Вакансія: Costing Tool Design and Data Analytics Consultant

1. Background

The Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS) under the USAID Integrated Health Systems IDIQ helps low- and middle-income countries transition to sustainable, self-financed health systems as a means to support access to universal health coverage. The project works with partner countries and local stakeholders to reduce financial barriers to care and treatment, ensure equitable access to essential health services for all people, and improve the quality of health services. Led by Abt Associates, the five-year, $209 million project will build local capacity to sustain strong health system performance, supporting countries on their journey to self-reliance and prosperity.

In Ukraine, LHSS supports the rapid and rational scale-up of telemedicine capacity in the context of the Russian invasion that began in February 2022 and helps the GOU integrate urgent telemedicine support investments into the health system. LHSS works with MOH and the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) in building a more sustainable, resilient healthcare system by helping the GOU develop financing arrangements that include telemedicine services; engaging with private sector partners to reach vulnerable populations with telemedicine services; addressing quality concerns around telehealth; and creating an enabling environment for digital health applications.

2. Objectives

The main objective of this consultancy is to provide technical expertise and contribute to the LHSS Ukraine workstream to understand the cost structure and estimate unit costs of medical services using telemedicine at different levels of care/types of providers. The consultant will work together with another national (health facility financing) consultant to complete this assignment.

Specific objectives include:

1. Maintain regular contact with Abt’s technical team to ensure the quality and timeliness of the assessment.
2. Liaise with NHSU, referent health facilities and local health authorities during the assignment.
3. Contribute to the design of the costing exercise (methodology, selection criteria for reference facilities, etc.). Considered approach – top-down and bottom-up costing. Discuss and agree on a proposed approach with NHSU.
4. Design/adapt a costing instrument (electronic) to be used at a health facility level to collect data and produce cost quantifications.
5. Design/adapt data analytic tool (BI platform) which will allow multi-variant analysis and dashboards of cost and service utilisation data (by services, providers, level of care, unit costs, cost categories, etc.)
6. Train health facility personal in using the costing instrument and facilitate the data collection process.
7. Together with a national facility financing consultant, analyze data from selected facilities.
8. Produce reports for each facility participated in the study; share and discuss results.
9. Together with Abt’s team, conduct consolidated data analysis by cost categories, services, providers, levels of care and other parameters as requested by Abt’s team.
10. Produce a consolidated report of data analysis.
11. Present results to NHSU and health providers.

3. Deliverables

Period of performance

The total estimated LOE is 30 working days from May 1 – August 10, 2023.

Qualifications, skills, experience, and languages

Qualifications

• Degree in Sciences and formal training in economics, information technology, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a relevant field.
• Programming and understanding different analytical models. 
• Health-specific knowledge of costing methodologies and approaches for medical services.
• Basic understanding of the health financing system in Ukraine.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics and programming.  
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in the health sector.
• Experience in the design and implementation of costing studies.
• Experience working with health facilities, facilitating data collection, processing and analyzing data.

Skills/Knowledge

• Ability to work with a team and deliver outputs on a tight deadline.
• Good understanding of the budget processes of the NHSU.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently without supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to manage collaborations between multiple organisations.
• Demonstrate good report-writing skills in Ukrainian.

Languages

• Fluency in Ukrainian and a basic level of English are required.

Differently abled people are highly encouraged to apply. This includes people classified as “Persons with disabilities” according to the GOU. Please use the following link to apply:  https://egpy.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/JoinAbt/job/103444.