Manager, Health Financing

This role was posted on July 17, 2025. Please note that we will review applications on a rolling basis and prioritize those received within the first two weeks of posting.

The Role

At Last Mile Health, we make bold commitments that inspire innovation. Are you passionate about working with partners to mobilize and direct resources to health systems? If so, you may be our next Manager, Health Financing.

Last Mile Health’s Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) team is a multidisciplinary team that works in partnership with our country teams to design, scale, strengthen, and sustain government-led community health systems, and amplify that work globally. The Health Financing practice within the HSS team builds LMH’s knowledge base and skill set on using health financing data, analyses, and learnings to mobilize resources and strengthen the financing of community health systems at the country and global levels.

The Manager, Health Financing (HF) will support and advise our country teams (Liberia, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Malawi) and Africa Frontline First as they engage and work with Ministries of Health and partners in the area of community health financing. This position will manage selected projects from start to finish, and will cultivate and develop internal and external relationships related to assigned projects.  The Manager, HF will perform technical analyses and will provide research assessments, briefings, and guidance to support LMH’s health financing portfolio of work. 

This role is hybrid in Ghana and open to national and international candidates located in or willing to relocate to Accra, Ghana.

What you’ll do

Provide relevant and high-quality technical expertise to our country programs and partners (e.g. governments, donors) related to community health financing:

• Provide technical and analytical support in the areas of health financing and governance, cost and cost-effectiveness analysis, resource mobilization, innovative financing mechanisms, and strategic purchasing.
• Manage specific projects from start to finish, including project design, execution, and delivery.
• Provide briefings and recommendations to managers and decision-makers.
• Develop and deliver a range of materials to various internal and external audiences to share analytical findings, recommendations, and to inform key policy decisions. 
• Support LMH’s country and global policy and advocacy efforts, including the generation and packaging of evidence.

Conduct and synthesize research, collect and analyze data, and perform qualitative and quantitative analyses related to community health financing:

• Cost and cost-effectiveness analyses of community health services and programs, including developing costing projections and estimations using standard costing tools.
• Resource mobilization, including tracking funding opportunities and developing inputs and analyses in calls for proposals.
• Resource mapping and tracking, including identifying and developing tools and processes for improved resource mobilization, allocation, and management. 
• Analysis of strategic purchasing and payment mechanisms for primary healthcare services.

Support knowledge management, advocacy/communications, and contribution to other organizational needs:

• In collaboration with the Director, Health Financing, represent LMH with external stakeholders, share lessons, and help the organization build new partnerships for impact.
• Support HF practice in relation to new initiatives and work streams as needed.
• Manage synthesis of policy and programmatic information into accessible knowledge products (e.g., policy briefs, investment cases, costing summaries, etc)

What you'll bring

• Mission-driven mindset with a strong commitment to health and social justice.
• Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in economics, public health, international development, political science, or a related field.
• Relevant graduate-level training in economics, health financing, health policy, public affairs, international development, or public health is an asset.
• Demonstrated professional experience in health economics, health financing, public policy, or public health, particularly in collaboration with government counterparts or policymakers.
• Strong technical background in health systems strengthening, including governance, health financing, and health policy.
• Experience and knowledge of core health financing tools and approaches (e.g., costing and cost-effectiveness analysis, resource mobilization, strategic purchasing, national health accounts, resource mapping).
• Experience advising governments or partners in a technical capacity, including preparing research or communications materials for policy audiences.
• Fluency in English with excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders in multidisciplinary settings.
• Intermediate or advanced proficiency with standard office applications, and strong skills in data management and analysis tools.
• Proven project management and time management skills, with the ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll impress us if you have

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and implementing innovative health financing strategies in low- and middle-income countries, including experience with domestic resource mobilization, pooling mechanisms, and strategic purchasing.
• Strong analytical skills, with a track record of applying health economics, costing methodologies (e.g., one-health tool, LiST), and financial modeling to inform policy, investment cases, and program design.
• Deep understanding of health system architecture, public financial management (PFM) processes, and how to leverage them for more efficient and equitable resource allocation.
• Proven ability to engage and influence high-level stakeholders across government, donors, and implementing partners, with strong political economy awareness and an understanding of fiscal space analysis.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical content into actionable policy advice for diverse audiences.

Compensation information

At Last Mile Health, we strive to reward our employees equitably and transparently. This means that we pay our employees based on a clear and consistent methodology and without regard to identity or personal relationships. We have made this model fully transparent, so that everyone has access to all information related to compensation. We hope this helps you better understand Last Mile Health’s values and commitments to our employees. We look forward to answering any questions you may have during the hiring process.

Before applying to this role, please take a moment to learn more about our approach to compensation and how compensation works in each of the countries where we operate. Please find the link to our compensation model and benefits overview below:

OVERVIEW OF LAST MILE HEALTH’S COMPENSATION MODEL

Compensation for this position:

The Band for this position: GHA-3

For Ghana, the range is an annual gross of $27,206 USD to $46,993 USD depending upon experience doing an equivalent role. Please note that compensation is subject to statutory taxes. 

For International staff, the salary range is an annual gross of $57,206 USD to $76,993 USD depending upon experience doing an equivalent role. Please note that compensation is subject to statutory taxes. For more information about benefits for International staff, kindly refer to page 21 of Last Mile Health Compensation Model. For National staff, kindly refer to the Ghana benefits overview.

Last Mile Health partners with governments to design, scale, strengthen, and sustain high-quality community health systems, which empower teams of community and frontline health workers to bring life-saving primary healthcare to the world’s most remote communities. LMH is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information, visit www.lastmilehealth.org. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at LMH. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.