Overview: Founded in 2002, by President William J. Clinton and Ira Magaziner, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (“CHAI”) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems and expanding access to care and treatment in the developing world. 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 high-quality care and treatment programs. Since its inception, CHAI’s programs have helped more than 11.8 million people in more than 70 countries have access to CHAI-negotiated prices for HIV/AIDS medicines, saving the global health community billions of dollars. For more information, please visit: www.clintonhealthaccess.org.
CHAI is currently operating in Ethiopia carrying out a wide range of programs to support the Ministry of Health in improving access to and increasing the quality of health services. As one of CHAI’s largest field offices with more than 150 staff, the Ethiopia office operates programs across hospital management; maternal, newborn and child health; HIV/AIDS; nutrition; vaccines; and health financing. 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.
Description:
The Government of Ethiopia has supported significant improvements in health over the past decade and now aims to accelerate progress to deliver quality essential health services to its growing population of close to 100 Million people. To achieve this goal, Ethiopia is rolling out health insurance schemes with the goal of reaching most of the population by 2020. If successful, Ethiopia will set an example for all other countries working towards the goal of universal health coverage on the continent.
To successfully roll out this ambitious reform, the newly-staffed Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency will need to overcome technical, operational and management challenges of insurance scale-up across a large and diverse country. CHAI is supporting the Agency in implementing a pilot in two regions of the country to improve the scalability and sustainability of community based health insurance. This includes working with local government to test innovations to strengthen management structures and information systems, to pool or re-distribute resources across woredas, to better incentivize and hold providers accountable for efficient and high quality service delivery, and to tailor processes to fit the needs of sub-populations that have yet to be enrolled. The findings from this work will inform national policies around insurance.
CHAI and the EHIA are embarking on pilots of insurance in two regions, where key innovations will be tested, and if successful, will influence one of the largest national insurance reforms on the continent.
Responsibilities
CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding technical capabilities to serve as Senior Analyst for this pilot project. This senior analyst will be responsible for the design and implementation of innovations to improve on the sustainability and scalability of community based health insurance. He or she will report to a program manager.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Qualifications
CHAI works in a fast-paced, results-driven environment and this health insurance reform is a top priority for the government. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who is a fast learner and who is both detail oriented and has the ability to ask the key questions or see the “big picture.” CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.
Qualifications include the following: