understanding of current health sector reform policies and programs in Malawi.
? Demonstrated skills in capacity building, mentoring, and organizational development.
? Fluency in English required.
? Strong written and oral communication skills. A writing test may be administered during the interview process.
In Malawi, Palladium manages the USAID-funded Health Policy Plus (HP+) Project. HP+ works with key stakeholders to advance health policy and financing for family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal and newborn health at national and subnational levels. The project aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation. As part of its work in Malawi, HP+ will be supporting the Ministry of Health in some of its health sector reforms and required data analyses to inform policy making and implementation.
The Government of Malawi recognizes that the MOH has a vital role to improve the quality of life of Malawians by ensuring universal access to quality, efficient, essential health services. To achieve improved access to health services, the MOH, under its Minister?s leadership as mandated by the President, is committed to implementing a number of reforms including reviewing partnership with CHAM; establishing a health fund; introducing national health insurance; and reforming hospital operations.Responsibilities
Palladium is seeking a Senior Health Economist to be seconded full time to the Ministry of Health. The Senior Health Economist will provide high-level technical assistance to the Government of Malawi (GoM) directly at the national level. He/she will directly report to the Minister of Health, and also provide technical assistance to the Director of Planning and Policy Development of MOH and other officials as requested. A major focus of this position will be to perform critical analyses to inform policy-making and implementation at the Ministry. The Senior Health Economist is expected to assist the MoH and especially the Minister?s office with key health sector reforms pertaining to health financing, such as: the establishment of a health fund to mobilize and pool resources for the sector, the introduction of a national health insurance scheme, and review of user fees. In addition, he/she will provide technical assistance around other priority activities at the Department of Planning and Policy Development (DPPD) or the Minister?s office, as directed by the Minister and/or the Director of DPPD. These may include costing of health sector interventions, expenditure tracking and analysis, and policy analyses of health financing issues. The Senior Health Economist will report for day-to-day assignments to the Minister, while administrative oversight will be jointly provided by the Director of DPPD and the HP+ Malawi Country Director. The position will require a two year commitment, with a possibility of extension depending on MOH priorities and the availability of funding. Location for this position is Lilongwe, Malawi.
Please note that this is a readvertisement of a position previously posted on our website. If you have previously applied for this position, your application is still in our database and under consideration, and no further application or action is required.
Key Responsibilities
? Provide high-level, state-of-the-art technical assistance to the Minister of Health?s office on key health financing reform activities, especially issues related to financial resource mobilization, health insurance, user fee policies, budget prioritization, as well as any priority costing and expenditure tracking exercises.
? Collaborate with other technical partners and government agencies to conduct timely and correct secondary data analyses, costing studies, and other evidence generation as needed to inform reform areas.
? Provide analytical support to other departments of the Ministry as directed.
? Support Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) related to health financing and costing work, using the findings to improve work in Malawi on a continuing basis, and ensuring the exchange of best practices and lessons learned.
? Assist with research and dissemination efforts as needed.
? Upon request, represent MOH on issues related to health financing in national and district-level meetings with partners and stakeholders, including national technical working group meetings.
? Act as point person for HP+ Malawi?s work with the GoM on health financing and costing of health services, in liaison with the Country Director and HP+ technical advisors from the project?s headquarters.
? Provide timely updates to the HP+ team on work progress, and contribute activity reports and success stories as needed. Assist with identifying new activities or partnerships that will advance MOH and HP+ project goals.
? Other duties as assigned.Requirements
Qualifications
? Master?s degree or higher in relevant field (health economics, business administration, actuarial sciences). Formal training in health economics and PhD preferred.
? A minimum of 7 years of work experience required in health economics and/or health financing, including substantial experience in Sub-Saharan Africa; experience working on health insurance and costing studies preferred.
? Experience performing quantitative data analysis; fluency with Microsoft Excel. A data analysis test may be administered during the interview process.
? Experience working within or in partnership with senior levels of government required.
? Experience conducting policy analysis and providing high-level policy advice to senior decision-makers.
? Strong diplomatic, interpersonal and networking skills and ability to work well with senior government counterparts, consultants, and within a cross-cultural and virtual team.
? Experience working with multilateral and bilateral donors.
? Understanding of governmental structures and processes in Malawi; understanding of current health sector reform policies and programs in Malawi.
? Demonstrated skills in capacity building, mentoring, and organizational development.
? Fluency in English required.
? Strong written and oral communication skills. A writing test may be administered during the interview process.
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