Lead, Public Sector Engagement

Position Title: Lead Public Sector Engagement

Position Classification: 1 year time-bound through June 30 2027; Exempt; Full-Time; 40 hrs/week

Reports to: Senior Advisor Public Sector Engagement and Strategy

Location: Employees in this role can work from our Boston MA office remotely within the U.S. or a hybrid of these two options.10% Domestic and/or international travel expected

Duration: 1 year time-bound; with possibility of renewal if funding available and need persists

Please note that we do not sponsor U.S. work authorization for this role.Candidates must be able to legally work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship.

Position Overview:

This is an exciting time-bound position for a motivated well-rounded leader with experience in global health policy and advocacy exceptional analysis and writing skills and an ability to cultivate strong relationships with PIH care delivery site Policy and Partnerships (P&P) teams government civil society and implementing partners. This Lead Public Sector Engagement will work in partnership with the Senior Advisor Public Sector Engagement and Strategy the Advocacy and Influencing team and the Health Financing and Costing team at the US Coordination Site in their coordinated work with PIH care delivery and academic site teams to influence national regional and global policies and strategic frameworks as countries grapple with their updated approaches to achieving universal health coverage and financing comprehensive health for their citizens in the midst of a rapidly changing global health financing landscape. The Lead Public Sector Engagement will work closely with colleagues engaged in PIHs global economic justice advocacy work health financing and costing team UGHE and care delivery site teams to monitor analyze and contribute to national health policies with the aim of continuing to reinforce and strengthen government ownership and capacity. The Lead Public Sector Engagement will assess needs for time-bound surge support at care delivery sites provide technical accompaniment in public sector engagement assess the partner landscape and identify windows of opportunity for high impact advocacy campaigns focused on wage bill debt and tax justice and other areas based on specific country context as part of PIHs broader technical accompaniment approach to supporting countries with their health system reform and accompanying financing strategy and costed plans.

Organizational Profile

PartnersInHealth (PIH) is an international health organization relentlessly committed to improving the health of the poor and marginalized. PIH partners with local governments to build local capacity and works closely with impoverished communities to deliver high-quality health care address the root causes of illness train providers advance research and advocate for global policy change.

PIH currently has implementation programs in Haiti Rwanda Lesotho Liberia Kazakhstan Malawi Peru Mexico Russia Sierra Leone and Navajo Nation. Through our partnership with Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Womens Hospital we support a wide range of programs in dozens of other countries around the world.

Partners In Health (PIH) is committed to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin ancestry age religion creed disability sex and gender sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law. PIH works in and with a number of governments in and outside the U.S. and to the extent applicable this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countries states and municipalities.

Specific Responsibilities:

Financing Policy Influence (60%)

• Lead development of updated health financing analyses for each country where PIH works assessing the overall fiscal space and absorptive capacity for human resources for health (given IMF-imposed wage bill caps) with growing requirements for countries to demonstrate co-financing through domestic resource mobilization strategies in order to unlock shrinking funding from bilateral and multilateral funders.
• Facilitate strategy and plans for PIHs multi-disciplinary cross-site health financing working group in partnership with the Senior Advisor Public Sector Engagement and Strategy to articulate a global narrative (as well as country-specific narratives) for PIH leadership and P&P teams to use while engaging in national regional and global convenings and health financing costing exercises incorporating domestic tax policy domestic health financing and insurance policies and benefits package design for short medium and longer term planning and implementation.
• Conduct policy analyses and prepare briefs position papers talking points evidence summaries and recommendations to inform internal government and stakeholder decision making across any PIH care delivery sites and that center individual patient experiences and health outcomes in the narrative.
• In partnership with P&P teams and the cross-site health financing and costing team strengthen ministries of healths capacities to translate policy priorities into actionable costed implementation pathways aligned with national budgeting and planning cycles through development and leading in delivery of hands-on training and coaching on costing tools scenario modelling dashboards and data analysis to inform decision-making.
• Facilitate time-bound surge capacity support for emerging issues that sit at the intersection of financing policy and upstream drivers- such as the Liberia community revolving drug fund policy conducting impact analyses strategizing about inside and outside advocacy strategies tying to broader USG funding messaging.

