About Options
Options is a global team of experts and innovators tackling some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. We work with leaders and changemakers around the world to bring health strategies to life. We provide insights, advice, and technical know-how that enable our partners to lead the way in lasting change.
With 30 years of experience in global health, we collaborate with our partners to explore existing evidence, combine expertise, develop ideas and co-create solutions that accelerate change. This includes collaborating on public policy design, managing initiatives, building powerful coalitions and galvanizing social movements. Our impact is felt across communities, particularly women, girls and marginalized people.
Gender equality and social change are at the heart of our work. As a subsidiary of MSI Reproductive Choices, all of our profits are reinvested to support MSI’s work making choice possible around the world.
We believe in a world where everyone can access the high-quality health services they need, without financial burden.
Position
Options is seeking a Health Financing Advisor to provide technical support on health financing and systems strengthening under the WISH 2 program.
The Health Financing Advisor will support the design, implementation and monitoring of health financing approaches to contribute to the achievement of universal health coverage. This may include, for example:
- Technical support to strengthen public financial management (PFM) processes in the health sector to align with the country’s health financing objectives.
- Technical assistance to governments in the design and implementation of health financing reforms, with a particular focus on resilience and universal health coverage centered on primary health care.
- Technical support and advocacy for the mobilization of domestic resources for health in the context of transition.
Desired Experience
- Experience working in Africa in a relevant capacity and with governments, international agencies and local NGOs.
- Experience in applying tools and providing technical assistance in the field of public financial management, impact modeling and/or health economics in similar organizations
- Experience providing support to individuals and teams remotely, through in-person or virtual engagement.
- Experience in providing technical assistance in at least three of the following areas: health financing policy or strategy development, budgeting and planning, health budget advocacy, political economy analysis, sustainability and transition; public financial management, cost and efficiency analysis; results-based financing; social and financial risk protection; contracting; health insurance scheme design and/or implementation; impact modeling and health economics.
Benefits
Options offers a comprehensive benefits package including a generous annual leave allowance, private medical insurance and a 13th month’s salary.
Other Information
- Options is dedicated to equal opportunity for all and recognizes that every individual is unique. While we always seek to embrace individual differences and celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we also want to ensure that each team member is suited to their role and has every opportunity to succeed*.*
- Our organisation is committed to protecting and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and position holders to share this commitment.
- We are looking for candidates who are pro-choice, who promote diversity and inclusion, who are energetic and enthusiastic about the Options vision.
- Candidates must have the right to work in Senegal.
How to apply
Application Procedure
- To apply, please complete the form here .
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.
- Please note that this position will be subject to a full background check prior to employment, including a criminal record check, identity verification, employment references and verification of eligibility to work in Senegal (if applicable).
