Job description - Senior Manager, Health Economics & Financing

Senior Manager, Health Economics & Financing

Job Description

Job title: Senior Manager, Health Economics & Financing
Reports to: Head of Partnerships Development and Fundraising
Type of contract: Permanent
Location: Geneva, Switzerland (with international travel as required)

About UICC  

The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) is a global membership organisation dedicated to reducing the global cancer burden and advancing equity in cancer control. Founded in 1933 and based in Geneva, UICC brings together over 1,100 member organisations across 172 countries and works closely with the UN, WHO and a wide range of global partners. 

Summary of the position

The Senior Manager, Health Economics & Financing will provide technical expertise to support national governments in strengthening the financing of their national cancer control plans. The role will focus on creating, convening, and facilitating a global and regional network of health financing and health economist experts to support countries in developing credible, evidence-based investment cases for cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and palliative care, directly linked to the countries participating in UICC’s Cancer Planners Forum.

Working closely with the UICC team, UN agencies, partners and members, the postholder will help establish a network of health economists to support cancer planners in framing, justifying and negotiating financing requests to parliaments, ministries of health and finance, and international donors.

The role combines technical depth in health financing and economics with strong convening power, diplomacy, and systems thinking, ensuring that cancer control financing is embedded within broader health system and UHC financing frameworks.

Main responsibilities

Network development

• Design, establish, and manage a multistakeholder network of health financing and health economics experts to support cancer control financing at global, regional, and country levels
• Identify, engage, and sustain relationships with experts from multilateral organisations, development banks, academia, civil society, and the private sector
• Convene expert working groups, technical consultations, and advisory platforms to generate shared analysis, guidance, and peer learning on financing cancer control
• Liaise with Cancer Planners Forum participants to encourage the exchange of best practices across the community

Network activation for country support and investment case development

• Through the network, provide technical support to countries to develop and refine cancer control investment cases, aligned with national health strategies and fiscal realities
• Support Cancer Planners Forum participants in framing funding requests for cancer control to ministries of health and finance, parliaments and central budget authorities, translating technical evidence into policy-relevant narratives
• Advise planners in countries on engaging international donors and development partners, including the articulation of funding gaps, co-financing strategies, and sustainability pathways
• Identify global funding opportunities which could support the delivery of NCCPs in LMICs

Health financing and economic analysis

• In close collaboration with UICC’s COO, oversee analytical work on health financing, resource allocation, and fiscal space for cancer control within broader health systems
• Ensure that economic analyses and financing proposals are methodologically robust, policy-relevant, and adapted to country contexts
• Help translate complex health economics evidence into clear, decision-oriented messages for senior policymakers and non-technical audiences

Partnership building and institutional engagement

• Build and manage high-level partnerships with multilateral agencies (e.g. WHO, World Bank), bilateral donors, private sector and global health initiatives to align financing efforts for cancer control
• Represent UICC in global and regional forums on health financing, UHC, and noncommunicable diseases, strengthening institutional visibility and influence
• Facilitate coordination across partners to reduce fragmentation and promote coherent financing approaches for cancer control

Knowledge products and thought leadership

• Oversee the development of policy briefs, guidance notes, analytical reports, and knowledge products related to cancer financing and health systems strengthening
• Contribute to global thought leadership on sustainable financing for cancer control, including links to governance, efficiency, and accountability
• Support dissemination and uptake of knowledge products through UICC’s and other global platforms, high-level meetings, and country engagements

Management and delivery

• Manage work plans, budgets, and deliverables related to health economics and financing activities
• Coordinate internal and external contributors to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of outputs
• Provide regular advice and updates to UICC’s CEO and COO on risks, opportunities, and emerging trends in cancer financing

Education and experience

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in health economics, health policy, public health, economics, or a related field
• Minimum 10–12 years of progressive experience in global health, with a strong focus on health financing, health economics, or health systems strengthening
• Demonstrated experience working with multilateral organisations and development banks
• Experience working with the World Health Organization would be an asset
• Proven track record in convening and facilitating expert groups and multistakeholder initiatives
• Hands-on experience supporting countries with investment cases, funding proposals, or budget negotiations in the health sector
• Experience related to cancer, NCDs, or complex health system priorities is a strong asset

Skills and competences

• Deep technical expertise in health financing and health economics, with strong analytical skills
• Excellent ability to translate technical analysis into policy-relevant messages
• Strong convening power, diplomacy, and stakeholder management skills
• Strategic thinker with proven project and programme management capabilities
• Credible and confident at senior policy levels
• Collaborative, inclusive, and able to work across institutional boundaries
• Results-oriented, with a strong sense of delivery and accountability
• Comfortable operating in complex political and institutional environments
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Fluency in English, working knowledge of French and other languages is an asset
• The role is based in Geneva, Switzerland and the applicant should hold a Swiss work permit

Applications

Send your CV and a motivation letter explaining how you think your skills and experience make you a strong candidate for this position to careers@uicc.org

Deadline for external applications: 31 May 2026.

Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier when we have received a sufficient number of quality applications.