Advocacy Campaign Planning and Capacity Strengthening (40%)

• Capacitate P&P leads to share information with their legislators and ministries of finance (where applicable) on US and global financing shifts.
• Identify capacity gaps and support staff development mentorship training and cross-team collaboration as relates to economic justice and health financing to reinforce synergies across PIH teams.
• Strengthen the capacity of PIH and other stakeholders in centering PIHs lived experience with direct patient care in the design and implementation of health financing strategies interventions and reforms and support resource mobilization planning as relates to upstream and downstream financing strategies.
• Lead in developing frequent active bi-directional feedback loops to ensure the capacity for colleagues engaging in DC and New York at the UN World Bank IMF and other spaces to share real-time examples of the impact of policy decisions on health outcomes while simultaneously ensuring colleagues engaging in district national and regional spaces have real time updates from advocacy and influence work with these key institutions.
• Utilize information and experience from the national level to influence and inform OnePIH.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant work experience in similar roles or industries ((e.g. health financing health economics resource mobilization health systems advocacy public policy); 10 years.
• Advanced degree in health economics public health public policy social sciences or other relevant disciplines.
• Highly skilled in policy and economic analysis with excellent problem solving data synthesis visualization and modeling skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to write in a clear and concise manner as well as distill complex analyses into high-quality policy documents briefs and presentations.
• Demonstrates the organizations core values of: Commitment HumilityIntegrityand Pragmatic Solidarity/Accompaniment.
• Accountability Able to accept responsibility for ones actions outcomes and those of their team.
• Achieving results Able to set realistic goals put plans into actionmonitorprogress evaluate outcomes and apply lessons learned.
• Adaptability Able to adapt to change to balance multiple demands considernew approaches and persist towards solutions in changing circumstances.
• Teamwork Able to work well with others to achieve common goals. Exemplary interpersonal skills; ability to collaborate effectively with staff across departments and countries.
• Demonstrated ability to foster relationships with diverse stakeholders working effectively and diplomatically in service of shared goals.
• Direct experience working with government institutions informing development of government strategy policy and operational plans (preferably in health financing or health system strengthening).
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Uses routine data to identify gaps monitor performance and inform strategies
• Ability to learn on the job; absorb and synthesize a broad range of information succinctly.
• Familiarity with donor landscapes resource mobilization strategies and proposal development.
• Experience mentoring or capacity-building government and NGO staff.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 10% time.

Organizational Profile

Partners In Health (PIH) is a non-profit global health organization that fights social injustice by bringing the benefits of modern medical sciencefirst and foremostto the most vulnerable communities around the world.PIH focuses on those who would not otherwise have access to quality health care.PIH partners with the worlds leading academic institutions to create rigorous evidence that shapes more sound and all-inclusive global health policies. PIH also supports local governments efforts to build capacity and strengthen national health systems.

As of today PIH runs programs in 11 countries (Haiti Kazakhstan Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mexico Navajo Nation Peru Rwanda Sierra Leone United States) where it provides direct care to millions of patients through public facilities and community engagement.

Partners In Health (PIH)iscommitted to the fundamental principle of equal opportunity and equal treatment for every prospective and current employee. It is the policy of PIH not to discriminate on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin ancestry age religion creed disability sex and gender sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law. PIH works in and witha number ofgovernments in and outside the U.S. and to the extent applicable this statement is intended to incorporate the prohibition of any unlawful discrimination covered by applicable laws in such countriesstatesand municipalities.

Partners In Healthparticipatesin E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that youare authorized towork in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you including terminating your employment. Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completedthe FormI-9. Any offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of applicable background checks.

Our Benefits Are Built for Real Life

We know you do your best work when youre supported.

• Work from anywhere in the most roles with flexibility baked into how we operate.
• Comprehensive health coverage(medical dental vision disability and life insurance) so you can focus on what matters.
• A 401(k) with automatic employer contributionsto help you invest in your future.
• Flexible PTO with no cap plus generous holidays summer and winter breaks and a sabbatical program.
• Professional development supportandhome office reimbursementsto help you grow and work comfortably wherever you are

The starting salary range for new hires in this position is between $60 and may vary depending on multiple individualized factors including functional experience and job-related experience. Our Human Resources team will work with you during the hiring process to understand your likely placement within this salary keeping with Partners In Healths commitment to salary transparency and internal parity salaries at PIH are not negotiable.

Partners In Health will ensure that persons with disabilities areprovidedreasonable accommodations for the hiring process. Ifa reasonableaccommodation is needed please contact:emailprotected.