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Health Economist

Date Posted: Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Industry: Non Profit( NGO / Inter-Governmental)
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Harare

Job Summary

Description

Reporting to:

CORDAID Country Director: Ministry of Health and Child Care - Principal Director- Policy, Planning M&E

Purpose
The Health Economist will work on: (1) Results-based financing (RBF) project and (2) providing technical assistance to the Ministry Of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) on broader health system and financing aspects. The position serves as a key technical member of the Cordaid team and in the National RBF Management Team in the MOHCC.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
The main duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

1. Strengthen and support data analysis undertaken by the Cordaid team

• Promote the frequent use and exchange of results among Cordaid, the Government, development partners and the Bank for project monitoring and propose adjustment if necessary.
• Support internal dissemination and use of results and evidence from the RBF within the MOHCC

Result-based financing project

• Support the management of the urban voucher component (responsibilities include, but are not limited to, monitoring of internal and external control measures of voucher scheme, out-of-pocket expenditure assessment etc)
• Perform costing and cost control aspects of the overall project (rural and urban components) in line with requirements of the World Bank grant for periodic reviews of RBF subsidy prices
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• Support RBF in terms of expenditure trends and forecasting.
• Work in close collaboration with the MOHCC, the World Bank and other development partners on health financing work on RBF(demand and supply sides)
• Work on other analytical products for the MOHCC and the project as required

2.  Support to the MOHCC on broader health system and financing aspects

·         Serve as a key technical resource to the MOHCC in the development of health financing technical and policy briefs and documents to inform policy and management decision making and strategy development

·         Work with the Government and the task team on various health financing aspects, This will include budget analysis, development of financing strategies (e.q. community based insurance), stakeholder consultations, evidence generation, analysis of data etc,

·         Provide inputs into regular stakeholder consultations (e.g. Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labour, Zimstat, Cordaid, World Bank task team, health providers in the RBF project, TARSC, Development partners, etc.)

·         Support the MOHCC's efforts to scale-up RBF nationwide including analysis of national performance trends, and expenditures including from domestic co-financing,