Senior Health System Planning Consultant

Summary

Join Results for Development (R4D), a leading non-profit, as a Senior Health System Planning Consultant for a 4-month remote consultancy (December 2024-March 2025). This role involves providing technical guidance on a landscaping review of health system design and planning practices, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. You will lead the development of a typology of health system processes, co-lead the research analysis plan, and mentor mid-career staff. The consultancy requires approximately 15 days of work and involves collaboration with the R4D team and BMGF. Deliverables include inputs to various project documents, including a final report and slide deck. The position requires a doctoral degree, 20+ years of relevant experience, and demonstrated expertise in health system strengthening and research.

Requirements

• Doctoral (research-oriented) degree in a relevant field (economics, political science, health policy, public health, or similar)
• 20+ years relevant work experience in leading and implementing health-related research and policy reform initiatives, including national-level health system design and planning challenges
• Demonstrated experience (including consultancies) working in the international health sector in collaboration with senior/executive-level government representatives and donors, including in limited-resource environments
• Experience in providing technical assistance in health system strengthening and coaching/mentoring of health system-focused research teams
• Demonstrated fluency in qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Professional fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Working closely with the R4D team, lead development of a preliminary typology of health system design and planning processes to guide subsequent data collection, analysis and interpretation of findings
• Co-lead development of research analysis and synthesis plan. Guide and support synthesis of results from desk-based literature review and stakeholder/key informant interviews
• Attend regular check-ins with the R4D core team every 1-2 weeks, providing both expert guidance on research design and analysis and mentoring support for mid-career staff in their engagement with health system stakeholders, key informants, and funders
• Attend meetings with BMGF as needed (approximately 1 per month), supporting the team’s articulation of research design, analysis methods, and conclusions
• Source global evidence and best practices where possible
• Review and provide constructive and strategic feedback on final deliverables
• Other responsibilities as mutually agreed upon between the consultant and the R4D team

Benefits

• Market-competitive salaries
• Comprehensive employee benefits