Health Economist – Costing Analyst

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🔥 13 hours ago

🦁 Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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🧐 Analyst

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HealthX Partners

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2 - 10 employees

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Healthcare • Non-profit • Social Impact

HealthX Partners is a consortium of organizations dedicated to advancing global health outcomes and promoting health equity. It was founded by Population Services International (PSI) and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and brings together expertise to innovate in integrated healthcare services, systems strengthening, sustainability, and local leadership. The group operates globally (examples noted in Kenya, Ethiopia, DR Congo) and addresses family planning, HIV prevention and treatment, TB, malaria, sanitation, maternal and child health, and digital-first women-centered care through VIYA Health. PSI’s 2023 reach and EGPAF’s program footprint (including over 35 million pregnant women reached and work in 19 countries) are part of the consortium’s combined capabilities.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership in health economics, costing, and financial analysis for EGPAF-supported HIV, TB, and MNCH programs • Develop triple elimination investment cases for Lesotho, Tanzania, and other GHSD-supported countries • Quantify program costs, financing gaps, and projected health and economic returns • Conduct costed analyses of prevention and case-management approaches, including PrEP and Mentor Mother models • Contribute costing and financial analysis to eMTCT and pediatric HIV gap analyses • Assess cost efficiency of disease-integration and service-delivery models • Analyze cost drivers and efficiency gains for PrEP, technical hub, and RAS implementation models • Provide costing input for commodity forecasting and quantification • Support unit-cost and cost-efficiency analysis of surveillance and Emergency Operations Center investments • Develop and maintain standardized costing tools, templates, and methodologies • Integrate costing and financial data into program dashboards and data-use platforms • Ensure methodologies align with WHO, UNAIDS, and other recognized global standards • Write and review costing, investment case, and sustainability-financing sections of proposals, concept notes, sole-source applications, and donor reports • Represent EGPAF’s health economics and costing expertise in donor meetings and technical working groups • Build country program and Ministry of Health capacity in costing, investment cases, and financial planning • Facilitate cross-country learning exchanges • Collaborate with country teams to integrate costing and economic evidence into program design and technical assistance • Produce investment cases, cost-efficiency analyses, costing tools and guidance, donor deliverables, and program management inputs

🎯 Requirements

• Advanced degree (MA, MSc, or PhD) in Health Economics, Economics, Public Health, or a related field • Minimum of 7–10 years of progressive experience conducting costing, health economics, or investment case analysis for HIV, TB, or MNCH programs, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa • Technical expertise in activity-based costing, unit-cost analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis for health programs • Experience developing investment cases or financing strategies for donor-funded global health programs • Experience working with U.S. government (GHSD, CDC)-funded programs • Experience navigating bilateral, co-financed donor agreements and sole-source award mechanisms • Experience supporting Ministry of Health transition/sustainability planning and domestic resource mobilization • Strong technical writing skills and experience contributing to proposals, technical briefs, and costing or investment case reports • Strong quantitative and data analysis skills • Experience with costing tools or models and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in data analysis • Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills • Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 30% of the time • Fluency in English required • Familiarity with digital health platforms such as DHIS2 and EMR systems • Familiarity with AI-enabled decision-support tools • Experience with WHO/UNAIDS costing and planning tools, including OneHealth Tool, Investment Case toolkits, or Spectrum/Goals model • Experience facilitating technical communities of practice or cross-country learning networks • French or Portuguese proficiency is an advantage

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time, regular employment • Remote work • International travel opportunities/requirements up to 30% • Equal opportunity employment • Workplace climate of mutual respect and integrity • No fees at any stage of recruitment or hiring