National Consultant – Health Financing and Strategic Purchasing

Provide senior technical assistance on Ukraine health financing reforms and strategic purchasing. The consultant analyses hospital and mental-health financing, supports European Union accession and cross-border care, develops performance and quality frameworks, and prepares policy advice with national partners.

• Review health-financing policy, purchasing arrangements and system reforms
• Analyse quantitative and qualitative evidence and prepare technical reports
• Develop recommendations on hospital and mental-health service purchasing
• Support health-financing aspects of European Union accession and cross-border care
• Develop performance and quality monitoring frameworks for specialized services
• Engage the Ministry of Health, national purchaser and development partners
• Contribute to WHO analytical reports, policy guidance and publications
• Prepare presentations and facilitate technical consultations

• Master degree in health economics, health financing, public health, medicine, health policy, public administration or a related field
• At least seven years of relevant health-financing, economics, policy, systems or strategic-purchasing experience
• Policy-analysis and technical-publication experience
• Experience with government or international organizations in health-sector reform
• Expert English and Ukrainian
• Knowledge of Ukraine Program of Medical Guarantees and national purchasing arrangements

• National external consultancy
• Two to three missions within Ukraine expected