Consultant – Health Economist at Aga Khan University (AKU)

Job Summary

The purpose of this job is to carry out economic evaluation of the mental health intervention to be implemented under the health workers well-being and resilience study at the Institute for Human Development.

Responsibilities

Protocol Development stage:

• Develop economic evaluation tools.

Study design and pilot stage:

• Refine the data collection tools based on the finalized intervention.
• Advise the study team on areas costing data need to be collected.

Implementation stage:

• Collecting of costing data

Close-out stage:

• Analysis of costing data
• Preparation of report

Requirements

• PhD in Health Economics or master’s degree in health economics with a minimum of 3 years related work experience.
• Demonstratable experience carrying out economic evaluations for mental health interventions will be desirable.
• Good writing and communication skills.
• A team player with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain professionalism and ethical standards in services delivery.