Recruitment Description/ Key Accountabilities

Qualifications and Skills

Education (Qualifications)
Essential:

• University degree in economics, health economics, health financing, public health, or closely related subject.

Desirable:

• Master’s in economics, health economics, health financing, public health, epidemiology, or closely related subject.

Experience

Essential:

At least 5 years of professional experience working in national or international organizations, academia, or the private sector, in the field of health, in at least one of the two following areas:

· Health intervention costing, budgeting, expenditure tracking, estimation of resource needs, economic evaluation.

• Good knowledge of policy making, planning, and financing processes in the health sector and health coordination mechanisms and partnerships.

Desirable:

• Experience and knowledge of the work of WHO or other related UN agencies will be advantageous.
• Experience working on costing or impact assessment related to health programs or interventions.
• Experience in the development of national strategic plans.
• Experience of working with national governments, preferably ministries of health.
• Work experience using the OneHealth tool or budget module of the Integrated Health Tool for planning and costing, or other similar costing tools.

Languages:
Essential:
Excellent knowledge of the Portuguese
Working Knowledge of English or French
Desirable:
Working Knowledge of other UN Language is an advantage
Other Skills:

• Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point, SPSS).