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Position Title: Senior Technical Advisor - Health Financing,Uganda Jobs,
Organization:MSH - Management Sciences for Health
Education Level: Master’s degree
Minimum Experience : 8 (Years)
Job Type : Full-time Employment
Location:Uganda
Languages:English
Deadline:Apr 30, 2014
Sectors:Health, Inst. Devt. & Cap. building
Work experience: From 8 years to more than 20 years
Brief Company Profile:
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health
organization composed of nearly 2500 people from more than 74 nationalities
working in 47 countries. Our mission is to save lives and improve the health of
the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between
knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are
helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger
management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact.
BACKGROUND
MSH seeks a Senior Technical Advisor, Health Financing, for an upcoming
procurement to strengthen the Government of Uganda’s health system and to
improve the availability and accessibility of essential medicines and health
supplies (EMHS).
The goals of this procurement are to
1) strengthen the policy and legal environment governing pharmaceuticals in
Uganda and in particular the financing at all levels of EMHS;
2) strengthen finance, affordability
and equity of EMHS in Uganda;
3) strengthen pharmaceutical
financing through improved financial and commodity tracking and information
management;
4) strengthen cost recovery and other co-financing mechanisms and
5) strengthen pharmaceutical financial management capacity at health
facility level.
The Senior Technical Advisor will be reporting to the Chief of Party and be
part of the program management team.
OVERVIEW
The Senior Technical Advisor, Health Financing shall be responsible for
assisting the COP in program development and implementation of health financing
interventions.
S/he will contribute leadership and
technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to ensure affordable EMHS
availability in an equitable manner to the people of Uganda and ensure optimal
use and management of limited resources at all levels.
S/he will contribute to the development and implementation of policies,
approaches and strategies that will strengthen the financing and financial
management of EMHS.
Please note: This position is contingent upon funding.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Conduct financial and commodity assessments and design mechanisms to
develop and strengthen financing mechanisms for funding essential medicines and
health commodities.
2. Strengthen, through innovative approaches and system strengthening,
equitable allocation of financial resources for EMHS.
3. Strengthen financial management, tracking and M&E at all levels and
develop appropriate systems for improved financial management.
4. Implement strategies for pharmaceutical financial management at facility
level.
5. Develop innovative approaches for co-financing or health insurance of
EMHS in the public sector.
6. Contribute to the development of policies and approaches to develop and
sustain health care financing initiatives.
7. Develop and strengthen health systems and financing of EMHS aimed at
strengthening availability and affordability EMHS.
8. Contribute to technical reports and other high-visibility, high-impact
project deliverables, including presentations and reports to the donor and
other stakeholders.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Master’s degree in Health Economics or Health Policy/Planning (or other
closely related field) with specialization in health financing and or health
economics.
2. A minimum of 8 years experience in health economics or health financing,
including significant experience in the area of essential medicines.
3. Demonstrated skills and experience in economics and equity analysis in
developing countries.
4. Knowledge and experience with designing and introducing health insurance
or cost recovery schemes.
5. Experience with development and implementation of financial and
commodity tracking systems at central level and facility level.
6. Experience with capacity building in regards to financial management.
7. Strong analytical and organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to
work both independently and within a team.
8. Strong management and planning experience.
9. Excellent representational and communication skills, written and oral
proficiency in English.
10. Demonstrated success building and maintaining partnerships with key
stakeholders and senior-level government officials, local organizations, and
representatives from international agencies.
11. Knowledge of Uganda’s health sector is desirable.
12. Previous experience on a USAID-funded health project is desirable.
In your application please specify that you found out about this
opportunity on DevelopmentAid.org.
Veuillez indiquer dans votre candidature que vous avez consulté cette offre
sur le site web DevelopmentAid.org.
Mode of Application:
If you are qualified and interested in
please submit your resume in confidence
by visiting the e-recruitment website HERE.
