HIV & AIDS Senior Health Economist

Opportunity in Crystal City, VA

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted through CAMRIS International partnered with IAP World Services Inc. (IAPWS), to recruit and hire qualified individuals for the following position:

Title:  HIV & AIDS Senior Health Economist

United States Agency for International Development, Bureau for Global Health, Office of HIV/AIDS, Strategic Planning, Evaluation & Reporting Division
 

Application Deadline:    Open until filled

BACKGROUND:

The United States Government (USG) has made the fight against HIV/AIDS a top priority, not only for humanitarian reasons, but because the HIV/AIDS crisis threatens the prosperity, stability and development of nations around the world. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is a U.S. government global initiative to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease. Over the past decade, the U.S. government has committed more than $52 billion to bilateral HIV/AIDS programs, the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and bilateral tuberculosis programs. To achieve an AIDS-free generation, PEPFAR works closely with a variety of stakeholders including partner countries, multilateral organizations, civil society, people living with and affected by HIV, the faith community, and the public and private sectors. USAID has been, and continues to be, at the forefront of the USG response in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic since inception of its international HIV/AIDS program in 1986. PEPFAR is the largest commitment ever by any nation for an international health initiative dedicated to a single disease.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The HIV& AIDS Senior Health Economist/ Finance Advisor will serve primarily as a health finance expert on the OHA/SPER Health Economics, Finance and Policy Team, and will provide key technical and programmatic support to the Global Health (GH) Bureau Cross-Office Team for USAID’s HIV & AIDS Sustainable Financing Initiative. S/he will advance OHA's vision and goals for domestic resource mobilization for HIV& AIDS and long-term sustainable programming for control of the epidemic.

S/he will perform the following duties:

• Serve as Co-chair of the interagency Finance and Economics Working Group (FEWG) and ad hoc modeling working group.

• Participate in planning and program development for USAID’s HIV & AIDS Sustainable Financing Initiative and in the development of PEPFAR's Headquarters Operational Plan (HOP) to support implementation.

• Serve as Senior Technical Advisor to the Health Finance and Governance Project on areas related to Health Finance within PEPFAR.
• Liaise with the Bureau’s Office of Health Systems on Health Finance issues as related to PEPFAR.

• Provide technical assistance to other OHA divisions, USAID missions and PEPFAR country teams in areas of health finance and the assessment, design and implementation of HIV-related economic evaluations and cost analyses.
• Participate in the PEPFAR Interagency Collaborative for Program Improvement
• Liaise with multiple PEPFAR technical working groups to provide technical support to cost analyses, expenditure analyses and other economic evaluation activities.
• Monitor implementing partners' health financing work in the field, including fulfillment of a technical advisory role on specific projects as assigned.
• Serve as a liaison and technical resource to the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) and other PEPFAR implementing agencies on OHA-led and jointly led health finance activities.
• Participate in the annual PEPFAR Country Operational Plan (COP) technical review process.

• Maintain knowledge of state of the art health finance and economic evaluation practices and serve as a technical resource for OHA, USAID, and PEPFAR.
• Mentor junior team members and other staff on health finance activities.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSE, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER

EXPERTISE REQUIRED. The contractor must have:

• Master's degree or higher in health economics, health finance, or other relevant field.
• Minimum ten years' experience in health finance, resource mobilization, research management and implementation, with experience in international or resource-poor settings.
• Minimum ten years' experience in health finance, cost analysis, economic evaluation and capacity building in developing countries, including research design.
• Demonstrated understanding of and ability to apply accepted tools, techniques and frameworks for health financing, economic evaluation and cost analysis of HIV/AIDS interventions.
• High degree of judgment, maturity, ingenuity and originality to interpret strategy, to analyze, develop and present work and to monitor and evaluate implementation of programs.
• Strong leadership and group facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated experience working with a wide range of development partners, including multilateral and bilateral donors as well as private foundations and civil society.
• Demonstrated knowledge of internal processes within the US Government and other health sector development partners, (e.g. thematic priorities, decision-making mechanisms, and preferred funding channels).
• Experience with global health partnerships and disease-specific initiatives.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills, and the ability to work with diverse teams.
• Strong teamwork, multi-stakeholder collaboration and management skills.
• US Citizenship, Permanent Residency or Green Card required.

This is an opportunity for employment or a contract, but we reserve the right to make no selection or award.

CAMRIS International and IAP World Services Inc. offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at https://careers-camris.icims.com.

CAMRIS and IAP are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.