Senior Health Economist for Public Health in Africa at Genesis Analytics

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Our global African consultancy is seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior health economist with strong leadership, management, and technical skills to join our talented team in the Health Financing and Economics (HFE) unit.  This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our portfolio of high-profile projects with global and country partners. As a Senior Health Economist, you will play a crucial role in shaping health policies and developing collaborative evidence-based solutions for some of Africa’s most pressing public health challenges.   

Requirements

KEY REQUIREMENTS & ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

The candidate should be an experienced consultant with an established professional network who is comfortable in working in a fast-paced environment and is able to professionally engage with role players at all levels. The consultant should be effective in managing a team of junior and senior consultants and able to take responsibility for the successful delivery of assignments, from design to close-out.  

The candidate should have specialist experience in two or more of the following disciplines: Health financing, Health Public Financial Management, Health costing, Economic evaluations. 

The successful candidate’s key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: 

• Support the leadership of the HFE unit in developing and executing its strategic and annual plans
• Provide management support to the Unit in managing junior consultants and building their capacity
• Oversee the successful implementation of complex consulting assignments, within budget, and dissemination of results to clients and other stakeholders
• Manage the implementation of multi-year donor grants and contracts
• Provide specialist technical services to projects
• Technical report writing and presentations

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND PERSONAL COMPETENCIES: 

• PhD or Master’s degree in Health Economics
• Ideally based in Africa, but not a pre-requisite
• At least 7 to 10 years’ of relevant consulting experience
• Strong technical track record in health financing and economics projects
• Track record in working on projects funded by global bilateral development partners or multi-national agencies
• Decision modelling/ mathematical modelling and strong data analytical skills would be an advantage
• Confident to use own initiative and logic to problem-solving and demonstrates analytical and lateral thinking
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and demonstrate solid leadership and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• High self-motivation