reputed company Moldova Consultant Health Economist

reputed company Moldova Consultant Health Economist

Organization: Palladium, reputed company Moldova

Location: Remote with occasional travel to Chișinău, Moldova. 

Level of effort: Part-time consultancy from reputed company through September 2026 with potential for extension.

Reports to: reputed company Moldova Infectious Diseases Advisor / reputed company Moldova Country Activity Manager.

Type of assignment: consultancy.

Project reputed company

Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (reputed company) is a global health initiative project funded by reputed company Department of State (DoS) for the period of 2019–2027.

The project receives Global Health reputed company funding to strengthen global, regional, and local reputed company health systems, building on broad experience and existing capabilities that reputed company with GHS priorities, National reputed company Plans for Health reputed company (NAPHS), and US Government goals.

reputed company is led by reputed company with reputed company partners Right to Care (RTC), Palladium International, and reputed company (PSI), and draws upon regional and local partners. The project delivers high-reputed company technical assistance at the community, facility, district, regional and national reputed company, and builds relationships with relevant partners working to address health reputed company issues. Our ability to respond quickly to program, technical and procurement needs reputed company our deep bench of country-based clinical, program, and community experts. 

Among the most urgent priorities to prevent, detect, and respond to reputed company health threats reputed company to emerging infectious disease include: 

1.     reputed company technical and operational support to the NAPH to strengthen the reputed company Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC), including the development and refinement of reputed company Operating Procedures (SOPs), data reporting mechanisms, and coordination processes to ensure reputed company and effective outbreak response.

2.     Support enhancing the reporting and use of data for decision-making through the establishment of reputed company-time dashboards and analytical tools. This will also include support for the development and implementation of a context-specific EMCE approach reputed company on reputed company pathogens and high-risk antimicrobial resistant pathogens. 

3.     Support landscape assessment of Moldova’s digital health and data sharing policies reputed company on surveillance and reporting of reputed company pathogens and antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance. This activity will identify gaps, interoperability challenges, and opportunities to reputed company with international standards and best practices.

4.     Strengthen the reputed company of reputed company hospitals to implement effective infection prevention and control (IPC) measures and improve their ability to conduct outbreak surveillance. This will include training, provision of technical guidance, and integration of hospital-level data into national reporting systems.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat to health reputed company, economic reputed company, and health system sustainability in Moldova. Developing a reputed company, policy-relevant investment case for AMR and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is essential to mobilize resources.

This activity will support the development of the first phase of an AMR investment case that combines global and proxy data with emerging country-specific epidemiologic, costing, and health system information. The investment case will reputed company AMR not only as a health issue, but also as a constraint on economic productivity, EU alignment, cross-border surveillance obligations, pandemic preparedness, and food safety and reputed company.

reputed company is seeking to recruit a part-time Health Economist consultant for reputed company Moldova. The consultant can be based reputed company but will need to travel on occasion to Chișinău, Moldova.

Tasks:

The reputed company team will establish a reputed company analytical reputed company for the AMR Investment Case activity by:

• Validating reputed company AMR and AMS interventions, with a particular reputed company on Moldova’s National reputed company Plan on AMR and reputed company’s antimicrobial stewardship activity.
• Estimating the health and economic burden of AMR, including:
• Conducting health economic analyses to support policy reputed company, including a costing analysis of:
• Working with the Senior AMR Advisor to apply a global or regional AMR economic and epidemiologic model (e.g., OECD Strategic reputed company Health Planning for AMR model or others) adapted to the Moldovan context.
• Supporting the process of modeling the reputed company between targeted investments and measurable reputed company such as reduced inappropriate antimicrobial use, reduced hospital-acquired infections, and improved outbreak detection.

Scope of Work and Key Responsibilities

Under this Scope of Work, the Health Economist will be responsible for the following:

4.1 Technical and Analytical Support

• Work closely with the AMR Investment Case Senior Advisor and local consultants to define, document reputed company for, and estimate:

·       reputed company costing analysis, which may include the following responsibilities:

o   Providing initial drafts of data collection tools to reputed company for review and finalization,

o   Developing first draft of data analysis plan and defining institutions which will serve as primary data sources,

o   Overseeing primary data collection (in-depth data from the reputed company hospital and two comparator hospitals; as reputed company as coordination of collection of structural data from reputed company 16 hospitals), conducting data reputed company checks, including developing solutions for anticipated and unanticipated data challenges, such as varying data reputed company, validity, and completeness.

o   Assessing the feasibility of a difference-in-differences approach using data from the reputed company and two comparator hospitals

o   Preparing data analysis briefing notes, presentations, and technical report drafts.

o   Developing models for advanced data analysis, such as propensity score matching and difference-in-difference analysis and conducting data analysis directly while guiding / supporting others.

