Senior Health Finance Advisor Job at Abt Associates
In 1965, Clark Abt expressed a single, noble goal—to create a world free of war and poverty. The visionary set to work establishing Abt Associates. Over the next half century, the company became known as a bold, innovative and effective agent of social change, committed to improving the quality of life and economic well-being of people worldwide. Today, Abt Associates continues to be a mission-driven, global leader in research and program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental policy, and international development. Known for its rigorous approach to solving complex challenges, Abt Associates is regularly ranked as one of the top 20 global research firms and one of the top 40 international development innovators
Job Title: Senior Health Finance Advisor
Abt
Associates seeks a qualified Senior Health Finance Advisor to support
the International Health Division. In Nigeria, the HFG project is
currently working with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to support
sustainability and country ownership of Nigeria’s HIV/AIDS and TB
programs. HFG seeks to hire a Senior Health Financing Advisor that will
provide health financing technical support and coordinates activities of
the field staff working in USAID’s PEPFAR priority states: Lagos, Cross
Rivers, Rivers and Akwa Ibom.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide high level technical contribution towards design and
implementation of HFG Nigeria health financing technical assistance to
strengthen priority state health financing planning and implementation
in conjunction with the COP/DCOP and the technical leads;
- Institute quality assurance measures throughout the design,
implementation and evaluation of all HFG health financing activities;
- Write detailed and high quality monthly and quarterly health
financing reports that meet both HFG and USAID monitoring and evaluation
standards;
- Document health financing success stories/lessons learned and
produce publishable health financing materials including policy briefs
and peer-reviewed articles;
- Work with the COP and DCOP to coordinate field activities to ensure
timely implementation of planned activities of HFG Nigeria without
compromising quality and efficiency;
- Provide technical leadership towards successful implementation of
all HFG Nigeria health financing activities at the state level in
partnership with state program coordinators in four priority states;
- Represent HFG Nigeria at health financing meetings/events and
actively participate in the national health financing Technical Working
Group and other relevant technical groups;
- Liaise with other partners and projects on health financing issues on behalf of HFG Nigeria;
- Carry out other activities as requested by the COP and DCOP.
Preferred Skills / Prerequisites
- (8+) years of experience and a master degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated project management and leadership capabilities and the ability to lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams;
- Demonstrated ability to ensure that individuals and teams adhere to the highest standards of quality, relevance and timeliness;
- Knowledge about US Government development assistance policy and USAID operational procedures is desirable;
- High level of computer proficiency and demonstrated good oral and written communication skills.
- Master’s Degree (minimum), or a Doctorate Degree (desirable), in a
relevant field such as Public Administration, Public Health, Medicine,
Economics, Epidemiology, or other relevant fields;
- At least eight years of progressive professional experience in
public health, health financing, health economics or pubic finance
management;
Minimum Qualifications
- Master’s Degree and 8 years of experience.
How to Apply
Interested and suitably qualified candidates should forward a
Cover Letter detailing suuitability to the job reqirements and CV all as
a single document with Senior Health Financing Advsior as subject of
mail to
[email protected] within 2 weeks of this publication.