Job Vacancies at the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)

The Management Sciences for Health (MSH), a global health nonprofit organization, uses proven approaches developed over 40 years to help leaders, health managers, and communities in developing nations build stronger health systems for greater health impact. We work to save lives by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Senior Technical Advisor - Health Economics and Financing (Projects)

Job Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) within its Health Economics and Financing practice area in the Global Health Systems Innovation Department.
• They will play a critical role within the health economics and financing unit, providing support and thought leadership to our diverse portfolio of projects in the areas of revenue mobilization, pooling, purchasing, and benefit entitlement as well as costing, health technology assessment, and public financial management.
• This position may be performed remotely from any country where MSH is registered and has business operations.

Main Responsibilities of the Position

• The STA will provide technical assistance, analytical, and operational support to MSH’s projects in health financing, health economics and health technology assessment.
• They bring strong quantitative skills and research capacity and have experience supporting projects funded by diverse donors such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID, World Bank, or pharmaceutical companies.
• The STA will also help increase worldwide knowledge and understanding of MSH’s health financing work through staff training of staff, publications in journals, and presentations to external stakeholders while supporting new business development proposals to donors.
• The candidate will support the Health Economics and Financing team in executing activities conducted under the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) project, funded by USAID, and projects, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focused on primary health care and malaria.

More specifically:
Support to projects related to health financing, health economics, and Health Technology Assessment 75% LOE:

• The candidate will support the Health Economics and Financing team in executing activities conducted under the Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) project, funded by USAID, and projects , funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focused on primary health care and malaria.
•  The work will contribute to achievement of MSH mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by building strong, resilient, sustainable health systems, through:
  • Synthesize evidence and literature on Costing, Cost-Effectiveness, and Health Technology Assessment, as well as relevant program results for inclusion in products and strategies
  • Evaluate the evidence surrounding costs and cost-effectiveness of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention programs and interventions
  • Ensure the learning from the project is documented, shared, and applied within MSH’s KM platforms and through learning activities.

GHSI thought leadership, business development, and positioning 15% LOE:

• Lead activities to promote health economics and financing team within the organization
• Champion discussion groups and develop community discussing health financing, health economics and HTA
• Support business development activities as needed.

GHSI Collaboration & Management 10% LOE:

• Participate in department meetings and initiatives as required
• Participate in MSH required processes, courses, and initiatives as needed (e.g., annual reviews and certifications)

Qualifications
What do you need to apply?

• MSH employs people of passion, we seek those individuals who dream of a better world.
• We look for professionals who combine experience, local knowledge, and an understanding of international best practices.
• The successful candidate for this role will be driven by passion for achieving the operational excellence required to achieve MSH's mission.

Required Education:

• Master's Degree in Public Health or equivalent experience.
• Advanced graduate Degree (Masters level or above) with formal training in related discipline, including Health Financing, Health Economics, Health Technology Assessment, Public Health, Health Services Research, Policy Analysis, Epidemiology, Or Biostatistics preferred.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 7 (seven) years of relevant work experience in supporting health sector projects and activities in low-resource settings with an emphasis on qualitative/quantitative analysis in the health financing area.
• Experience may include cost data analysis, cost-effectiveness, cost modeling, program efficiency, literature review, systematic priority setting, or health technology assessment.
• Strong analytical and quantitative analysis skills.
• Statistical or computer programming experience, including Microsoft Excel using Visual Basic for Applications and/or other programming languages (Stata, SAS, R, simulation packages, etc.).

Knowledge and Skills:

• Strong ability to lead by example, with integrity, purpose, and commitment to the attainment of MSH’s goals and commitment to technical excellence.
• Proven skills in working and collaborating with donors, host country institutions, and international organizations.
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.  
• Skilled at creating a climate where high technical performance at all levels of the team is recognized and valued.
• Skilled at delegating appropriate responsibility, accountability and decision-making authority on relevant practice area matters.
• Demonstrated familiarity with USAID, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, World Bank, other donor or country-level policy and strategy orientations in relation to the practice area is preferred
• Strong written and oral communication skills, demonstrated management experience.
• Ability to interpret highly technical documents (grey literature, published academic paper), and translate into public-facing documents / posts / blogs to disseminate knowledge uptake from the general public.

Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with professional colleagues from multiple units and within various socio-cultural contexts.
• Demonstrated competence to assess priorities and solve problems using innovative, evidence-based solutions.
• Excellent writing, organizational and communications skills including organizing, scanning, summarizing and presenting information.
• Understands how to collect, synthesize, interpret and present data.

Physical Demands

• Ability to travel up to 20 percent domestically and internationally.

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2.) Regional Accounting Manager

Job ID: R3426
Job Location: Abuja
Job type: Full-time

Duties

• Maintain the regional management unit service desk platform ensuring timely quality response to users.
• Create and set up QBO companies for new countries and projects.
•  Provide timely troubleshooting support to QBO users in country offices.
• Act as the main link between the Field Office Finance team and the HQ Finance teams by being proactive in business improvement, building meaningful and value-added analysis and recommendations.
• Performing special projects to improve process efficiency and performance.
• Provide innovative solutions by working and engaging counterparts from other organizations to learn what they are doing and bring lessons back to MSH
• Provide Proposal Development support for MSH Field Offices, be part of the team for recruiting Finance and Operation staff.
• Continuous improvement of processes and operating business models
•  Ensure timely and pertinent reporting to HQ and be the finance partner to projects and implementation in the region
• Partnering with other regional/HQ team (HQ Procurement, Internal Audit, FP/A, HR etc) to provide subject matter expertise, measure key metrics, and provide insights to operational leaders to drive desired outcomes
• Assessing the capacity assets and needs by engaging the Country office teams to identify gaps
•  Formulate a capacity development response by developing Capacity Planning Programs and tools
•  Implement a capacity development response through either individual or organizational (group) training or mentorship.
•  Strengthening engagement with Key stakeholders in Field Offices i.e. PD and DFAs to honor commitments
• Analyze and report on business performance and trend as well as identifying areas for improvement.
• Interpretation of financial reports, researching accounting issues and provide resolutions.
• Providing monthly variance analysis.
• Provide regular feedback to the country teams on meeting key performance indicators.
• Co-ordinate opening and closing of country offices Bank accounts including changing of signatories (removal and additions)
• Maintains relationship with MSH’s key bankers (Ecobank and Standard Chartered)
•  Approval of monthly fund requests for Country Offices, submission of same to HQ treasury for fund transmission to COs
• Perform reviews and oversight of CO Bank and Mobile Money account, ensuring risk of loss is mitigated.
• Serves as a liaison between Treasury and COs - troubleshooting, and proposing innovative cash management approaches.
• Serves as signatory to key banks for startup and closeout.
• Ensure transfer of skills to COs through training and capacity-building activities
• Carryout periodic auditing of information provided in Workday and CP for payroll.
• Maintain communication with Country offices regarding timesheet submission deadlines.
• Run timesheet processing and costing process in Cost point, troubleshoot issues and communicate with country F&A leads
• Process leave accruals. Grant special leave balances as requested by country F&A / HR leads
•  Run reports for country payroll needs and coordinate with HQ reporting lead for new report requirements.
• Grant access to various levels of users
• Provide Training to FO on the inventory smart sheet
• Conduct spot checks and control checks through the period.
• Coordinate the country office bi-annual inventory count process and follow-up on identified exceptions
• Supervision of Regional accountants by setting objectives, performance oversight and development support
• Manages the Onboarding process and development support for country offices finance team
• Engage in oversight and monitoring by conducting regular spot checks of country transactions for compliance with MSH regulations and rules but also look out for suspicious transactions that may need investigation.
• Ensure that all finance and accounting operations are in alignment with the vision and direction of MSH, Donor requirements and local country laws
• Responsible for implementing the Global financials guidelines & internal controls and perform regular revisions to ensure correct application. Propose concrete solutions to optimize and support strategy
• Ensure that month and year-end accounting activities are done accurately and in compliance with MSH policies and procedures.
• Upload financial data accurately & timely on online payment platforms for onward approval and payment.
•  Conduct bank reconciliations and ensure that outstanding items are addressed.
•  Ensure quality of financial data is consistently improving across countries.
•  Develop a knowledge management repository for each countries Government regulations and standards
• Coordinate tax compliance across countries.
• Ensure that payments are processed accurately, timely, and safely (to minimize MSH’s risk exposure).
• Ensure that treasury practices in country minimize MSH’s cash exposure.
•  Ensure that entries are inputted into financial system accurately and timely.
• Ensure that financial data between QBO and Cost Point Financials is reconciled weekly/monthly.
• Ensure accuracy and Completeness of Employee, Vendor, contractor setup details in countries to support effortless quarterly CSI/Fed Checks

