Technical Advisor, Health Systems Strengthening

Key Skills

Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Effective communication skills, Finance, Public Health, Transformer

Job Description

Position overview

CHAI is seeking a Technical Advisor to focus on health economics and health financing to be seconded in and provide support directly to the Offices of the Minister of Health and State Minister in Kigali. The Technical Advisor will work closely with CHAI’s health financing and PHC teams, reporting to the Senior Program Manager of Health Systems Strengthening in Rwanda.

The Technical Advisor will be responsible for providing technical advisory and thought partnership to the two Ministers and facilitating the CHAI Rwanda health financing team’s support to the MOH by identifying and addressing financial barriers to increasing health coverage, quality of services, and designing relevant policies and strategies. This could include work in strategic planning, costing, resource tracking and financial management, health systems reforms, among other requests that can come from the Ministers. The Technical Advisor can be asked for example, to help generate evidence on various health systems reforms options and will need to ask critical questions to determine which reforms are applicable in a given context and then help drive them forward. The Technical Advisor will provide direct technical inputs in modeling as well as oversight and validation to other teams in the Ministers’ offices. They will also work with the CHAI Rwanda country team and government agencies or partners directly to interpret results in order to inform health policy decisions and subsequent implementation. As the challenges faced by governments are constantly changing, the Technical Advisor will be asked to scope new areas where CHAI is asked to engage.

Responsibilities

• Translate technical topics in health financing and health systems strengthening and tailor to different audiences
• Produce relevant policy reports and use these reports to advise Ministries of Health, leveraging existing literature and implementation experience from countries around the world
• Advise on relevant research and evidence needed to inform policy and program interventions per the Ministers’ strategic priorities
• Support communications and advocacy efforts for strategic priorities including advising on strategic communications plans
• Connect Ministries of Health with relevant experts at leading global and regional institutions, and facilitate dialogue between parties
• Follow key trends in the global health financing landscape, ensuring that the best available evidence is being leveraged in policy discussions
• Perform any other tasks as may be required by the Minister’s office

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics or Public Policy or Public Health or International Development or Data Science or related degree
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in public health, public policy, economics or relevant field
• Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills
• Exceptional communication and analytical skills with the ability to create diverse data visualizations
• Ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, and transfer skills to Ministry counterparts

Advantages:

• Ability to speak Kinyarwanda and French
• Focused experience in implementing health financing technical reforms in one or more of the following areas: Social Health Insurance, Private Sector involvement in Health, Strategic Planning/Health Financing Strategy Development, and Resource Generation
• Demonstrated success working with senior or high-level individuals in government
• Experience serving as an advisor in country governments on health reforms
• Knowledge on public health systems in the region or globally 
• Experience in consulting and advising health financing system reforms