Employment Opportunity at NITI Aayog Through the Vacancy of Senior Associate (Health)

NITI Aayog is inviting applications from individuals to fill the post of Senior Associate (Health).

Educational Qualification: Master’s degree in economics, public health or related area from a recognized university. Training in health economics and financing.

Experience: Combined national and international experience in advising on financing and health economics as well as conducting economic analysis and applied research on health economics and human development issues. Strong knowledge of conceptual and methodological-linkages between macroeconomic, fiscal and health financing issues and in the areas of health economics and health financing of national health systems. Expertise in economics, public finances, and in health economics and financing geared toward expanding coverage of public health and social protection programs to reduce the financial risks associated with diseases and accidents

Job Description: As India strives to achieve the SDG goal of Universal Health Coverage, the choice of Financing and payment options will be critical in determining the eventual contours of our health system. Applicants with a strong academic background with a passion to drive innovation and consolidating the fragmented financing instrumentalities in the prevailing system are invited to apply. Your key role will be to assist the leadership in the health vertical to design, adapt and promote the use of economic and financial tools in the analysis of health and health sector issues, and in the evaluation of likely impact of public policies to achieve Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage (Universal Health). This is an exciting role that involves collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), National Health Authority [NHA], State Governments, senior leadership at NITI Aayog & Regulatory Bodies, researchers, academicians and other development partners working in the broad Health related ecosystem. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: . Health economics and financing: . Create, strengthen and convene partnerships and networks of specialized institutions to advise and enhance institutional capacity in the design, implementation and monitoring of health financing policies, to increase financial risk protection, reduce out-of-pocket expenditures in health, and ensure efficiency gains in the use of resources and in purchasing and service delivery; . Promote, implement, and support the analysis and formulation of alternatives for health sector financing in its four sub-functions: revenue collection, pooling of funds, purchasing of services, and policy on benefits, in particular, with regard to Universal Health; . Advise and provide support on the economic, financial, macroeconomic and fiscal implications of public health policies and cost-effective public health interventions to respond to old and new challenges in health [such as non-communicable diseases (NCDs], risk factors and conditions)j . Providing assistance in driving key policy changes at NITI Aayog . Designing and leading ongoing and new reform efforts at NITI Aayog as outlined above, . Handling NITI Aayog’s engagement with the MoHFW, States, and external stakeholders such as nongovernmental organizations, international development agencies . Developing relationships and liaison with senior government officials, influencers and policymakers at the centraland state.

The last date to submit the applications is on 21^st March 2023.

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