Консультант з юридичних питань/ STTA Legal Consultant

Deloitte is seeking a short-term Legal Consultant in support of the USAID/ Ukaid Health Reform Support (HRS).

Period of Performance: February 2021 – August 2021

Project Background and Summary:

The purpose of USAID Health Reform Support is to support a transparent, accountable, and effective health care system that is capable of meeting the health needs of the Ukrainian people. Advancing health sector reforms, enhancing transparency, and tackling corruption will reduce out-of-pocket payments and improve access and availability of high quality, evidence-based health care services for Ukrainians. Elimination of corruption is a cross-cutting theme across all objectives to be achieved by this activity, which include:

1. Improve health sector governance.
2. Support the transformation of the healthcare financing model.
3. Strengthen the health workforce.
4. Enhance transparency, accountability and responsiveness of the health care system.
5. Improve service delivery system at all levels.

 Objective

The Legal Consultant will provide technical expertise in Law to the MOH in building a national framework on health care preparedness for emergency response (including COVID-19 response).

 Tasks:

• provide legal assessment of proposed emergency response actions
• develop technical documents (reports, guidelines, analytical notes etc.) related to health and corporate law
• draft legislative documents (amendments, laws etc.) for the national level
• coordinate collaboration with the Parliament’s committees, Ministry of Justice, and other national stakeholders
• provide technical inputs for the development of technical documents
• draft letters, replies, clarifications etc.
• provide other legal support as requested by the MOH
• respond proactively to requests by USAID Health Reform Support
• provide other services upon common agreement

 Qualification requirements:

• Master’s Degree in Law
• Understanding of Ukraine’s health system and reform concept
• Knowledge of international best practices in public health and health systems
• No less than 5 years of experience in Ukraine’s health system or in the international technical assistance projects in health sector
• Experience of work with local health care providers, national and regional health care authorities
• Experience in the development of guidelines, strategies for health
• Excellent organizational skills
• Good writing and communication skills in Ukrainian.

 Applications:

Qualified candidates are expected to send their CVs, cover letters, daily rate expectations and two professional letters of reference to [email protected] no later than January 26, 2021. Please indicate the following in the subject field of the email: “Legal Consultant “. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.