Health Economist / Health Specialist

The World Bank seeks an extended-term health economist or specialist in Sarajevo to support health-system reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The consultant will provide implementation and analytical support for health financing, service delivery, digital health and quality reforms; contribute to policy dialogue and project documentation; and coordinate with government institutions, development partners and health-sector stakeholders.

• Support implementation of health-financing, service-delivery, digital-health and quality-improvement reforms
• Prepare project documentation, results frameworks, indicators and progress reporting
• Monitor results and implementation bottlenecks and propose corrective actions
• Prepare policy notes, technical briefs and diagnostic studies on health-system performance
• Analyse administrative and survey data and international benchmarks
• Coordinate policy dialogue and consultations with government institutions and development partners

• Master’s degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Law, Health Policy, Health Financing, Medicine or a closely related field
• At least five years of professional experience in health systems, health financing or service-delivery reforms
• Experience supporting policy dialogue and reform implementation in complex institutional settings
• Strong analytical skills using administrative health data and financial information
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Knowledge of Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian

• Familiarity with health-sector governance and financing in Bosnia and Herzegovina or the Western Balkans
• Experience on World Bank or development-partner financed operations
• Experience supporting lending projects and trust-fund financed analytics

• Health Economics
• Health Financing
• Health Systems
• Health Policy
• Service Delivery
• Policy Dialogue
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Project Implementation