Ethiopian Public Health Institute Senior Health Economist Jobs

Ethiopian Public Health Institute Senior Health Economist Jobs

Job Id: 226062

Category: Economics

Location: Addis Ababa

Employment Type: Contract

Salary: 33500 Birr

Job Description

Terms of employment: Contract

Project duration: Four years

Duration of contract: one year with possible extension

Place: Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa

Reporting to: National Data Management Center for health (NDMC)

Background

The National Data Management Center for health (NDMC) at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) is a responsible center to centrally archive health and health related data, process and manage health research, apply robust data analytic technics, synthesis evidence and to ensure evidence utilization for decision making by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and other relevant stakeholders at local, sub-national and national and international levels. The NDMC is looking for high caliber staff for this collaborative project.

Roles and responsibilities

Lead, coordinate, monitor and perform economic evaluation activities of the center

Develop health economics, health care financing and pricing methodologies and models (quantitative and qualitative)

Uses various quantitative and qualitative techniques to perform costing, cost-of-illness, cost effectiveness of projects, programs and interventions, cost utility, health care financing and policy analyses.

Provides economic analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, consider, and propose action for improving health and wellbeing

Develops, reviews, and/or prepares necessary technical and program-related reports, research manuscripts including presentations, briefs and working papers.

Present findings from economic and impact analysis work and communicate findings orally, in technical report, policy brief and publications to high level decision makers and stakeholders.

Provides different efficiency analysis (technical, allocative, productivity) in the health sector as well as for the priority programs in the country.

Provides health economics, health care finance and costing expertise/technical assistance to NDMC and EPHI.

Conduct different economic evaluation analysis from different perspectives (health care provider, patient and societal),

and its effect on the budget impact analysis for policy decision-making.

Develop and design different economic analysis techniques at the macroeconomic level and fiscal space analysis in the health sector.

Analyze different health care financing approaches/strategies including the impact of out-of-pocket spending/ catastrophic health care spending on the health service coverage/impact.

Support the development of activity-specific work plans and budgets for NDMC.

Guides and supports health economics data collection and review, policy formulation, training and capacity building efforts in support of NDMC activities and deliverables.

Develop, organizes and conductshort and long term trainings, conferences, workshops, and meetings on economic evaluation and costing.

Participates, and represents NDMC/EPHI in conferences and symposia.

Develop national economic evaluation/ health technology assessment guidelines, jobaids and toolkits for the NDMC/EPHI

Support the institutionalization of health technology assessment/ economic evaluation capacity at the NDMC/EPHI

Contributes to new EPHI business development efforts, as required and appropriate

Support health economics evidence generation activities at EPHI

Produce evidence/policy briefs, manuscripts for publication and technical report

Job Requirements

PhD or MA in Economics or Health Economics, or PhD in public health /Epidemiology with significant coursework in health economics and finance.

With PhD wldersat least 5 years of experience in health economic analyses, health economics, health finance, or experience in other fields related to the duties described above.

With MA: At least 10 years of experience in healtheconomic analyses, health economics, health finance, or experience in other fields related to the duties described above.

How to Apply

N.B. Application platform: only online application will be accepted .

Interested applicants can register in send their CV s soft copy of your entire credentials document at the address given below within 10 working days from the first appearance of the announcement.

Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Ethiopian Public Health Institute Senior Health Economist Jobs