Resolve To Save Lives

Senior Advisor, Health Taxes

Resolve To Save Lives

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $125,000 - $140,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Provide overall technical direction and quality assurance for RTSL’s health tax work, including oversight of ongoing country engagements (currently Zambia).
  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
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
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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