Technical Advisor

Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI)

is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org.;The Government of Rwanda (GoR) strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for the population as outlined in the Fifth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP V). This commitment has been made against a backdrop of rising health care costs and uncertainty around the future availability of donor funding and calls for improved health sector sustainability. Acknowledging this, the Government aims to employ effective, equitable, efficient, and sustainable health care financing and systems strengthening, putting an emphasis on primary health care as the cornerstone of a strong and sustainable health system.CHAI Rwanda’s Health System Strengthening (HSS) programs work on a day-to-day basis with Government leadership in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). The goal of those programs is to support the Government to accelerate progress towards UHC by ensuring the sustainable delivery of quality, essential health services. This includes work to design and implement national Primary Health Care (PHC) reforms from health center level down to community health, to increase health workforce availability, to prioritize and sustainably finance essential services, and to support improved management, financing, and delivery of quality primary health care.

Position overview

CHAI

CHAI seeks two Technical Advisors to join Rwanda’s sustainable PHC financing team. In this role, the TAs will support the implementation of CHAI support to the Ministry of Health working closely with key decision makers of the MoH & 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.

Job Description

The key functions and deliverables of this role will include:

• 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 Support the implementation of the PHC performance improvement proof of concept project according to the implementation plan.
• Provide technical input and inform MoH and other stakeholders, monitor and document the progress of the proof-of-concept on PHC performance management
• Provide technical support for the Rwanda Community Health Program (CHP) reform initiative, including contributing technical input to the design and implementation of the new CHP reform program's strategic plan and roadmap development process as well as financing in collaboration with the CHAI HRH team.
• Transfer expertise to government partners in data analysis, including costing, scenario modelling and budgeting.
• Draft presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholders on the work of health system strengthening in Rwanda.
• Other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Required Qualifications

Qualifications and Requirements

• 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.

How to apply

Interested candidates

should apply through Technical Advisor, AI Engineer. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.In compliance with the data protection law of Rwanda and by submitting your application and CV, you explicitly consent to the collection, processing, and storage of your personal data by Clinton Health Access Initiative for the sole purpose of managing and conducting the recruitment process for the position you have applied for.