Senior Medical and Health Financing Analyst S P4PHC Project-ThinkWell Institute

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Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project, which is a nine-year program supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) that supports countries to improve how funds are allocated to healthcare providers to achieve the goal of universal health coverage. In Indonesia, SP4PHC is working with Ministry of Health (MOH) since the late 2022 on supporting the MOH’s Health Transformation agenda, and specifically focusing on reforms around improving PHC, health financing, and digital health across Indonesia. SP4PHC Indonesia is implementing three workstreams, which aim to support the MOH through at PHC Consortium (Workstream 1), improve how JKN purchases PHC services (Workstream 2), and foster integration of telemedicine into purchasing arrangements for PHC services (Workstream 3). Under Workstream 1, SP4PHC has been tasked as a coordinator of MOH-lead PHC consortium at 4 selected districts. The PHC consortium aims to set up a catalytic learning platform where key national and subnational government, academic, and external stakeholders can work together to diagnose and improve how purchasing at PHC level within the context of integrated primary care service. Activities under the Consortium will include fund flow tracking, health performance assessment, and capacity building. To support these workstreams, several activities related to the health system, financing, and policy will be carried out. The Senior Medical and Health Financing Analyst position will be a core technical member of the SP4PHC Indonesia team and will report to Project Director. This is a full-time position based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Technical Support on PHC consortium •Support the implementation of a consortium to pilot primary care transformation in Indonesia, providing technical support to the consortium, and coordinating activities with district authorities, the MoH, local research partners and others. •In collaboration with Senior Technical Advisor and Project Director, support various activities, including fund flow tracking and health performance assessment, conducted by the Consortium across 4 districts •Collaborate with Senior Technical Advisor to coordinate various Consortium stakeholders, which include units within MoH, other ministerial agencies, universities, other BMGF grantees, and district health offices, •Deliver high-quality and timely outputs for deliverables and technical assistance provided by universities in the Consortium •Collaborate with Project Director to ensure alignment of District Technical Assistants’ works in 4 districts, especially technical support provided to DHO and university, with the Consortium’s activity •Support the generation of evidence and insights from the Consortium implementation, and work with the MoH and partners to incorporate these into policy development and roll-out Data Analysis for Policy Reform •Collaborate with Senior Technical Advisor to support a feasible study plan, oversee data collection, and provide inputs on data analysis that are being implemented by the team •Lead efforts to prepare data for analysis, independently developing and documenting the study protocols that uphold good research practice. •Autonomously analyze data and synthesize information, especially as it relates to strategic purchasing •Conduct literature reviews related to current evaluations, studies, publications on national health insurance, primary health care, telemedicine, and other topics as required •Collect qualitative and quantitative data from MoH, BPJS-K, and other partners, as needed •In collaboration with the Senior Technical Advisor, undertake scenario development of strategic purchasing and primary health care to provide quality care for JKN members Data Analysis for Learning Agenda and Knowledge Management •Independently plan and execute data collection and synthesis activities to address key evaluation and learning questions for the learning agenda. •Lead the synthesis of monitoring and evaluation data to develop the learning agenda and inform high-level, policy-oriented reports and analyses. Determine appropriate methods and approaches while ensuring technical rigor and accuracy through regular consultation with senior team members. •Help maintain project database of all data, information, reports, technical papers, and publications •Publish briefs, papers, articles, and blogs. •Present at conferences/participate in technical working groups on ThinkWell project-related technical innovations, priorities, and results. Technical Support and Pilot Implementation •Contribute to the design of strategic purchasing pilots to test policy options within Consortium districts (e.g. telemedicine or ASIK pilot implementation) •Conduct field monitoring of pilots and liaise with an external third party to monitor and evaluate the pilot project •Collaborate with project partners to support designing and implementing data management systems, as well as establishing quality assurance protocols for the pilot projects. •Provide technical inputs and support the development of a private sector engagement strategy. •Provide technical support to the government and private sector partners as required Project Reporting and Representation •Initiate the writing of activity reports (both to donor and the government counterpart) and coordinate team member input; •Occasionally represent ThinkWell with external partners, donors or stakeholders at meetings and events; and Strategic Partnerships •Develop and maintain strong working relations with technical and management units in partner organizations, especially MoH and BPJS-K; and •Contribute to the development of strategic networks and partnerships to build the portfolio of ThinkWell Indonesia Job Location: This is a full-time position based in ThinkWell Office, Jakarta. (Indonesian Nationals Only) Requirements 1. Bachelor’s degree from medical school 2. Preferably a master’s degree in public health, health system or health policy 3. Bachelor's Degree + 5 years experience; Master's Degree + 3 years experience 4. Have experience in a management consulting firm, bilateral or multilateral development agency, and/or international NGO, preferably with some experience managing projects in low- or middle-income countries 5. Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required; proficiency in statistical analysis packages (e.g. STATA) preferred 6. Exceptional analytical, research and problem-solving capabilities 7. A thoughtful systems thinker with a grounded, pragmatic understanding of the complexities of our work 8. Tech savvy and skilled at visual display of data 9. Demonstrated poise and professionalism in engaging with external partners, donors, and stakeholders 10. Full fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesia 11. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities and orientations as well as across work areas 12. Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%.