Qualifications

• A Postgraduate Degree in Accounting or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with professional qualifications.
• Minimum of 7 years of work experience as an accountant in a similar work organization
• Prior work experience with the U.S. government and non-USG, foundations, or other donors.
• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze balance sheet and expense account transactions and post required adjusting/allocation journal entries.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel), and word processing.
• Understanding of the tenets of cash control and asset management and must be able to complete timely and accurate account reconciliations.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
• Experience in the use of accounting software (QuickBooks preferred).
• Good account reconciliation skills, including bank accounts, advance accounts and payroll-related liability accounts.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to interact professionally with culturally diverse staff.

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3.) Malaria Service Delivery Volunteer

Job Location: Nasarawa
Employment Type: Part time

Job Description

• Provide technical support to PMI-S Project’s surveillance, monitoring and evaluation (SME) and health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions, including the rollout and integration of PMI-S M&E plans in the states with other HSS activities as well as generating strategic data for program management, reporting, and documentation of best practices.
• Pro use analyzed and triangulated HMIS, LMIS, and surveillance data at strategic policy and management discussions to influence state HSS.
• Work with SMEP and LGAs to train health workers in the use of HMIS tools
• Support monitoring of quality of service at health facilities
• Build capacity of SMEP and LGA M&E officers in monitoring and evaluation, data management and data use
• Support the SMEP team to analyze and use data to inform decisions and guide malaria interventions
• Participate in data quality review meetings at the state and LGA levels
• Provide TA in analysis and management of a state Malaria Data Repository drawing from the federal MDR instance; and promote dissemination of information to policy and decision makers through bulletins and policy briefs.

Qualifications

• A First Degree in any field of study and at least 1 year experience in Monitoring and Evaluation of health programs
• Experience in developing monitoring plans and/or management information systems, generating, triangulating and using health data to inform State health systems strengthening is required.
• Excellent data quality assurance, analysis, presentation and reporting skills.
• Strong computer skills particularly in spreadsheets, database and statistical applications, including DHIS 2 for data management
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action
• Have experience working in malaria programs in Nigeria
• NGO experience is an added advantage
• Familiarity with USAID or any donor M&E and reporting systems is highly desirable
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English
• Strong report writing skills
• Excellent organizational, inter-personal, multi-cultural and team building skills.

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4.) Finance and Admin Volunteer

Job Requisition ID: R3440
Job Location: Nasarawa
Job type: Part time

Job Description

• The Volunteer will provide Finance & Administrative support to PMI-S Akwa Ibom state project office.
• This volunteering will provide individuals the opportunity to gain experience and skills in the following areas depending on their core competencies and approved volunteering assignment.
• Assist in filing and registering of procurement documents, including activity profiles, purchase
• Requests and purchase orders Assist with the weekly inventory checks for staff allocated assets are in the same position and used by the allotted
• Assist to ensure that conference rooms are booked and Meeting/conference/activity logistics
• Support timely collation of retirements' supporting documents from the LGA and State offices.
• Support the tracking of status of accomplishment of deliverables
• Assist with the printing, binding, scanning and photocopies of documents and training materials for staff
• Perform other official duties as may be assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Accounting or Higher National Degree (HND) in Finance/Accounting with NYSC discharge or exemption certificate
• 0-1 year of experience in finance with any Non-Governmental Organization.
• Basic proficiency in MS Office or similar software and experience using databases
• Communication and interpersonal skills dealing with people from a wide range of backgrounds
• Ability to understand comprehensive information.
• Basic research skill and an eye for detail
• Basic numeracy and IT skills required for operating various systems.

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