Position: Advisor – Social Health Protection
Duty Station: Kathmandu

Responsibilities

The position holder will support the effective implementation of Output 1 on Social Health Protection. The aim of this assignment is to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Health Insurance Board (HIB) and to improve the core insurance processes. 

The position holder is responsible for: 

• Providing advice to partners on social health protection and health insurance
• Developing technical concepts and knowledge packages including policy briefs and presentations
• Stakeholder management and facilitating the collaboration between government stakeholders, project management, sub-contractors and consultants
• Designing, implementing and documenting meetings, workshops, seminars and other events in relation to the activity
• Assisting with general project planning and developing project concepts including preparation, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation
• Coordinating relevant project activities at local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organizational aspects
• Closely coordinate with GIZ advisors and other developers to strengthen digital solutions for effective management of the health schemes
• Documenting good practice examples of health insurance implementation in selected provinces and municipalities
• Advice partners with research activities and studies regarding the implementation of the national health insurance. 
• Contributing to knowledge transfer to project information.  

Where appropriate and reasonable, the position holder is willing to perform tasks outside the scope of the job description

Qualification

• Masters in Public Health, Health Economics, Social Sciences from a recognized university
• At least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position 
• In-depth understanding of health sector and health financing mechanism in Nepal
• Very good knowledge of international experiences and evidence on health insurance and health financing reforms in other countries as well as of the current international debate 
• Very good working knowledge of ITC technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Fluent written and oral knowledge of the English and Nepali language 
• Willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management