Health Specialist - Asian Development Bank

Poverty Reduction, Gender, and Social Development Div., RSDD, Regional and Sustainable Development Department

Closing Date: 8 April 2013 , 5:00 p.m. (1700 Manila Time, 0900 GMT)

 

Job Purpose:

Promote the implementation of ADB’s health and social protection agenda. Provide support to operations departments in the formulation of sustainable health financing and private health elements of country partnership strategies, and identification, design, implementation and monitoring of health projects. Serve as ADB focal point on health insurance, public private partnerships and social impact investing for health. Support RSGS in managing HIV/AIDS activities, and help operations departments to rationalize and integrate health and safety considerations into projects (e.g., road safety) and to mitigate communicable disease impacts from ADB operations. Contribute to planning and coordination of sector policy work and knowledge products, and to the Health COP and its Secretariat. Ensure that ADB health activities are based on current evidence of impacts and cost-effectiveness to the extent possible. Support ADB project officers and staff in contributing to the knowledge basis for health development. Work with broad policies and objectives, working directly with clients, with supervision for critical tasks.

Expected Outcomes

a. Policies, Strategies, and Frameworks

• Contribute to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of strategies, operational plans and guidelines on health, including sustainable financing and private health sector.
• Review ADB strategic and project documents from the health and social protection perspective to ensure proper due diligence and promote good practices.
• Provide senior staff and Management with strategic information on health and social protection to improve ADB operations.

b. Operational Advice and Support

• Provide support to operations departments in the preparation of health and social protection projects, including projects and components addressing health insurance, .
  - Advise operations departments on the incorporation of health and social protection elements into country partnership strategies.
• Work with CoPs and operations departments to mainstream health and social protection considerations into planning and projects in other sectors, including infrastructure and education.
• Lead and/or support development and implementation of regional projects and activities related to health and social protection, including regional technical assistance projects and regional grant funds.

c. Knowledge Management

• Assist in managing knowledge on health and social protection, including social health insurance, issues.
• Develop knowledge products, services and partnerships to implement ADB’s health-related objectives.
• Participate in external networks, and contribute to knowledge sharing and harmonization efforts through workshops, forums, external publications, and other vehicles/events.
• Contribute to the work of the Health CoP, and to the management of its Secretariat.
• Provide technical inputs to committees, task forces, and other informal and formal groups as assigned.
• Contribute to development and delivery of training courses, particularly on sustainable financing for health services and private health sector.
• Contribute to investment case methodologies and activities for maternal and child health.

d. HIV/AIDS Fund Management

• Manage ADB’s HIV/AIDS Cooperation Fund through 2015.
• Organize annual reviews and overall work planning for the Fund, including preparation of reports.
• Monitor replenishments and disbursements of the Fund, and communicate regularly with project officers regarding implementation.

e. Staff Supervision

• Provide leadership and support to reporting staff.
• Supervise the performance of reporting staff, providing clear direction and regular monitoring and feedback on performance.
• Ensure the ongoing learning and development of reporting staff.

Educational Requirements:

• Master’s degree, or equivalent, in Economics, Public Finance, Health, Medicine or Health-related Social Sciences or related fields. University degree in Economics, Medicine, Public Health, or Health-related Social Sciences or related fields, combined with specialized experience in similar organization/s, may be considered in lieu of a Master’s degree.

Relevant Experience And Other Requirements:

- Suitability to undertake the responsibilities mentioned above at the required level
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in health finance, including health budgeting, health policy reform, public-private partnerships, investment models for public health, health issues affecting the poor
- Familiarity with operations, policies and procedures of development agencies engaged in the health sector
- Familiarity with private sector role in meeting health objectives through project activities or medical work experience
- Excellent oral and written English communication skills
- International experience working in several countries

• Strong analytical skills as evidenced through publications and/or business writing samples

• Knowledge of information and communications technology (ICT) innovations in health a plus.

Core Competencies:

Application of Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Regularly shares knowledge on new international best practice trends in comparator situations
• Proactively applies relevant international best practices to own work
• Convinces others to adopt international best practice by explaining the situational relevance and benefits

Client Orientation

• Helps colleagues work effectively with clients in different contexts and from diverse backgrounds and country situations
• Adapts own approach and style when interacting with clients, as opposed to requiring them to adapt
• Draws upon international best practice in exploring solutions with clients
• Confirms the clients’ understanding and agreement before progressing

Achieving Results and Problem Solving

• Draws on own and others’ multi-country experience to identify viable courses of action when conducting analyses
• Helps internal and external clients achieve quality results beyond presenting problems and precedent
• Highlights possible solutions for project issues based on relevant multi-country and/or multi-client experience
• Regularly contributes insights and experiences to colleagues in the Division to help them achieve quality results
• Overcomes unexpected difficulties and challenges to produce desired outcomes

Working Together

• Maintains collaborative relationships within the Department
• Works effectively with diverse colleagues in own and other Divisions and Departments
• Flexibly alters positions and adjusts previously stated points of view to support the group consensus
• Follows through on team priorities in the absence of a team leader

Communication and Knowledge Sharing

• Checks the audience’s level of understanding and awareness of required follow up actions
• Consistently seeks and addresses feedback on own performance
• Creates knowledge products endorsed for wider distribution based on lessons and multi-country experience
• Independently amends and clarifies messages and documents

Innovation and Change

• Actively supports work improvement and/or organizational change by work and deed
• Develops and adopts change plans to support Division initiatives on which one works
• Considers current and future client needs in proposing ideas
• Vocalizes early support for change
• Recommends inputs to new policies, systems and processes in immediate work area

Immediate Reporting Relationships / Other Information:

• Supervisor: Director, RSGS
• The following staff positions may be supervised by the incumbent:
• Administrative Staff
• National Staff

Women are encouraged to apply.

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