VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
TITLE: Technical Advisor (Health Economist)
Program: Sustainable Health Financing
Job Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Type: Full-Time Paid
Start date: Immediate
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 strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for their population as outlined in the Fourth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP IV). This commitment is made against a backdrop of rising health care costs and uncertainty around the future availability of donor funding. Rwanda is often cited as an example for UHC in Sub-Saharan Africa, in part due to high rates of enrollment in the Mutuelle de santé or CBHI scheme and continuously seeks to reach sustainability and build on its past gains and existing successful strategies. Acknowledging this, the Government aims to employ effective, equitable, efficient and sustainable health care financing approaches and inform reforms of existing financing mechanisms including the national insurance scheme.
CHAI Rwanda’s Sustainable Health Financing (SHF) program works 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 our program is to support the Government to sustainably finance and improve the Mutuelle de santé or Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme, which covers the majority of the population for essential health services, and address key challenges in the health sector, towards the goal of UHC.
Position overview
CHAI currently seeks a Senior Health Economists to work with the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB), reporting to the Deputy Director General Benefits, to help improve the use of evidence through economic evaluations for policy decision making.
The senior health economist will lead the design and support the implementation of the new data analytics strategy through rapid and comprehensive economic evaluations aimed to help RSSB deliver successfully on their key strategic initiatives for 2020/2025 regarding the two medical insurance schemes (CBHI and RAMA). This effort is cornerstone to RSSB’s goal to contribute to journey towards universal health coverage by expanding interventions covered, at the same time improving sustainability of the health insurance scheme resources. The sustainability will be achieved through improving decision making processes to inform important policy and operational decisions. Greater availability and use of economic evaluations will be critical to improving the health of Rwandans, as it will help government leaders make more informed decisions on which health interventions to provide coverage and improve the financial sustainability of the various insurance schemes, and RSSB as a whole.
The senior health economist will also help design and implement the framework for improved evaluation processes, and support to the set-up of a health economics team and systems within RSSB. This will take place in parallel with the implementation of a new benefit package design, and the implementation of a new IT automation system, and hence the economist will work closely with the CBHI and RAMA teams to translate of data needs into system requirements.
This is a top government priority, and the Economist will therefore be seconded to RSSB reporting directly to the Deputy Director General – Benefits.
Job description:
The key functions and deliverables of this role will include, to:
(i) Develop innovative solutions for trend recognition and analysis using advanced statistic from RSSB databases (membership, claims, reimbursements) to drive optimization and improvement of RSSB health benefits using advanced economic and statistical methodology
(ii) Provide direct technical assistance (including training and coaching) to the Ministry of Health and partners to work on Health technology Assessment (HTA), evidence synthesis, health benefits packages and clinical guidelines and ensure value for money and quality in service delivery.
(iii) Provide guidance to the RSSB/CBHI on research methodologies and assessment protocols to maximize linkages to ongoing work and contribute to the writing, editing, and publishing of reports and peer reviewed articles as relevant; prepare presentations and policy briefs
(iv) Support the set-up of a health benefit package prioritization team within RSSB, recruit and onboard team members, building capacity in for innovative qualitative and quantitative analyses that link complex datasets such as patient records and CBHI claims data
(v) Participate in meetings, technical working groups and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with various partners and stakeholders
(vi) Work with other departments to promote the adoption of analytical principles and coordinate efforts among multiple internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of answers to the policy questions
(vii) Provide technical assistance in developing and updating the list of services covered by CBHI and RAMA using the best available evidence.
Preferred qualifications:
- PhD degree in a relevant discipline (health economics, health services research, international health systems, public health or a related field)
Or Master’s degree (in the above-mentioned fields) with at least 2 years of experience in HTA
- Solid analytical foundation and knowledge of a variety of economic evaluation methods (e.g. regressions, modelling, cost-effectiveness analysis, etc.)
