Analyst, Health Financing

• Support the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders in advancing health financing reforms, including planning, budgeting, resource tracking, and expenditure analysis.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to inform resource mobilization, allocation, and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of costed strategic and operational plans, health accounts, investment cases, and financing strategies that promote sustainability, equity, and efficiency in health service delivery.
• Collaborate with government teams to strengthen systems for evidence-based decision-making, including data management, reporting, and use of information for planning and performance monitoring.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, and policy briefs for internal and external dissemination.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with government counterparts, development partners, and other stakeholders to drive coordination, operational improvements, and policy dialogue.
• Support capacity building of government counterparts in health financing, financial management, and use of data for decision-making.
• Contribute to program work planning, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting for both internal and external audiences.
• Provide technical and coordination support to fundraising and resource mobilization efforts, including proposal development.
• Oversee activity logistics in collaboration with CHAI’s Finance and Operations teams, including preparation of budgets, disbursement of allowances, and ensuring timely liquidation and adherence to CHAI and donor financial policies.
• Ensure effective documentation of lessons learned and best practices, and contribute to continuous program improvement.
• Perform any other related duties and support day-to-day implementation of activities as assigned.

• A degree in health economics, public health, health sciences, public policy, or a health Finance, commerce or related field.
• Years of experience notwithstanding, understanding and contact with subjects the following subject or themes during times of work or training:  health systems strengthening, health financing, health economics, health workforce, public health, public policy, public sector finance and consulting, will be preferred.
• Outstanding analytical skills and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint and use of AI
• Strategically minded and able to think creatively about long-term program goals and objectives, and the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals
• Structured thinker with experience analysing and interpreting complex datasets to identify key trends and to translate them into actionable options for decision-makers
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to build strategic relationships with government partners, donors, and other stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to deliver excellence in high-pressure situations, set priorities, and adapt to rapidly changing environments
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills without the need for extensive structural or operational support
• Strong writer, facilitator, and oral communicator, able to distil and explain complex concepts to varied audiences, with demonstrated skills in report and proposal writing
• Self-motivated and able to lead workstreams with a high degree of independence and autonomy
• Team player with the desire and capacity to effectively coach others, based on the team’s professional development needs and as assigned by the supervisor

Advantages

• Experience with programming/coding, including VBA coding and/or Stata
• Experience working in resource-limited settings and a multicultural environment