[Hiring] Health Economist / Costing Analyst @HealthX Partners

Role Description

The Health Economist / Costing Analyst provides technical leadership in health economics, costing, and financial analysis to strengthen the efficiency, sustainability, and financing of EGPAF-supported HIV, TB, and maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) programs. The Health Economist works within the Technical Excellence (TE) department, in close collaboration with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team, the Digital Health and Data Analytics (DHDA) team, and country program teams, to develop costed investment cases, assess the cost-efficiency of service delivery models, and inform domestic resource mobilization and transition planning in EGPAF-supported countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

This position's work is executed in alignment with EGPAF's 2026–2028 Strategic Direction — advancing triple elimination, ending pediatric AIDS, preventing maternal morbidity and mortality, child survival, and health system sustainability.

• Support countries funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD), beginning with Lesotho and Tanzania.
• Contribute economic evidence and analysis to help countries sustain progress toward 95-95-95 outcomes for pregnant women, children, and adolescents.
• Develop the costed evidence base — investment cases, financing-gap analyses, and cost-efficiency assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• Investment Case and Costing Analysis
  • Lead the development of triple elimination investment cases in Lesotho, Tanzania, and other GHSD-supported countries.
  • Conduct costed analyses of prevention and case-management approaches.
  • Contribute costing and financial analysis to gap analyses on eMTCT and pediatric HIV.
  • Provide costing inputs to national and subnational triple elimination validation dossiers.
• Cost-Efficiency and Service Delivery Analysis
  • Assess the cost efficiency of site-specific disease-integration models.
  • Analyze cost drivers and efficiency gains associated with service delivery innovations.
  • Provide technical costing input on commodity forecasting and quantification.
  • Support unit-cost and cost-efficiency analysis of surveillance and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) investments.
• Data, Tools, and Systems for Costing
  • Develop and maintain standardized costing tools, templates, and methodologies.
  • Support integration of costing and financial data into program dashboards.
  • Ensure costing methodologies align with WHO, UNAIDS, and other recognized global standards.
• Donor Engagement and Proposal Development
  • Serve as technical writer and reviewer for costing and investment case sections of proposals.
  • Represent EGPAF's health economics and costing expertise in donor meetings.
• Capacity Building and Collaboration
  • Build the capacity of country program staff and Ministry of Health counterparts.
  • Facilitate and/or contribute to cross-country learning exchange.
  • Collaborate closely with country teams to ensure costing and economic evidence are integrated.

Key Deliverables

• Completed and approved triple elimination investment cases in GHSD-supported countries.
• Assessments of integrated service delivery, PrEP, technical hub, and RAS models.
• Standardized costing templates, tools, and methodological guidance.
• Costing and investment case sections of proposals and donor reports.
• Costing and financial inputs to annual work plans and M&E frameworks.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MA, MSc, or PhD) in Health Economics, Economics, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of progressive experience in costing, health economics, or investment case analysis.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in costing methodologies.
• Experience developing investment cases or financing strategies for donor-funded global health programs.
• Experience working with U.S. government-funded programs.
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Strong quantitative and data analysis skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 30% of the time.
• Fluency in English required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with digital health platforms and AI-enabled decision-support tools.
• Experience with WHO/UNAIDS costing and planning tools.
• Experience facilitating technical communities of practice.
• Experience working in HIV, TB, or MNCH programs is an advantage.
• French or Portuguese proficiency an advantage.

Benefits

• Global, multinational, and multicultural work environment.
• Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.
• No fees at any stage of the recruitment process.