Analyst III: Transition Assistance Advisor

About the role

The Office of Program Transition and Supply Chain (PTSC) leads the Department of State's health systems transition planning on behalf of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD). PTSC develops and oversees the execution of bilateral transition MOUs and country implementation plans, establishes requirements, standards, targets, and timelines, and monitors progress against those plans. PTSC also serves as GHSD’s center of excellence for private-sector engagement, private-finance mobilization, and economic analysis. Additionally, PTSC oversees the global supply chain contract, ensuring the safe, timely, and effective delivery of HIV, malaria, and TB commodities to more than 70 countries.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of frameworks, metrics, and financing approaches that support partner governments in assuming increasing ownership of health programs in a responsible and enduring manner.
• Devise frameworks that promote more effective and efficient use of clinical and financial resources across health program areas during the process of health systems integration.
• Provide novel insights about donor-supported health programming using an experiential background (including from work as a physician and health financing specialist at multilateral development banks).
• Engage with private sector and pharmaceutical industry to improve health outcomes.
• Provide expert advice and recommendations to GHSD leadership on health financing mechanisms (e.g., co-investment policy, G2G mechanisms, results-based financing, etc.) that will be necessary to increase partner governments' levels of self-reliance.
• Serve as a technical expert contributing to the development, coordination, and dissemination of new or revised policies related to integration and more efficient use of clinical resources and human resources for health.
• Counsel and advise senior management on program transition strategies to employ based on a comprehensive knowledge of country and regional contexts, including their financial landscapes, public health statistics, and public health programs.
• Prepare technical analyses and options papers on health financing mechanisms (co-investment, G2G, results-based financing, contingency/emergency instruments) for internal decision-makers.
• Design and update frameworks, models, or tools that improve efficiency and integration of clinical and financial resources across health program areas.
• Develop and maintain a set of indicators and metrics to track transition of health program responsibility from donors to partner governments.
• Produce monitoring reports summarizing trends, risks, and progress toward country ownership and sustainability.
• Draft or co-author USG and interagency policy papers, strategy documents, and guidance related to health systems integration, health financing, and donor-to-country transition.
• Contribute to internal knowledge platforms by posting relevant analyses, tools, and lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of health financing, health systems strengthening, and health systems integration.
• Strong understanding of global health security, health assistance modalities, and donor-to-country transition of health programs.
• Broad knowledge of health commodities, including diagnostics, therapeutics, and other emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to design and apply frameworks that improve efficiency and effectiveness of clinical and financial resource use across health program areas.
• Deep experience working in international development and global health, including extended engagement with multilateral development institutions (e.g., World Bank).
• Background in clinical medicine, public health, health systems, health economics/financing, and monitoring and evaluation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Skills

• Ability to perform repetitive motions with the hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Ability to engage in and follow audible communications in emergency situations.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods at a desk and working on a computer.

Pay

$95,000.00 to $100,000.00 (annualized USD)

Schedule

N/A