Радник/-ця з питань фінансування системи охорони здоров’я/Health Finance Advisor

Deloitte is seeking resumes for qualified candidates to serve as Health Finance Advisor in support of the USAID Health Reform Support project. The position is full-time and will be based in  Ukraine.

Period of Performance: ASAP – September 30, 2023

Level of Effort: full-time

The purpose of the USAID/UKAID 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.

Background:

The Health Finance Advisor will facilitate the achievement of greater efficiency and quality in health care delivery by assisting health facilities/local authorities/national institutions in health financing area.

Key Responsibilities:

Duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

• Analyze the current health financing legislation;
• Develop the recommendations on new health financing approaches;
• Support implementation of the informal payment studies, including inputs into development of relevant scopes of work/concepts, monitoring implementation process, and coordinating activities related to promoting and institutionalizing the results of this research including development of analytical reports and presenting the results to the stakeholders;
• Develop costing instruments / tools and relevant supporting materials (i.e.guidelines);
• Prepare presenting materials based on the developed materials;
• Prepare financial and technical-economic justifications with the developed approaches as part of law-making process;
• Develop technical documents (reports, guidelines, analytical notes, training materials, etc.) related to implementation of the PMG and other budget programs at different levels of health care facilities;
• Conduct trainings, workshops and other capacity building activities as well as develop training courses for health reform partners in the area of health financing;
• Support HRS activities related to supporting introduction of new funding mechanisms, the Program of Medical Guarantees, and other budget programs;
• Provide expert support to MOH, NHSU, MOF, and CPH on issues related to healthcare budgeting and development of new healthcare financing models for different level of healthcare provision;
• Provide technical inputs to designing, implementing, and institutionalizing of HRSP studies, research and assessments related to healthcare financing system and reform implementation;
• Other technical support as requested by the HRSP.

Candidate Requirements:

• Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Public Health Economics, applied finance, statistics, or other related quantitative field of analyses;
• Three (3) or more years of work experience in the relevant field required;
• Strong understanding of Ukraine’s health system and reform concepts will be preferred;
• Strong communication and negotiation skills;
• Ability to work in a team;
• Excellent planning and time management skills;
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills;
• Keen attention to detail and an aptitude for problem-solving;
• High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc).
• Spoken and written language proficiency in Ukrainian required.
• English is required.

Reporting Requirements:

• This individual will report to the Senior Health Financing Advisor.

Qualified candidates are expected to send their CVs, cover letters, and list of two professional references [email protected] no later than January 15, 2023. Please indicate the following in the subject field of the email: “Health Finance Advisor“. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.