Senior Health Financing Advisor
Credence Management Solutions
- Washington DC
- $133,380-200,720 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serve as a subject matter expert to USAID and partners for FP/RH commodity and supply chain financing, including domestic resource mobilization and employing innovative measures to generate financing for commodities and supply chains in LMICs.
- Conduct analyses and develop presentations to identify and assess interventions to strengthen financing for FP/RH commodities and supply chains and identify emerging trends and programmatic advances and challenges.
- Provide technical expertise for the preparation and/or review of multidisciplinary program strategies, evaluations, theories of change, program/project designs, monitoring, and evaluations related to FP/RH commodity and supply chain financing.
- Provide technical leadership to coordinate with global and country stakeholders as well as within USAID to strengthen financing for FP/RH commodities and supply chains across all sectors – public, NGO, and commercial private – and all market segments; and to coordinate with broader efforts for access to health commodities.
- Support PRH and CSL efforts to join with countries to ensure that country strategies support sustainable advancements in commodity and supply chain financing, and are supported with the appropriate technical assistance.
- Provide technical leadership to support advocacy in government, civil society, and the private sector for FP/RH commodity and supply chain financing.
- Lead CSL-managed activities to advance the Division’s global leadership in strengthening policy environments and financing for contraceptive access in LMICs, including monitoring of work plans and developing priorities for new investments.
- Assist USAID Missions and implementing partners in data collection and analysis for advocacy in policy changes to encourage an enabling environment for access to contraceptives in USAID-supported countries.
- Provide thought leadership to advance the field of health commodity security. Participate and lead technical advisory and working groups; publish technical papers; and present at FP/RH, international development, and other relevant professional conferences.
- Respond to queries and prepare reports to guide USAID HQ and Mission decision-making as well as reporting for Congress and other stakeholders.
- As part of CSL’s country backstopping, provide technical and management support for FP/RH commodity procurement and supply chain strengthening programs in select USAID-supported countries. Coordinate with back stops from other GH supply chain divisions and serve as the main point of contact for all FP/RH commodity and supply chain technical assistance needs.
- Travel 20-30% of the time.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Master’s degree with 10 years of relevant experience, bachelor’s degree with 12 years of relevant experience, Associate’s degree and 14 years of relevant experience, or High School graduate and 16 years of relevant experience.
- Master’s degree in a discipline relevant to the technical focus of this position – for example, business administration, economics, financing, marketing, public health, international development. or other relevant field.
- Extensive professional experience working in global health, with some focus on health commodity and/or supply chain financing or other experience directly related to these areas.
- Demonstrated experience working in low- and middle-income country settings and using originality and ingenuity to deal with the uncertainties and constraints, such as resource constraints and data limitations, that characterize international development.
- Demonstrated experience in building coalitions with diverse organizations to achieve common objectives.
- Demonstrated flexibility and openness in responding to changing work priorities and environment.
- Demonstrated ability as an entrepreneurial and self-motivated problem-solver with proven ability to work independently and, equally, to effectively contribute to and lead teams, establish effective relationships among a wide range of partners, and promote and accept team direction.
- Service-oriented mindset, appreciative listening, and ability to translate complex ideas into material easily understood by diverse audiences.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Good oral communication and writing skills.
- Willingness to travel to LMICs.
- Knowledge of and/or experience working in health commodity security in LMICs with a proven ability to contribute to improved access to health products.
- Ability to travel 20-30% of the time.
- US Citizenship or US Legal Permanent Residency with the ability to obtain and maintain Facility Access.