Resolve To Save Lives · 20 hours ago
Senior Advisor, Health Taxes - US or UK
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$125K/yr - $140K/yr
10+ years expResolve to Save Lives (RTSL) is a global health organization that partners locally and globally to create and scale solutions to the world’s deadliest health threats. They are seeking a Senior Advisor, Health Taxes to provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for their global health taxes portfolio, focusing on taxes on tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy food. The role involves overseeing implementation, advising on health tax policies, and engaging with stakeholders to strengthen health tax initiatives.
Health Care
Responsibilities
Provide overall technical direction and quality assurance for RTSL’s health tax work, including oversight of ongoing country engagements (currently Zambia)
Within agreed organizational strategy and under CEO guidance, ensure technical quality and provide strategic direction for health tax work, ensuring rigor and feasibility
Advise on the practical implementation of evidence-based health tax policies, including excise tax structures, rate setting, indexation, and product definitions
Lead RTSL’s work on tax administration and enforcement, including:
Strengthening regulatory and revenue authority capacity, including for the regulation of alcohol
Tax stamp and track-and-trace systems
Closing legal and administrative loopholes
Improving compliance, monitoring, and enforcement mechanisms
Review and provide technical input on draft laws, regulations, and administrative, enforcement, and monitoring instruments related to health taxes, in collaboration with legal and government counterparts
Ensure alignment of RTSL’s health tax work with global best practices and emerging evidence
Oversee and participate in economic modeling and analytical work to inform rate setting, policy sequencing, and political decision-making. These may include analyses that demonstrate:
Return on investment (ROI) of health taxes
Health and economic benefits of best-practice tax policies
Health system and population health impacts of earmarking revenues for primary health care, disease prevention, and treatment programs
Work closely with economists, analysts, and external partners to define analytical questions, ensure methodological rigor, and review outputs for technical accuracy
Synthesize analytical findings into clear, compelling messages and materials for policymakers, donors, media, and other external audiences
Contribute to RTSL’s fundraising efforts related to health taxes, including:
Helping to identify potential funding sources
Providing technical input to concept notes, proposals, and donor discussions
Supporting donor reporting and learning agendas
Represent RTSL externally on health taxes with governments, donors, multilateral organizations, civil society, and technical partners
Develop and maintain strong relationships with key global and country-level stakeholders
Support RTSL’s positioning and thought leadership on health taxes
Lead or support country scoping, political economy analysis, and engagement strategies
Oversee the design and launch of new country engagements, as funding allows
Provide technical supervision and day-to-day guidance to consultants, with potential to supervise additional staff as the portfolio grows and funding allows
Set priorities, review deliverables for quality and accuracy, and ensure alignment with RTSL’s strategic objectives
Foster collaboration with RTSL colleagues across policy, public health legal, program and country teams
Ensure lessons learned and best practices are systematically captured and translated into reusable tools, guidance, and internal knowledge products
Qualification
Required
At least 10+ years of relevant professional experience, with demonstrated progression and technical expertise in tax policy, public finance, health policy, or a related field
Substantial experience with tax design and implementation, including a strong focus on tax administration and enforcement
Demonstrated experience overseeing or reviewing economic analysis or modeling related to taxation, public finance, or health policy, including the ability to assess quality, interpret findings, and translate results for non-technical audiences
Proven experience working on or closely with one or more of the following health taxes is strongly preferred: tobacco, alcohol, sugar-sweetened beverages, unhealthy or ultra-processed foods
Experience working in low- and middle-income countries, including direct engagement with government counterparts
Experience and savvy in navigating politically sensitive environments, including working against or countering industry influence
Experience managing consultants or staff and coordinating multi-disciplinary work
Deep understanding of excise tax policy design and administration
Strong knowledge of regulatory and legal frameworks related to taxation
Familiarity with tools and approaches such as digital tax stamps, track-and-trace systems, licensing regimes, and anti-evasion measures
Ability to integrate legal, economic, and political economy considerations into practical implementation strategies
Strategic leadership: Ability to set direction and to drive a growing technical portfolio
Technical credibility: Recognized expertise in taxation and implementation issues
Policy translation: Ability to communicate complex technical issues clearly to diverse audiences
Stakeholder engagement: Strong relationship-building skills with governments, donors, and partners
Political acuity: Comfort with and skilled at operating in contested policy spaces with active industry opposition
Advanced degree in law, public policy, economics, public finance, or a related field strongly preferred
Preferred
Prior experience working on health taxes within a global health or development organization
Experience contributing to fundraising or donor engagement
Comfort working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with evolving priorities
Commitment to public interest policy making and independence from commercial influence
Familiarity with RTSL's broader mission and policy priorities
Benefits
Health insurance for you and your dependents
Contributions toward retirement
Paid annual leave and sick leave, in addition to public holidays
Two paid, week-long organization-wide breaks at mid-year and end-of-year
Professional development and home office setup benefits
Up-to-date computer equipment
Company
Resolve To Save Lives
Resolve to Save Lives is a health organization that aims to save lives from cardiovascular disease and prevent epidemics.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$215MKey Investors
Bloomberg Philanthropies
2022-07-14Grant· $115M
2017-01-01Grant· $100M
Leadership Team
Tom Frieden
President and Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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