- Experience manipulating data sets and building economic models and proficiency in data visualization
- Ability to focus on vaguely defined problems requiring the application of a creative approach
- Strong team working skills
- Excellent problem solving, analytical, and quantitative skills, including attention to detail and experience in modeling using Microsoft Excel
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word
- Ability to mentor and lead teams in a fast-paced and changing environment
Application procedure
Interested candidates should send their application to: https://careers-chai.icims.com/jobs/10637/health-economist%2c-sustainable-health-financing/job
The deadline for applications is August 7th, 2021. The shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
TITLE: Associate, Primary Health Care
Program: Primary Health Care
Job Location: Kigali
Type: Full-Time Paid
Start date: Immediate
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 strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for its population. Over the years, tremendous progress has been made in improving health outcomes in the country. Rwanda can lead the way to ensure that every Rwandan irrespective of where they live or the circumstances under which they live have access to quality health care without suffering financial hardship. The Fourth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP IV) outlines clear goals, objectives and targets up to 2024 and the GoR also aim to achieve UHC as it works towards the Sustainable Development Goals and its Vision 2050.
Over several decades, Primary Health Care (PHC) has been identified as a vehicle for the attainment of greater coverage and equity. Improving primary health care, including essential public health functions, is the most cost-effective way to save lives. Interventions at health centers and in communities can address an estimated 77 percent of maternal, newborn and child deaths and stillbirths, reduce inequities in health outcomes, and prevent people from being pushed into poverty from health spending. The systems created for PHC increase resiliency to disease outbreaks such as COVID-19. They also create a foundation that can be used to progressively expand service coverage from primary health care toward universal health coverage. In Rwanda, PHC is implemented through district health units that works as autonomous planning and implementation units for health facilities at the district, sector and cell levels and Community Health Workers.
CHAI is supporting the Rwanda Ministry of Health (MoH) to improve PHC as an effective engine for accelerating progress towards UHC. The objective of this work is to enhance and accelerate progress towards the HSSP IV targets and UHC.
Position
CHAI seeks an Associate who will be supporting a team working with the MoH and a range of relevant government institutions to identify key areas that require upgrades and improvements in primary health care, to develop a comprehensive long-term costed plan for driving investments in and improving PHC, aligned with the vision and priorities of the Government of Rwanda. This will include a credible financing plan for how investments in the health system can be maximized and how external investments in systems can be sustained over time. The scope of work can include but not limited to extensive stakeholder engagements and review of available strategies, the development of robust assessments and analyses, including costing and financing analysis, and report writing.
CHAI is seeking a highly analytical individual with outstanding interpersonal and communication skills. It is expected that the shape of the work will evolve over time and therefore the work will be fast paced and diverse and the position requires a strong ability to adapt and to think creatively. It also required the possession of strong research and planning skills. The Associate must be fluent in English and have excellent relationship building and communication skills. He or she must be able to function independently with minimal oversight and have a strong commitment to excellence with a keen eye for detail. CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.
Responsibilities:
The Associate will be a member of the PHC team and will report to a designated supervisor. His or her responsibility will include, but not limited to the following:
- Support high level government officials in the Ministry of Health to facilitate alignment on key priorities for accelerating progress on the current health sector strategic plan. This will require activities including:
- Assessment of current health sector policies, strategies, and plans to determine initiatives, interventions and activities that are planned, in the pipeline, being implemented or can be effectively and efficiently delivered at the PHC level
- Leveraging existing literature and available data to determine established targets, the status of progress towards targets and gaps across the health systems as related to PHC.
- Assist in data collection and analysis to determine investments relevant to PHC over an extended period.
- Provide support in the mapping of available resources against costs including projections of external and domestic funds, highlighting funding gaps.
- Provide analytical support in the development of a robust financing plan
- Assist in organizing policy dialogues, meetings, and workshops
- Support in the preparation of background papers, technical briefs, presentations, and reports
Qualifications:
- A Master’s degree with strong quantitative focus in health economics, public health, or other relevant disciplines.
- At least 4-years of experience in an analytical role in a demanding, results-oriented environment in public or private sector,
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills, including attention to detail and experience in modeling using Microsoft Excel.
- Strong communication skills, including preparation of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
- Effective interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders and excellent organizational skills
- Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently.
- Strong command of English.
Advantages:
- Educational background in any of the health professions
- Professional experience in clinical settings
- Experience in programs focused on primary health care
- Experience working with governments in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Fluency in French or Kinyarwanda
Application procedure
Interested candidates should send their application to: Associate, Primary Health Care (PHC) – 6 months in | Careers at Clinton Health Access Initiative (icims.com) The deadline for applications is August 7th, 2021. The shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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