Overview: 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 a 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. 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's teams are working side-by-side with more than 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective health care.
CHAI Ethiopia is currently 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 170 staff, the Ethiopia office operates programs across maternal, newborn and child health; HIV/AIDS; nutrition; vaccines; essential medicines; health workforce; 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.
Program Description: The Government of Ethiopia is rolling out health insurance with the goal of reaching most of its population of 100 million people by 2020. The government is scaling up community-based health insurance for the informal sector, rolling out social health insurance for the formal sector, and harmonizing these two schemes under a national insurance scheme. This is one of the most ambitious health financing reforms on the continent, and if implemented well, has the potential to transform the health system and move the country closer to its goal of universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030.
To successfully roll out this ambitious reform, the leadership of the newly formed Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency will need to overcome technical, operational and management challenges. CHAI has been asked by senior leadership of the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency to provide comprehensive support in testing innovations across pilot community based health insurance schemes, to ensure health insurance can be sustainably brought to scale. This includes putting in place more efficient and effective management structures and information systems, new mechanisms pool or re-distribute resources, new processes to better incentivize and hold providers accountable for efficient and high quality service delivery, and new policies and processes to enroll hard to reach populations. Ethiopia will be a flagship program for CHAI's work in health insurance, shaping our engagement in other countries.
Responsibilities: CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong technical capabilities and relevant experience to play a key role in our engagement in insurance and health financing in Ethiopia. The Technical Advisor will provide technical and analytical input to a large CHAI team. The technical advisor, through robust analytical work, will help inform policy changes in how financial resource is pooled, re-distribute and used to purchase services. This will include generating and analyzing evidence, and then working with the government and international experts to align on essential service package (a benefits package), to define premium rates, to revise the pooling strategy, and to improve provider payment mechanisms and rates.
This role offers the opportunity to be involved in the development of one of the largest national financing reforms on the continent, furthering expertise in health financing, and building experience in managing complex technical projects, working closely with the Government of Ethiopia. This role will report to the Senior Program Manager on the CHAI Ethiopia Health Financing Team.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Qualifications:
CHAI works in a fast-paced, results-driven environment and this health financing and insurance reform is a top priority for the Government of Ethiopia. This individual would need to have strong grasp of the theoretical foundations of health financing, combined with excellent applied quantitative skills, and relevant experience. Professional experience in health insurance, in either a developed or developing country context, is a significant advantage. The ability to generate technical output and translate findings into pragmatic policy recommendations will be central to the success of the technical advisor role. CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.
Qualifications and advantages include the following:
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