Health Financing Specialist at ThinkWell

The Health Financing Specialist brings strong quantitative skills and research capacity (typically in health economics and financing) as well as a solid understanding of the design, implementation and evaluation of health financing policy reform.

The Health Financing Specialist reports to the Project/Country Director. This is a full-time position based in Abuja, Nigeria with travel to Kano or Kaduna. Nigerian nationals are encouraged to apply.

Technical Leadership

• Provide direct technical assistance to ensure high-quality program results and execution across projects in the area of specialization
• Contribute to project work planning, coordinate across external partners and lead their engagement in collaborative projects
• Develop monitoring, evaluation, research and learning tools, indicators and plans
• Collaborate with other ThinkWell programs to ensure programming aligns with the organizations mission and vision, and that program best practices and lessons learned are shared for wide dissemination
• Lead analyses on health expenditure, including out-of-pocket spending, financial forecasting, benefit incidence analysis, resource tracking and cost-effectiveness
• Produce high quality written reports and presentations, including technical documents, project status reports, policy briefs, and publications for conferences and journals
• Support ministries of health and finance on development of state-level health financing strategies, budget planning, preparation and execution, and budget advocacy
• Create graphics and visualizations of quantitative and qualitative data
• Design a sustainable capacity building model to ensure the Ministry of Health counterparts are directly engaged and evolve their health financing competencies and applied knowledge

Requirements

• BA/BS and 10+ years experience or graduate degree and 8+ years experience;
• Substantive, relevant work experience in data management, data analysis, health financing, and health policy in Nigeria;
• In-depth understanding of current and emerging health financing policy and systems reforms in Nigeria;
• Demonstrated capacity to configure and analyze data, including from various large datasets;
• Adept at communicating technical information to non-technical audiences;
• Demonstrated interest and ability in growing staff, mentoring and coaching junior professionals;
• A senior leader, able to rally staff around ThinkWell’s mission and priorities;
• A thoughtful systems thinker with grounded, pragmatic understanding of the complexities of our work;
• Recognized as a leader in the area of technical specialty; strong professional network in the field;
• Demonstrated ability to engage effectively with external strategic partners, donors, and stakeholders;
• Full English fluency and;
• Outstanding cross-cultural communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities and orientations as well as across work areas;
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 30%.