SAPHE Implementation Lead: Secondment to EHIA’s Deputy Director General’s Office 62 views0 applications


Organizational Background :Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton and Ira Magaziner, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to lifesaving technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for delivering high-quality health services. CHAI does not operate stand-alone programs, nor does it build parallel health systems. Rather, CHAI works at the invitation and in support of governments.

CHAI is currently operating in Ethiopia carrying out a wide range of programs to support the Ministry of Health and Ethiopia Health Insurance Agency in improving access to and improving the quality of health services. As one of CHAI’s largest field offices with more than 160 staff, the Ethiopia Office operates programs across: maternal, newborn and child health; HIV/AIDS; Cancer; vaccines; Labs and health financing; Child Survival and HRH. The health financing program aims to transform how the health system is financed to substantially and sustainably increase access to services, beginning with essential services for those most in need.

Project Description

As part of its commitment to reducing the financial burden of accessing health services for the population, Ethiopia began piloting Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in 2010/11 in 13 woredas. To-date, this health insurance model has been rapidly scaled up by the government to 600 schemes (of which 360 are active), towards a 2020 target of reaching 80% of the eligible population in 80% of the woredas in the county. Despite the rapid proliferation of CBHI schemes across the country, the current model of CBHI faces specific challenges that need to be addressed before a full national scale-up is realized.

In partnership with the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency (EHIA), CHAI is currently conducting a series of activities to diagnose these challenges. This diagnostic work will include the development of proposed solutions for addressing any identified challenges, gaps or policies or structures that need to be improved or reformed. These solutions will address challenges related to enrollment and revenue collection, pooling, purchasing benefits package and governance. The implementation of these solutions will be carried out jointly by EHIA and CHAI over the next two years.

To support the implementation of these solutions, CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding technical capabilities to provide technical assistance in health insurance scale-up at the federal and regional levels. This individual will be based in office of the Deputy Director General of EHIA HQreports to the Deputy Director General, and supports EHIA on strengthening EHIA organizational capacity, human resource development and financial management systems. He/she will coordinate with regional scale-up activities within the EHIA and across other government ministries or departments, where necessary.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Support EHIA organizational capacity strengthening for CBHI scale up and SHI rollout focusing on EHIA human resources development and management, reforms, financial management, procurement systems
  • Support EHIA branches in implementation of CBHI scale up and preparation for rollout of SHI including staffing and strengthening financial management systems
  • Support to design and implement efficient procurement system,
  • Assess status of different reforms under implementation and generate evidence for policy decision,
  • Support to design monitoring system to ensure proper implementation of reforms and different interventions at head office and branch offices,
  • Set up systems to facilitate monitoring and early identification of problematic areas and work with the directorate to address the problems as they arise,
  • Produce analytical report on a regular basis, and propose policy recommendations,
  • Develop standard operating procedures, processes and tools to improve the efficiency of the procurement system, property management system, human resource management and administration system,
  • Serve as the technical advisor to the deputy director general,
  • Advice to set up systems to facilitate monitoring and early identification of problematic areas and work with the directorate to address the problems as they arise,
  • Compile reports and updates on implementation progress and routinely provide updates to the Steering Committee
  • Build process management and technical capacity within the Health Insurance Agency at head quarter and branch offices
  • Serve as a liaison from EHIA HQ to the regional CBHI stakeholders, other implementation leaders and the CHAI Team
  • Support in the development of TOR and subsequent processes in hiring of staff and procurement of infrastructure based on gap analysis and road maps
  • Support to build technical capacity of general service and human resource directorate through day to day support,
  • Design a system to improve staff efficiency at head office and branch level,
  • Support to develop standard capacity building training materials for operation wing directorates,
  • Work with different directorates of the agency as requested on areas including member management, provider management, pooling and finance, management information systems, and information technology.
  • Conduct day to day capacity building and training for Health Insurance Agency staff
  • Support documentation of best practices and designing of scale up strategies
  • Carry out additional responsibilities as requested by supervisor.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

CHAI seeks results-driven, highly motivated individuals who are fast learners, detail oriented and have the ability to adapt to dynamic and demanding work environment. CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.

Qualifications include the following:

  • Master’s Degree in accounting, financial management, business administration, or marketing management.
  • At least 10 years of experience of which at least four years is in managerial position. The applicant should have expertise in health insurance and/or government procurement, finance administration system.
  • Relevant experience in government procurement system, project management, and human resource management.
  • Experiences in procurement management, financial management, costing, analytical report writing for management informed decision
  • Knowledge and proven experiences about government procurement system, budget and finance management system
  • Experience in designing, managing and implementing procurement and finance system,
  • Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills
  • Ability to work independently, set priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Experience in design and implementation of health insurance program.
  • Demonstrates leadership and team work and produces high quality work in a timely, cost effective manner.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to achieve consensus amongst stakeholders
  • Excellent in problem solving and analytical skills, including attention to details
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-oriented environment
  • Ability to learn the job quickly through research and absorb synthesis a broad range of interventions
  • Ability to navigate ambiguous and complex processes and adhere to government or EHIA integrity and institutional standards and procedures
  • Strong communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
  • Strong command of the English language and Amharic required
  • Experience in the public and / or health insurance sector is an advantage
  • Willingness and ability to travel outside of Addis Ababa when needed.
  • Female applicants are encouraged to apply

How to Apply

[email protected]

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Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. By working in association with governments and other NGO partners, CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition, CHAI's teams are working side-by-side with over 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.

