Overview
The Social Health Protection Technical Officer will provide technical support for social health protection interventions, focusing on inclusive enrolment, informal economy coverage, and the sustainability of the Universal Health Insurance system.
Key Responsibilities
- Contribute to the provision of technical support to ILO constituents and other relevant stakeholders pertaining to the social health protection area.
- Support on design, implementation and monitoring of operational mechanisms and pilot interventions to facilitate the enrolment of refugees and asylum-seekers into Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance system.
- Support development, piloting and assessment of strategies and operational options for extending social health protection coverage to workers in the informal economy.
- Support on health financing, fund management, investment strategy, actuarial analysis and the financial sustainability of the Universal Health Insurance system.
- Support policy-oriented, comparative research and analysis that takes into account gender and diversity considerations.
- Provide technical inputs into the development, peer review and editing of policy briefs, working papers, reports, publications and other knowledge products.
- Participate in the identification of capacity development needs of constituents in relation to social health protection and make proposals on how to address them.
- Prepare related training and learning materials and activities.
- Deliver training to diverse audiences using innovative methods and communication tools.
- Undertake missions and/or field visits in relation to the projects' implementation.
- Support resource mobilisation efforts for new projects and activities.
- Help organise and participate in national, regional, international and UN Inter-agency, social partners meetings, stakeholder working groups, consultations and forums.
- Perform other relevant duties as assigned by supervisor.
Required Experience
- At least five years of relevant professional experience on social health protection, health insurance, health financing and/or universal health insurance reforms.
- Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: design and implementation of extension of coverage to workers in the informal economy; inclusion of refugees, migrants or other vulnerable groups in social health protection schemes; actuarial health analysis and financial sustainability assessment; and institutional strengthening of health insurance authorities.
- Previous sound experience in conducting analytical work with practical implications on the extension of social health protection would be an advantage, specifically in medical care, sickness, or maternity benefits would be a plus.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (Master's or equivalent) in social science, economics or related fields.
- A first-level university degree (Bachelor's or equivalent) in one of the afore-mentioned fields or other relevant fields with an additional two years of relevant experience, in addition to the required experience stated below, will be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.