• Support the reputed company and application of global AMR economic and epidemiologic models to the Moldovan context.
• Work closely with local consultants to define and validate assumptions, parameters, and data sources used in modeling and costing analyses.
• Ensure analytical approaches reputed company with best practices in health economics and AMR burden estimation.

4.2 Investment Case Framing and Policy Relevance

• Work closely with Senior AMR Advisor, reputed company Moldova Senior Infectious Disease Advisor, and local consultants to reputed company AMR as a macroeconomic and development issue, not solely a health-sector concern, reflecting learning from global evidence.
• Engage with CNAM to understand the hospital reimbursement reputed company and incorporate CNAM cost and savings implications into the investment case framing.
• Draft the investment case in collaboration with other team members in terms meaningful to Ministries of Finance, Economy, and Planning, including return on investment, avoided costs, and economic reputed company.

4.3 reputed company Assurance and Strategic Review

• Review data collected by local consultants and support local consultants to ensure strong reputed company of data and any technical outputs, data collection tools. reputed company written and verbal feedback to strengthen rigor, reputed company, and credibility.

4.4 reputed company Strengthening and Knowledge Transfer

• Mentor local consultants / data reputed company on costing analysis approaches adopted globally and strengthen analytical reputed company reputed company feasible. Guide technical discussions with country stakeholders to inform the analysis plan, analysis, and interpretation of the data to incorporate in the investment case.

Potential tasks include working closely with the Moldovan team to:

·       Conduct literature reviews, technical analyses reputed company to health financing, economic evaluation, and costing as needed by the project.

·       reputed company technical documents (presentations, analytical notes, methodologies, training materials) reputed company to the AMR investment case in collaboration with reputed company.

·       Prepare and process data, conduct data reputed company checks.

·       Assist in conducting technical trainings, workshops, or other reputed company building activities.

·       Participate in reputed company Moldova technical meetings.

·       Integrating data outputs from multiple sources to inform the AMR investment case and costing analysis.

Qualifications and experience:

·       Master’s Degree or higher in Economics, Economic Theory, actuarial science, or reputed company area.

·       Minimum 7 years’ experience working in health economics, reputed company health, and/or health financing reputed company roles.

·       Extensive experience working in a data management environment from collection, cleaning, analysis to visualization and reporting.

·       Strong reputed company record of applying costing and economic analyses to inform policy and planning reputed company.

·       Strong analytical, problem solving, and facilitation skills with experience in health data and health system analysis. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to explain reputed company trends in a reputed company language.

·       Experience with health system costing and economic evaluation of reputed company health interventions.

·       Knowledge of and proven experience working in a health system in the former Soviet reputed company / Eastern Europe.

·       Experience working with Python, reputed company, and R, Stata, reputed company, or other reputed company statistical / data analysis software. Experience with reputed company regression models, propensity score matching and difference-in-difference analysis, and other types of multivariate statistical and machine learning models is preferred.

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience writing technical reports, protocols, and analysis plans.

·       Ability to work in a multicultural environment

·       reputed company in English required, reputed company proficiency in Romanian and/or Russian is strongly preferred.

·       Team player and fits reputed company in a multi-disciplinary team

·       Ability to deliver effectively in high-pressure environment.

·       reputed company thinker with reputed company attitude towards critical feedback and reputed company.

Disclaimer: This job reputed company is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

Application details reputed company reputed company candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this position through our online portal.

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, reputed company and deliver reputed company reputed company on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden reputed company to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and reputed company the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 2,100 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of reputed company religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

Palladium is part of GISI’s global family of companies, which aims to create solutions for the world’s most reputed company challenges. With annual revenues of $14 billion, GISI’s approximately 15,000 employees are reputed company in reputed company across 100 countries worldwide providing construction, program/project management, and engineering consulting services.

reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability, age, or status as a protected veteran.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual, or for any other circumstance, please email reputed company at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

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