Consultant, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

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Introduction

The Aga Khan University is a private, international university committed to international standards of excellence in teaching, research and service. Its teaching hospital, the Aga Khan University Hospital has been accredited by the prestigious Joint Commission International for achieving the highest international healthcare standards.

As an equal opportunity employer, AKU believes in promoting a diverse and inclusive culture and is committed to adopt appropriate standards for safeguarding and promoting a respectful relationship with and between diverse workforce of its faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

Responsibilities

The consultant will:

• Design and implement the cost-effectiveness analysis framework for the SNIP evaluation study;
• Conduct activity-based costing to estimate financial and economic costs of programme delivery;
• Analyse key cost drivers including personnel, supplies, training, logistics, and community mobilization;
• Estimate cost-effectiveness indicators, including; cost per additional fully immunised child; cost per child reached with nutrition services;
• Cost per Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) averted; support the analysis of programme effectiveness using available data from baseline, midline, and endline surveys;
• Assess the incremental costs and efficiencies of delivering integrated nutrition and immunisation services compared with standalone programmes;
• Contribute to the interpretation of findings and development of policy-relevant recommendations for scaling integrated service delivery models;
• Prepare technical outputs, including analytical reports, policy briefs, and dissemination materials;
• Bear full responsibility for all costs associated with the execution of the assignment, including but not limited to travel, accommodation, field visits, data collection, recruitment/hiring of support staff or enumerators, logistics, and any other operational expenses required for the successful completion of the consultancy.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in health economics, public health, economics, or a related field;
• Demonstrated experience conducting costing studies and cost-effectiveness analyses in health programmes;
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with experience analysing programme and financial data;
• Experience working in immunisation, nutrition, or maternal and child health programmes, preferably in low- and middle-income countries;
• Proven experience producing technical reports and policy-oriented outputs.
  

To Apply

Please send your detailed CV to human.resources@aku.edu. Please mark subject with the position title "Consultant, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis."

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified Applications should be submitted latest by May 17, 2026