Careers at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Position

The MERL Lead will work closely with the programme team to:

• Design and implement the programme’s monitoring, evaluation, adaptation and learning framework and plan.
• Lead thinking and discussions around projected programme impact and contribution, advising on appropriate methodologies to calculate and analyse this.
• Steward the tracking and assessment of programme activities, reporting on outputs and outcomes together with country teams.
• Lead development of and timely reporting against the programme results framework for the primes and the donor.
• Lead the design, and support the delivery of a strong learning agenda, to build evidence of what works in strengthening the SRHR policy and systems environment.

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years’ experience in MERL, in a large scale, multi-country development programme that includes a significant technical assistance component.
• Deep and up-to-date understanding of programme evaluation and learning cycles, data analysis and presentation of results.
• Experience using major evaluation methodologies (qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods), and data collection and analysis methodologies.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French.
• Experience working with consortia and with a dispersed team and network of consultants.
• Previous experience in MERL for programmes funded by UK aid or other major donors.

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Position

Health Financing Advisors will support the design, implementation and monitoring of health financing approaches to support achievement of universal health coverage. This may include, for example:

• Technical support to strengthen public financial management (PFM) processes within the health sector to align with the country’s health financing objectives.
• Technical assistance to governments as they design and implement health financing reforms, with a particular focus on resilience and primary health care centred universal health coverage.
• Technical support and advocacy for domestic resource mobilisation for health in the context of transition.

Requirements

• Experience of working in Africa and/or Asia in a relevant capacity and with governments; international agencies and local NGOs.
• Experience delivering technical work on health financing in similar organisations.
• Experience applying tools and providing technical assistance in public financial management, impact modelling and/or health economics.
• Experience providing backstopping support to individuals and teams in remote settings through in-person and virtual engagement.
• Experience in providing technical assistance in at least three of the following areas: health financing policy or strategy development, budgeting and planning, health budget advocacy, political economy analysis, sustainability and transition; public financial management, costing and efficiency analysis; results-based financing; social and financial risk protection; contracting; design and/or operationalisation of health insurance schemes; impact modelling and health economics.