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0 USD Addis Ababa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Clinton Health Access Initiative

Organizational Background :Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton and Ira Magaziner, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to lifesaving technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for delivering high-quality health services. CHAI does not operate stand-alone programs, nor does it build parallel health systems. Rather, CHAI works at the invitation and in support of governments.

CHAI is currently operating in Ethiopia carrying out a wide range of programs to support the Ministry of Health and Ethiopia Health Insurance Agency in improving access to and improving the quality of health services. As one of CHAI’s largest field offices with more than 160 staff, the Ethiopia Office operates programs across: maternal, newborn and child health; HIV/AIDS; Cancer; vaccines; Labs and health financing; Child Survival and HRH. The health financing program aims to transform how the health system is financed to substantially and sustainably increase access to services, beginning with essential services for those most in need.

Project Description

As part of its commitment to reducing the financial burden of accessing health services for the population, Ethiopia began piloting Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) in 2010/11 in 13 woredas. To-date, this health insurance model has been rapidly scaled up by the government to 600 schemes (of which 360 are active), towards a 2020 target of reaching 80% of the eligible population in 80% of the woredas in the county. Despite the rapid proliferation of CBHI schemes across the country, the current model of CBHI faces specific challenges that need to be addressed before a full national scale-up is realized.

In partnership with the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency (EHIA), CHAI is currently conducting a series of activities to diagnose these challenges. This diagnostic work will include the development of proposed solutions for addressing any identified challenges, gaps or policies or structures that need to be improved or reformed. These solutions will address challenges related to enrollment and revenue collection, pooling, purchasing benefits package and governance. The implementation of these solutions will be carried out jointly by EHIA and CHAI over the next two years.

To support the implementation of these solutions, CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding technical capabilities to provide technical assistance in health insurance scale-up at the federal and regional levels. This individual will be based in office of the Deputy Director General of EHIA HQreports to the Deputy Director General, and supports EHIA on strengthening EHIA organizational capacity, human resource development and financial management systems. He/she will coordinate with regional scale-up activities within the EHIA and across other government ministries or departments, where necessary.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Support EHIA organizational capacity strengthening for CBHI scale up and SHI rollout focusing on EHIA human resources development and management, reforms, financial management, procurement systems
  • Support EHIA branches in implementation of CBHI scale up and preparation for rollout of SHI including staffing and strengthening financial management systems
  • Support to design and implement efficient procurement system,
  • Assess status of different reforms under implementation and generate evidence for policy decision,
  • Support to design monitoring system to ensure proper implementation of reforms and different interventions at head office and branch offices,
  • Set up systems to facilitate monitoring and early identification of problematic areas and work with the directorate to address the problems as they arise,
  • Produce analytical report on a regular basis, and propose policy recommendations,
  • Develop standard operating procedures, processes and tools to improve the efficiency of the procurement system, property management system, human resource management and administration system,
  • Serve as the technical advisor to the deputy director general,
  • Advice to set up systems to facilitate monitoring and early identification of problematic areas and work with the directorate to address the problems as they arise,
  • Compile reports and updates on implementation progress and routinely provide updates to the Steering Committee
  • Build process management and technical capacity within the Health Insurance Agency at head quarter and branch offices
  • Serve as a liaison from EHIA HQ to the regional CBHI stakeholders, other implementation leaders and the CHAI Team
  • Support in the development of TOR and subsequent processes in hiring of staff and procurement of infrastructure based on gap analysis and road maps
  • Support to build technical capacity of general service and human resource directorate through day to day support,
  • Design a system to improve staff efficiency at head office and branch level,
  • Support to develop standard capacity building training materials for operation wing directorates,
  • Work with different directorates of the agency as requested on areas including member management, provider management, pooling and finance, management information systems, and information technology.
  • Conduct day to day capacity building and training for Health Insurance Agency staff
  • Support documentation of best practices and designing of scale up strategies
  • Carry out additional responsibilities as requested by supervisor.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

CHAI seeks results-driven, highly motivated individuals who are fast learners, detail oriented and have the ability to adapt to dynamic and demanding work environment. CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.

Qualifications include the following:

  • Master’s Degree in accounting, financial management, business administration, or marketing management.
  • At least 10 years of experience of which at least four years is in managerial position. The applicant should have expertise in health insurance and/or government procurement, finance administration system.
  • Relevant experience in government procurement system, project management, and human resource management.
  • Experiences in procurement management, financial management, costing, analytical report writing for management informed decision
  • Knowledge and proven experiences about government procurement system, budget and finance management system
  • Experience in designing, managing and implementing procurement and finance system,
  • Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills
  • Ability to work independently, set priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Experience in design and implementation of health insurance program.
  • Demonstrates leadership and team work and produces high quality work in a timely, cost effective manner.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to achieve consensus amongst stakeholders
  • Excellent in problem solving and analytical skills, including attention to details
  • Strong organizational skills with ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast-oriented environment
  • Ability to learn the job quickly through research and absorb synthesis a broad range of interventions
  • Ability to navigate ambiguous and complex processes and adhere to government or EHIA integrity and institutional standards and procedures
  • Strong communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
  • Strong command of the English language and Amharic required
  • Experience in the public and / or health insurance sector is an advantage
  • Willingness and ability to travel outside of Addis Ababa when needed.
  • Female applicants are encouraged to apply

How to Apply

[email protected]

2019-07-01

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