Costing and Evaluation Specialist

ABOUT YLABS YLabs is a leading global design and research organization designing technologies that amplify youth power, agency, and opportunity. Founded in 2014 at the Harvard Innovation Lab, YLabs partners with young people to co-create inclusive digital products and services that improve their lives. Our design process opens spaces where young people’s ideas can become a reality – where they are the architects of the solutions to their most pressing challenges. YLabs multidisciplinary team delivers youth-driven innovation and impact at scale. Our team combines expertise in youth-driven design with adolescent health, climate, livelihoods, digital product design, behavioral science, and epidemiology. Based in Rwanda and the USA, we’ve worked in 18 countries to date on projects spanning three focus areas: optimum health and wellness, improved economic opportunity, and increased climate resilience. Find out more about our projects here: https://www.ylabsglobal.org/work JOB SUMMARY We are seeking a Costing and Evaluation Specialist to support our Climate-SRHR project by leading development of a climate-SRHR cost model for Ethiopia. This position is ideal for someone with strong skills in health program costing, economic evaluation, and health benefit estimation who is looking for flexible, project-based work. Over the course of approximately 55 working days, the Costing and Evaluation Specialist will play a key role in developing a methodologically rigorous cost model structure that is transparent in its assumptions, defensible to donor and government audiences, and replicable as a global public good. In this position, you will work with internal climate change and SRHR technical experts at YLabs, as well as an Ethiopia-based in-country specialist, to provide additional technical input and guidance to ensure the model outputs are relevant, accurate, and meaningful. JOB TYPE This is an independent contractor (Consultancy) position. The position is fully remote. LOCATION This is a fully remote role open to candidates globally. Strong familiarity with Ethiopia’s health system and/or prior experience working with Ethiopian health data is strongly preferred. ABOUT YLABS’ COMPENSATION YLabs adheres to Project Fair’s principles and standards to establish equity in pay with the overriding principle of “equal pay for work of equal value” outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals. All salary ranges are based on level within the organization and are competitive to regional and national salary benchmarks, based on the respective office location. PAY RATE The estimated contract length is 55 days. Compensation is benchmarked to the candidate's region. Indicative ranges: • US: $59–$87.50 USD per hour • Rwanda: $24–$38.50 USD per hour • Other regions: Determined based on local market rates and shared early in the hiring process. YOU WILL: Cost Model Development - 28 Days - Lead the design and development of a climate-SRHR cost model for Ethiopia, estimating the incremental cost of climate-proofing existing SRMCH investments - Select and apply an appropriate costing methodology (e.g., ingredients-based costing, activity-based costing, or incremental cost analysis), drawing on established frameworks from WHO, the World Bank, or equivalent sources - Populate the model using publicly available datasets (e.g., World Bank, WHO UHC Cost-Effectiveness Compendium, DHS) alongside Ethiopia-specific inputs provided by the In-Country Specialist - Document all assumptions, data sources, and uncertainty ranges explicitly to ensure the model is transparent and reproducible - Collaborate with the YLabs team to refine the cost model approach and ensure technical alignment with established climate-SRHR risks, approaches, and priorities Health Benefit Estimation and ROI Analysis - 23 Days - Develop a return-on-investment (ROI) framework estimating the health benefits of climate-adaptive SRMCH interventions compared to a business-as-usual baseline - Estimate he…