Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Division: International Health (IHD)
Contract: Strengthening Systems for Better Health
Supervisor: Senior Systems & Governance Lead

Reporting to the Senior Systems & Governance Lead, the Private Sector Specialist will lead strengthening of and engagement with the private sector to improve the availability and quality of MNCH/FP services.

Specific tasks include:

• Review the findings of previous USAID-supported private sector assessments and leverage these findings to help identify specific opportunities to include private facilities in referral networks
• Use the results of the project mapping study and the regulatory environment assessment to advocate for appropriate interventions and policy reforms.
• Work with counterparts at the sub-national level to identify, test and scale innovations and promising practices from the private sector that increase access to, use and quality of MNCH/FP services, with an emphasis on ensuring high effective coverage at scale.
• Help the Government of Nepal (GoN) engage private providers and improve the quality of care by identifying and replicating best or promising practices
• Meet with commercial companies at the national level and in the project areas to identify possible areas for private support of project objectives through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) or Corporate Social Responsibility models
• Help to disseminate and advocate for replication of successful PPPs
• Draft scopes of work, help select consultants and oversee consultants to conduct assessments and research on private providers and private health sector issues
• Keep up to date with global best practices in private sector engagement strategies and identify promising models or approaches that can be adapted to the Nepalese context.

Skills Prerequisites:

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Business, or other relevant fields
• Minimum six years of relevant professional experience in the health sector, preferably in the private sector or related to health systems strengthening
• Strong organizational and computer proficiency skills
• Experience with donor-funded international health programs in Nepal highly desirable, USAID experience preferable
• Willing and able to travel to areas supported by the project
• Advanced written/oral skills in English, ease in giving public presentations in English.