Senior Technical Advisor, USAID Ethiopia Health Financing Program

Core Responsibilities

• • Oversee project technical workstreams and activities in relevant areas, such as:
  • Health financing
  • Health economics
  • Domestic resource mobilization
  • Health insurance (social health insurance, community-based health insurance)
  • Financial protection
  • Public financial management
  • Economic evaluation methods
  • Facilitate health financing policy dialogue with government stakeholders.
  • Identify and respond to project needs for technical expertise on health financing topics; advise on technical questions and/or solicit and coordinate advising from technical staff and external consultants
  • Describe technical elements of project work clearly and compellingly to external audiences.
  • Supervise mid-level technical staff to achieve project milestones within the anticipated project timeline.
  • Ensure high quality of all major deliverables and work products. Oversee preparation of draft progress summaries, policy briefs, and technical reports as requested.

Qualifications

• • Post-secondary degree in a relevant field (health economics, public health, public/social policy, business or similar)
  • 7+ years relevant work experience in health financing, health insurance, or health system strengthening in Ethiopia or a similar context.
  • Familiarity with health financing principles and best practices
  • Deep understanding and knowledge of healthcare financing strategies, challenges, and opportunities in the Ethiopian context.
  • Experience working in/with public or private sector health financing organizations desirable.
  • Strong facilitation, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Eagerness to support and mentor junior staff and peers
  • Structured thinker with excellent analytic skills
  • Strong writer and oral communicator who can lead the production of highly professional work products
  • Fluency in oral and written English

Results for Development (R4D) is a leading non-profit global development partner. We collaborate with change agents around the world — government officials, civil society leaders and social innovators — to create strong systems that support healthy, educated people. We help our partners move from knowing their goal to knowing how to reach it. We combine global expertise in health, education and nutrition with analytic rigor, practical support for decision-making and implementation and access to peer problem-solving networks. Together with our partners, we build self-sustaining systems that serve everyone and deliver lasting results. Then we share what we learn so others can achieve results for development, too.

We have a unique and vibrant culture at R4D. Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of our work environment and help advance our mission. Diversity—of ideas, identities, perspectives and backgrounds—is vital to who we are and what we do. We seek people who embrace these values and will help reinforce them. Our work culture is collaborative, creative and entrepreneurial. We operate based on trust and respect. Teams across the organization frequently collaborate on programmatic work and support each other in continuously building a better R4D.