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Senior Health Financing Advisor
Project Overview and Role:
The Senior Health Financing Advisor is a full-time position for an upcoming award in Mali funded by USAID focused on Health Financing. This position is contingent upon funding and donor approval.

Reports to: Chief of Party
Duration: 5 years
Location: Bamako, Mali

The Senior Health Financing Advisor has overall technical responsibility for the project health financing portfolio. Primary responsibility will be to assist country teams to develop technical strategies, approaches and plans, implement activities and monitor progress towards outlined project milestone/deliverables/ approved workplans. The Advisor will also develop technical documents, provide technical oversight to team, manage the technical aspects of outsourcing any technical services, review and finalize technical products (studies, reports, briefers, slide decks) and provide overall capacity building support and mentoring to the country teams.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
-Participates in the design and implementation of technical support activities related to health finance policy in Mali;
-Stays abreast of key developments in health finance and resource allocation innovations and interventions in Mali to inform technical activities under the Mali Health Financing project. This includes frequent interaction with the Government of Mali stakeholders relevant to this area as well as multilateral partners and donor agencies;
-Prepares health financing analyses, recommendations, briefing notes, and assessments for internal and client use;
-Provides assistance to others on matters related to topic area of research and evaluation and applies relevant methodologies to programmatic issues of importance;
-Supervises short-term local consultants in Mali assigned to health finance activities;
-Represents the project, company, and programs in the health financing area in Mali, as well as with others in the professional community;
-Interacts with internal and external resources and other experts to bring new and “cutting edge” ideas into approaches;
-Conducts all work to accepted standards of research ethics; and
-Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
-MPH, MBA or MA in international development, international relations, public policy, or related field;
-At least 8 years of experience in international development;
-Advanced degree in health economics with academic specialization in health financing or commensurate work experience in health finance;
-Significant working experience in health finance and health economics;
-Experience in public financial management, decentralization and citizen engagement, health policy and financing, local economic development, and/or public-private partnerships (PPPs) desirable;
-Familiarity or experience with Mali health system;
-Familiarity with USAID-supported projects (experience with West or East Africa a plus);
-Sound knowledge of methodologies used in health finance research;
-Knowledge of relevant literature related to topic area;
-Appropriate computer skills necessary to conduct research, and to conduct analysis of study data;
-Strong analytical and computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, web-based research) – this includes data analytics;
-Ability to multi-task and keep track of concurrent activities and deadlines;
-Strong written and oral communication skills for high-level policy audiences;
-Must be willing to live and travel within Mali; and
-Must be fluent in French.
Company Overview:
About Palladium – Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact – the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value. We work with governments, businesses, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing challenges. With a team of more than 3,000 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of over 35,000 experts, we help improve economies, societies and, most importantly, people’s lives.
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