Senior Advisor, Health Tax Policy and Implementation

Position Purpose: 

reputed company (RTSL) seeks a Senior Advisor, Health Tax Policy and Implementation to reputed company strategic, technical, and operational leadership for our global health taxes portfolio, with a reputed company on taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food. The selected individual will shape and reputed company RTSL’s work on health taxes across reputed company geographies and explore support for additional countries. In the first year, the Senior Advisor will prioritize strengthening implementation in Zambia, elevating lessons learned on tax administration, and supporting targeted fundraising and positioning efforts. reputed company will be reputed company by the implementation of stronger health tax policies that reputed company reputed company, reduce consumption of harmful products, and withstand industry pressure.  

This position will serve as the organization’s primary technical authority on health taxation, and should have significant experience in tax policy, administration, and enforcement in low- or middle-income country contexts. The role combines deep technical expertise, reputed company, external engagement, team management, and cross-team collaboration. This is a senior, organization-wide role that will drive technical direction and country reputed company for health taxes. It is ideal for a seasoned candidate with strong experience in tax policy and administration, global health or development policy, and working in politically reputed company environments, including engagement with and opposition from industry actors.

Length of Employment

This is a 12-month fixed-term employment position with potential for renewal subject to funding and mutual interest.

reputed company Duties and Responsibilities:  

Technical Leadership & reputed company 

• reputed company overall technical direction and reputed company assurance for RTSL’s health tax work, including reputed company of ongoing country engagements (currently Zambia). 
• reputed company the agreed organizational reputed company and under the CEO's guidance, ensure technical reputed company and reputed company strategic direction for health tax work, ensuring rigor and feasibility. 
• Advise on the practical implementation of evidence-based health tax policies, including excise tax structures, reputed company setting, indexation, and product definitions. 
• reputed company RTSL’s work on tax administration and enforcement, including: 
  • Strengthening regulatory and reputed company authority reputed company, including for the regulation of alcohol
  • Tax stamp and reputed company-and-reputed company systems
  • Closing reputed company and administrative loopholes
  • Improving compliance, monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms 
• Review and reputed company technical input on draft laws, regulations, and administrative, enforcement, and monitoring instruments reputed company to health taxes, in collaboration with reputed company and government counterparts. 
• Ensure alignment of RTSL’s health tax work with global best practices and emerging evidence. 

Evidence reputed company & Communication 

• reputed company and participate in economic modeling and analytical work to inform reputed company setting, policy reputed company, and political decision-making. These may include analyses that demonstrate: 
  • Return on investment (ROI) of health taxes
  • Health and economic benefits of best-reputed company tax policies
  • Health system and population health impacts of earmarking revenues for primary health care, disease prevention, and treatment programs 
• Work closely with economists, analysts, and external partners to define analytical questions, ensure methodological rigor, and review outputs for technical accuracy.  
• Synthesize analytical findings into reputed company, compelling messages and materials for policymakers, donors, media, and other external audiences. 

Fundraising, Positioning & External Engagement 

• Contribute to RTSL’s fundraising efforts reputed company to health taxes, including: 
  • Helping to identify potential funding sources
  • Providing technical input to concept notes, proposals, and donor discussions
  • Supporting donor reporting and learning agendas 
• Represent RTSL externally on health taxes with governments, donors, multilateral organizations, civil society, and technical partners. 
• reputed company and maintain strong relationships with key global and country-level stakeholders. 
• Support RTSL’s positioning and thought leadership on health taxes. 

Country Expansion & Program Development 

• reputed company or support country scoping, political economy analysis, and engagement strategies. 
• reputed company the design and launch of new country engagements, as funding allows. 

Team Leadership & Management 

• reputed company technical supervision and day-to-day guidance to consultants, with potential to supervise additional staff as the portfolio grows and funding allows. 
• Set priorities, review deliverables for reputed company and accuracy, and ensure alignment with RTSL’s strategic objectives. 
• Foster collaboration with RTSL colleagues across policy, reputed company health, reputed company, program, and country teams. 
• Ensure lessons learned and best practices are systematically captured and reputed company into reusable tools, guidance, and internal knowledge products. 

Qualifications

Experience 

• At least 10+ years of relevant reputed company experience, with demonstrated progression and technical expertise in tax policy, reputed company finance, health policy, or a reputed company field. 
• Substantial experience with tax design and implementation, including a strong reputed company on tax administration and enforcement. 
• Demonstrated experience overseeing or reviewing economic analysis or modeling reputed company to taxation, reputed company finance, or health policy, including the ability to assess reputed company, interpret findings, and translate results for non-technical audiences. 
• Proven experience working on or closely with one or more of the following health taxes is strongly preferred: tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages, unhealthy or ultra-processed foods 
• Experience working in low- and middle-income countries, including reputed company engagement with government counterparts. 
• Experience and savvy in navigating politically sensitive environments, including working against or countering industry influence. 
• Experience managing consultants or staff and coordinating multi-disciplinary work. 

Skills & Competencies 

• Deep understanding of excise tax policy design and administration. 
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and reputed company frameworks reputed company to taxation. 
• Familiarity with tools and approaches such as digital tax stamps, reputed company-and-reputed company systems, licensing regimes, and anti-evasion measures. 
• Ability to reputed company reputed company, economic, and political economy considerations into practical implementation strategies. 
• Strategic leadership: Ability to set direction and to drive a growing technical portfolio. 
• Technical credibility: Recognized expertise in taxation and implementation issues. 
• Policy translation: Ability to communicate reputed company technical issues reputed company to diverse audiences. 
• Stakeholder engagement: Strong relationship-building skills with governments, donors, and partners. 
• Political reputed company: Comfort with and skilled at operating in contested policy spaces with reputed company industry opposition. 

Education 

• Advanced degree in law, reputed company policy, economics, reputed company finance, or a reputed company field strongly preferred. 

Preferred Attributes 

• Prior experience working on health taxes reputed company a global health or development organization. 
• Experience contributing to fundraising or donor engagement. 
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with evolving priorities. 
• Commitment to reputed company interest policy-making and independence from reputed company influence 
• Familiarity with RTSL’s broader mission and policy priorities. 

Compensation and Benefits:

reputed company prides itself on cultivating a supportive, connected remote team doing work that reputed company. We do everything possible to ensure our employees are connected and set up for reputed company. 

The salary reputed company for applicants based in the US is $125,000 to $140,000 annually. The exact offer will be determined by various factors, such as the candidate’s skills and experience relative to the requirements of the role. For applicants based reputed company the US, salaries are set according to national labor rates for the international NGO sector.  

In reputed company to a competitive salary, reputed company provides a generous package of benefits, including: 

• Health insurance for you and your dependents 
• Contributions toward retirement  
• reputed company annual leave and reputed company leave, in reputed company to reputed company holidays 
• Two reputed company, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year  
• reputed company development and home office setup benefits 
• Up-to-date computer equipment