Health Finance Consultant NGO Job Palladium

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Position Summary:

Palladium seeks to engage a Health Finance Consultant to provide technical leadership and oversight for the design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of the costing component. The purpose of this assignment is to provide methodological and technical leadership for the health financing component of the SHIFT-Kenya study, ensuring high-quality data collection, rigorous analysis, ethical conduct, and policy-relevant interpretation of findings.  

Period of consultancy:

The anticipated start date for this role is February 1st, 2026, with up to 45 person days (2 to 4 days spread over a month) throughout the project over a 15-month period till final acceptance of the software. 

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Reporting and Supervision:

The consultant will report to evaluation lead under the SHIFT-Kenya study. The consultant will collaborate closely with the evaluation team and provide regular updates to the project steering committee and relevant stakeholders.  

Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

The Consultant will be responsible for the following:  

Study Design and Tool Development 

• Review and refine costing research questions in alignment with study objectives 
• Finalize and validate data collection tools, including In-depth interview (IDI) guides, Focus group discussion
• (FGD) guides, and Key informant interview (KII) guides 
• Ensure tools are contextually appropriate, culturally sensitive, and aligned with ethical standards 

Oversight of Data Collection 

• Provide technical oversight during data collection across selected sentinel facilities 
• Ensure adherence to study protocol, consent procedures, and data quality standards 
• Provide guidance on managing sensitive topics related to HIV, funding disruptions, and workplace stress 

Data Management and Analysis 

• Guide transcription, translation, de-identification, and secure storage of qualitative data 
• Supervise data coding using NVivo or equivalent software.

Interpretation and Reporting 

• Support in synthesis and interpretation of findings 
• Generate analytical summaries aligned to Health Costing Objective 
• Contribute to development of technical reports and policy-relevant insights and recommendations 

Key Deliverables  

• The expert will produce the following:  
• Review data collection tools 
• Raw and cleaned, de-identified qualitative dataset 
• Verbatim transcripts in English of all IDIs, FGDs, and KIIs 
• Thematic analysis outputs 
• Health costing findings report 

Required Qualifications:

The Health Finance consultant should have:-  

• Doctorate degree in economics and health economics, Econometrics, statistics and public health/finance, health policy, or a related discipline.
• At least 10 years of experience in health financing, resource tracking, or economic evaluation within government or donor-funded programs.
• Experience working with national health-financing reforms, HIV Program, UHC strategies, or financial-data systems.
• Deep experience with Kenya’s Digital Health Act, Social Health Insurance framework, and national financing architecture.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Experience in team management, policy dialogue, and technical representation.
• Experience within the USG funded environment in health financing and policy.
• Knowledge of using any statistical software such as R, STATA, Python
• Experience working with public sector in Kenya.
• Proven ability to mentor research teams and lead the financing analysis 
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with ability to engage diverse stakeholders.

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