MSH : Management Sciences for Health is Recruiting – Remote Work Available [2024]
Senior Technical Advisor is Recruiting
MSH – Management Sciences for Health is a global health nonprofit that makes foundational changes to health systems to protect people from diseases and improve their health.
MSH collaborates with local partners, from the Ministry to the community, to strengthen and complement existing health systems. Since 1971, MSH has worked in more than 150 countries to help ensure sustainable, resilient, and equitable access to quality health care around the globe.
MSH – Management Sciences for Health is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Senior Technical Advisor for Health Economics & Financing (STA) within its Global Health Systems Innovation Department. As a Senior Technical Advisor for Health Economics & Financing, they will provide thought leadership to MSH and its clients in the areas of revenue mobilization, pooling, purchasing, and benefit entitlement.
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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 support MSH-led health financing projects and be responsible for increasing worldwide knowledge and understanding of MSH’s health financing work publications in journals; presentations to donors, stakeholders, and other development partners; and at conferences. The incumbent will also be expected to identify other project opportunities with health financing elements and participate in developing new business development proposals.
More specifically:
Technical Assistance and Expertise – 70%
- Provide technical oversight on current and future projects and technical activities related to Health Financing for current MSH project.
External Representation – 15%
- Ensure strong representation of MSH Health Financing activities to local, regional and global partners – including USAID, governments, and other donors. Strengthen collaboration with these partners to advance MSH’s global mission.
- Establish and manage relationships with partner organizations. This will include prime and subcontractors.
- Partner and build strong relationships with thought leaders and engage new audiences in the area of practice.
- Represent MSH at industry conferences and workshops as appropriate and as funding permits.
Business Development – 15%
- Use network and connections to identify and build relationships with strategic partners and funders on practice priorities.
- Support the development of strategic plans for growing the business portfolio for MSH in Health Financing.
- As a technical leader, participate in new business development efforts and act as a reviewer of proposals.
- Work in close coordination when needed with MSH’s Business Development (BD) BD Unit reviewing bid opportunities, determining the opportunities that MSH should pursue in the practice area.
- Provide critical strategic guidance and insight into pre-positioning for practice area bids as needed.
- Work in coordination with BD Unit to track funding opportunities. Lead and/or participate in pitching ideas to donors and funders on practice area topics.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key players among US government and non-US government donors and partners.
- Partner with MSH’s BD in scanning both the market and potential competitors.
Required Education:
- Masters in Health Economics, Economics, Public Health, Public Policy, or other related field.
- Advanced graduate degree (Masters level or above); formal training in health financing, health economics, health systems strengthening, health technology assessment, public health, health services research, policy analysis, epidemiology, biostatistics, or related discipline preferred.
Required Experience:
- Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant work experience in leading health sector projects and activities in low-resource settings with an emphasis on managing and coordinating economic evaluations and analytical assessments.
- Significant and successful experience in providing technical assistance in the development, design, implementation, and evaluation of health finance policies and programs at the country level.
- Demonstrated success in leading successful proposals to donors, especially USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, or the World Bank.
- Extensive experience in providing capacity-building training in LMICs.
