Health Economist Job at Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL)

Position Title: Health Economist.

Job Station: Nigeria.

INTRODUCTION :-

Health Economist job opportunity is available at Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) for individuals who possess Master’s degree in relevant field.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :-

• Play the leading role in conducting economic analyses and providing evidence for the public health initiatives proposed by the strategic planning unit.
• Coordinate the studies for analysis of impact of user charges versus health insurance and its implications on health care utilization in facilities, with equity analysis focused on utilization by women, vulnerable groups and children for advocacy.
• Analyze the resource allocation pattern to the sector and suggest ways to enhance the value for money while also analyzing the adequacy of the resource allocation, especially for drugs and maintenance.
• Provide project management support for various programs being implemented by the Ministry of Health and contribute to identifying bottlenecks and corrective steps to achieve the expected outcomes.
• Support the Ministry of Health to build business case for health including conducting cost-effectiveness and/or cost-benefit analysis, modeling impact of investments on mortality, morbidity and health status as well as benefits outside the health sector including education, economic productivity, security etc.
• Support the strategic planning unit in conducting scenario modeling to visualize likely direction and magnitude of changes resulting from proposed reforms, reveal crucial trade-offs associated with choices and estimate the cost implications of reform initiatives.
• Take an active role in monitoring and evaluation of projects and provide feedback to the team on the progress of various components- the achievements and slow-moving areas. This would include updating the monitoring indicators of projects on a regular basis based on the project data and studies; preparing reports based on the information generated by projects for policy purposes as well as to strengthen the information collection methods on a regular basis.
• Provide periodical reports on the progress and status of all assigned tasks.
• Carry out any other task assigned in pursuance of these objectives or as assigned by the Honourable Commissioner.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATION :-

• Master’s degree in relevant field (Health Economics, Public Health, Public Policy, Statistics, or other Social Sciences)
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in health sector and in health economics-related reviews and analytical work at the National/State level
• Strong economic, statistical and econometric skills, including experience with detailed, high-level data analysis and sampling
• Sound communication and technical writing skills
• Good knowledge of the Nigerian and state health system and key health system actors.
• Possession of cognate experience in providing technical assistance to government at national or sub-national levels is an advantage
• Ability to initiate and see through policy reforms through collaborative, consensus building approaches, especially in the development space.
• Good interpersonal relationship skills
• Proven abilities to set priorities, multi-task, work and deliver independently with limited supervision.

Apply Before :-

6th December, 2019.

INTERESTED?

Interested and qualified candidates should send a Cover Letter (no more than a page) and updated CV in one document to: recruitment@hscgroup.org using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

WHO IS Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL)?

Health Systems Consult Limited (HSCL) is a public health and development consulting firm that provides technical assistance for health systems reforms across Africa. HSCL in collaboration with its partners is providing support to some States in Nigeria to strengthen the strategic purchasing function of their state health insurance schemes and integrate FP/ MCNH services into the schemes.