Background
The U.S. Agency for International Development selected Abt
Associates, Inc. to
implement the new Health Finance and Governance Project
(HFG), a five-year $209 million flagship project that will increase the use of
priority health services by strengthening health finance and governance systems
in developing countries.
systems. A principal area of HFG focus is to develop the
capacity of partner countries to increase their domestic resources for health,
manage those resources more effectively, and make wise purchasing decisions.
Designed to fundamentally strengthen health
systems, the HFG project supports its partners as they
advance their health system priorities.
In Nigeria, the HFG project team will work together with
USAID and the Government of
Nigeria (GON) to support sustainability and country
ownership of Nigeria's HIV/AIDS.
The project will work on improving sustainable HIV and AIDS
financing by building the capacity of the National Agency for the Control of
AIDS (NACA) to increase domestic financing for HIV/AIDS programs. HFG expects
this activity to be multi-year in nature.
There are four primary components in our multi-year strategy
to support these
objectives:
1) generate financial evidence on the costs, impact, and
sustainability of HIV
programming;
2) use this financial evidence to mobilize additional resources
for
implementation of national HIV and AIDS program including
putting in place of a
resource mobilization strategy;
3) build local capacity to mobilize resources, and
4) ensure efficient, effective, and equitable use of
national HIV programming resources.
To provide ongoing coordination and technical assistance, a
full-time health economist will be embedded within the National Agency for the
Control of AIDS (NACA)'s Resource
Mobilization Department (RMD) to assist in the
implementation of the HFG project's activities, liaise between the project and
the RMD, and mentor RMD staff. HFG will provide international technical
assistance for various activities and one of the roles of the embedded advisor
will be to coordinate these activities and provide regular and consistent
follow-up.
The Health Economist will be appointed for an initial period
of 12 months, with renewal or extension based upon availability of funding.
The Health Economist must be Nigerian and will be located in
Abuja, Nigeria.
Health Finance Advisor
Specific Job Responsibilities:
• Assist
project team in the day-to-day implementation and coordination of
activities supporting the RMD and provide the necessary
technical support to
ensure completion of project deliverables
• Conduct
an assessment of the technical capacity of NACA's Resource
Mobilization Department and work with project staff to
further strengthen the
department's technical capacity
• Involve
in national data collection and analysis in areas of costing, resource
mapping and financing
• Organize
and facilitate stakeholders consultation workshops;
•
Coordinate with key stakeholders at NACA, the Ministry of Health, and
the
Ministry of Finance
• Serve as
project liaison to the RMD
Prepare weekly progress report to update project team on
implementation of activities
and institutional capacity building
Minimum Qualification
10+ years of experience OR the equivalent combination of
education and experience.
Additional Qualifications
• An
advanced degree (minimum MA/MSc with a PhD desirable) in health
economics, public health, public policy, or equivalent, and
at least 10 years of relevant work experience.
• Prior
working experience in health financing in Nigeria
• Work
experience and familiarity in H IV and AIDS financing
• Familiarity with the government
planning and budgeting process.
• Strong
quantitative and analytical skills.
• Proven
ability to develop and implement polici.es and strategies for
institutional strengthening and technical capacity building.
• Strong conceptual and research skills, with ability to
think strategically and
rapidly analyze and integrate diverse information from
varied sources into
conclusions and recommendations.
Proven planning, networking, team-building, and
organizational skills.
•
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
Qualified applicants should forward a cover letter detailing
suitability to the job requirements and CV all in a single
document
with Health Finance Advisor as the subject to
hfgnigeriajobs@abtassoc.com within two
weeks of this publication. More information on the HFG Project at
H FGProject.org
Location: Abuja
Experience: 10 year(s)
Course of Study:
Required Grade: Not
Specified
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