Technical Advisor, Health Financing

Job Description

CHAI seeks two Technical Advisors to join Rwanda’s sustainable PHC financing team. In this role, the Technical Advisors will support the implementation of CHAI support to the Ministry of Health, working closely with key decision makers of the MoH & Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). This will include support to various health financing and PHC system reforms and operational improvement initiatives, including a provider payment reform for PHC and the revision of the Health Benefit package and strengthening PHC performance measurement system.

The Technical Advisors will report to the Program Manager for Health Systems Strengthening and will work closely with other CHAI teams at the country and global level, including in Health Financing; Health System Strengthening; Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health; and others.

Key Duties

• Act as a key advisor in the design and implementation of health financing interventions and reforms. Those will include, and not be limited to, the following:
• An ambitious provider payment reforms for primary health care providers. This will involve supporting the government at central and subnational levels for the roll out of the payment reform.
• The institutionalization of an evidence-based process to revise health sector health benefit package and ensure essential services are covered by the national insurance scheme
• Advise government on the development and implementation of a mid to long-term financing plan for primary health system strengthening and help drive progress towards a stronger and more sustainable PHC insurance system.
• Support the government in conducting in-depth financial analyses to inform priority reforms. These analyses may include the following
• Projections of service demand and financial needs for CBHI, as well as an analysis of financial availability and funding gaps.
• Efficiency analyses that will inform interventions to improve financial management at central and peripheral levels and for different pillars of the health system.
• Critical analysis of the distribution of financial resources for the health system as a whole and the expenditure incurred.
• Other quantitative analyses to assess the opportunities to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of health financing in Rwanda.
• Provide technical and operational oversight to the PHC performance measurement tracker and improvement system

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in Designing and implementing health financing policies, conducting economic evaluations and cost analyses, analyzing health economics data to support decision making, supporting health financing projects or health systems strengthening.
• Experience in Sub Saharan Africa is highly preferred.
• Holds a master’s degree in health economics, or health Finance related field
• Experience working with government authorities in developing countries, with experience in sub-Saharan Africa;
• Strong quantitative, presentation and writing skills, including proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word;
• Excellent working command of English language.

Advantages

• Experience in training and supporting teams in health financing practices
• Experience working in public health and with international organizations;
• Familiarity with a broad range of key global health issues, including Primary healthcare, health systems or health financing challenges in developing countries.
• Fluency in French or Kinyarwanda.