Health Economist – Costing Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Africa.

📋 Description

• Offer technical guidance in health economics, costing, and financial analysis for EGPAF-supported HIV, TB, and MNCH initiatives.

• Create triple elimination investment cases for Lesotho, Tanzania, and additional GHSD-supported nations.

• Assess program costs, financing deficiencies, and anticipated health and economic returns.

• Execute cost analyses of prevention and case management strategies, including PrEP and Mentor Mother frameworks.

• Contribute to costing and financial analysis within eMTCT and pediatric HIV gap evaluations.

• Evaluate cost efficiency of disease integration and service delivery models.

• Investigate cost drivers and efficiency improvements for PrEP, technical hub, and RAS implementation strategies.

• Provide costing insights for commodity forecasting and quantification.

• Assist in unit-cost and cost-efficiency evaluations of surveillance and Emergency Operations Center investments.

• Develop and sustain standardized costing tools, templates, and methodologies.

• Incorporate costing and financial data into program dashboards and data utilization platforms.

• Ensure methodologies comply with WHO, UNAIDS, and other acknowledged global standards.

• Draft and review costing, investment case, and sustainability financing sections of proposals, concept notes, sole-source applications, and donor reports.

• Represent EGPAF's health economics and costing proficiency in donor meetings and technical working groups.

• Enhance country program and Ministry of Health capabilities in costing, investment case development, and financial planning.

• Facilitate learning exchanges across countries.

• Collaborate with country teams to embed costing and economic evidence into program design and technical support.

• Produce investment cases, cost-efficiency analyses, costing tools and guidance, donor deliverables, and program management input.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced degree (MA, MSc, or PhD) in Health Economics, Economics, Public Health, or a related discipline.

• At least 7–10 years of progressive experience in conducting costing, health economics, or investment case analysis for HIV, TB, or MNCH programs, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Technical proficiency in activity-based costing, unit-cost analysis, and cost-effectiveness analysis for health initiatives.

• Experience in developing investment cases or financing strategies for donor-supported global health programs.

• Familiarity with U.S. government (GHSD, CDC)-funded programs.

• Experience in navigating bilateral, co-financed donor agreements and sole-source award processes.

• Background in supporting Ministry of Health transition/sustainability planning and domestic resource mobilization.

• Strong technical writing capabilities and experience in contributing to proposals, technical briefs, and costing or investment case reports.

• Robust quantitative and data analysis abilities.

• Experience with costing tools or models and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in data analysis.

• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.

• Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 30% of the time.

• Fluency in English is required.

• Familiarity with digital health platforms such as DHIS2 and EMR systems.

• Knowledge of AI-enabled decision-support tools.

• Experience with WHO/UNAIDS costing and planning tools, including OneHealth Tool, Investment Case toolkits, or Spectrum/Goals model.

• Experience facilitating technical communities of practice or cross-country learning networks.

• Proficiency in French or Portuguese is an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-time, regular employment.

• Remote work opportunities.

• International travel opportunities/requirements up to 30%.

• Commitment to equal opportunity employment.

• Workplace environment of mutual respect and integrity.

• No fees at any stage of recruitment or hiring.