Job Opportunities at Abt Associates [3 Positions]

Abt Associates – The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world.  Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management.  Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

Job Title: Program Coordinator/ HFG Nigeria
Req Id: 44101
Location: Nigeria

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Work with the CoP to coordinate field activities to ensure timely implementation of planned activities of HFG Nigeria without compromising quality and efficiency;
• Ensure an effective collaboration with the communications and Knowledge Management unit to identify and document success stories/lessons learned;
• Update the progress tracking sheet in partnership with state program coordinators in the priority states;
• Coordinate all programmatic and administrative activities as it relates to the state program coordinators in the priority states;
• Participate in work planning and strategic review of documents
• Carry out other program related activities as requested by the CoP.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master’s Degree (minimum), in  Public Health, Social Sciences, Business  or other relevant Health Systems Strengthening fields;
• At least two years of progressive professional experience in Administration, public health, health financing, health economics or pubic finance management;
• Project support/back-stopping, health and international experience;
• Organizational skills and leadership capabilities and the ability to lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams;
• Demonstrated oversight ability that ensures quality, relevance and timeliness;
• Knowledge about US Government development assistance policy and USAID operational procedures is desirable; and
• High level of computer proficiency and demonstrated good oral and writing communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should
Click here to apply online  

 

 

 

Job Title: Technical Finance Advisor / Health Finance Advisor 10
Req Id: 44521
Location: Nigeria

Job Description
Opportunity

• Abt Associates seeks a qualified Technical Finance Advisor / Health Finance Advisor 10 to support the International Health Division in Nigeria.
• The Abt led 5-year USAID-funded Health Finance and Governance project (HFG) provides technical assistance in health systems strengthening around the world. In Nigeria, HFG works with four States – Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Lagos States to strengthen their health systems and boost health outcomes by improving financing for health and HIV/AIDS through domestic resource mobilization, enhancing governance and supporting health financing reforms.
• The project anticipates two new streams of work; the Sustainable Health Financing (SFI) initiative in Lagos and Rivers state and the HPN RMNCH project in Cross River, Bauchi and Sokoto states. These projects will aim to increase the mobilization of domestic resources for HIV/AIDS and RMNCH activities respectively.
• HFG seeks a health financing technical advisor on two anticipated health financing projects. S/He will work closely with the senior health financing technical advisor (SHFA) and chief of party (COP) to provide technical contribution towards the design and implementation of HFG Nigeria health financing technical assistance. S/He shall also contribute to technical strategies and ensure that these effectively address priority needs in support of the health financing arrangements in our states of operation.
• While it is anticipated that the health financing technical advisor will be able to work with minimal supervision, s/he is expected to work closely with the senior health financing technical advisor and report to the chief of party.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Work closely with the SHFA and COP to:

• Provide technical assistance and coordinate activities of consultants towards successful completion of health care financing core diagnostics in supported states;
• Support formation of health care financing technical working groups and provide start-up technical support towards optimal function of the TWGs;
• Provide technical support towards the design of evidence based and context-appropriate  health care financing policy and strategy at both national and state level;
• Lead evidence based advocacy and technical support towards passage of state supported health insurance bill by the State Houses of Assembly;
• Represent HFG at health care financing fora at state and national level including but not limited to health care financing TWGs;
• Contribute to documentation of HFG’s health care financing lessons learned success stories and publishable articles;
• Write and submit detailed and good quality weekly and monthly activities report using  agreed templates;
• Contribute to health care financing sections of Abt proposal writing; and
• Participate in other project related activities as advised by the COP

Deliverables:

• Health Financing core diagnostic reports;
• Established Health Financing Technical Working Groups across the states;
• Workshop reports, Weekly updates, Monthly reports and Quarterly reports
• Knowledge Management documents including success stories and publishable articles

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master’s degree in Health Systems, Health Economics, Health Policy & Management or a related advanced degree relevant to the field of Public Health;
• Minimum of 6 years relevant experience and progressively increasing responsibility in the area of health care financing in Nigeria
• Good understanding of health care financing policy direction , initiatives, opportunities and stakeholders;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and within a team;
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact professionally with donors, project stakeholders, in-country collaborators and staff at all levels of the organization; and
• Good oral and writing communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience and a master degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

 

 

Job Title: Technical Specialist 10 / Program Coordinator
Req Id: 44542
Location: Nigeria

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Work with the CoP to coordinate field activities to ensure timely implementation of planned activities of HFG Nigeria without compromising quality and efficiency;
• Ensure an effective collaboration with the communications and Knowledge Management unit to identify and document success stories/lessons learned;
• Update the progress tracking sheet in partnership with state program coordinators in the priority states;
• Coordinate all programmatic and administrative activities as it relates to the state program coordinators in the priority states;
• Participate in work planning and strategic review of documents
• Carry out other program related activities as requested by the CoP.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master’s Degree (minimum), in  Public Health, Social Sciences, Business  or other relevant Health Systems Strengthening fields;
• At least six years of progressive professional experience in Administration, public health, health financing, health economics or pubic finance management;
• Project support/back-stopping, health and international experience;
• Organizational skills and leadership capabilities and the ability to lead multidisciplinary and multicultural teams;
• Demonstrated oversight ability that ensures quality, relevance and timeliness;
• Knowledge about US Government development assistance policy and USAID operational procedures is desirable; and
• High level of computer proficiency and demonstrated good oral and writing communication skills.

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience and a master degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online 

 

 

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.