Medical and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Specialist, Indonesia
ThinkWell, Indonesia

Do you believe that everyone deserves access to affordable, quality healthcare? Are you driven by creativity, bold ideas, and disruptive innovation? Are you inspired by exceptionally talented, diverse, impact-oriented colleagues? Do you thrive in a dynamic, high-growth, fast-paced environment? Then consider a job with ThinkWell.

ThinkWell is a growing, flexible health systems organization, with both global influence and local grounding. Our focus is on driving transformation in the global health space by always questioning and disrupting conventional wisdom about what works or what can or cannot be done. We believe in pragmatisms over ideology and develop solutions tailored to a client’s context and political realities without replicating global models and all-purpose solutions. We know that to drive change, we must focus on how the world could be, rather than making excuses for the status quo.

Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC), is a five-year program supported by a grant from the Bill amp; Melinda Gates Foundation that supports countries to improve how funds are allocated to healthcare providers in order to achieve the goal of universal health coverage. ThinkWell is working with purchasers and policy makers in five countries (Indonesia, Philippines, Kenya, Burkina Faso, and Uganda) to design and test policy options to more effectively purchase primary health care services, with a focus on family planning and maternal, neonatal and child health.

SP4PHC Indonesia is focusing on several strategies, such as strengthening MNH and FP health care services, strengthening how DHOs purchase services from PHC providers, improve JKN financing scheme and health service delivery, as well as aligning purchasing in the time of COVID-19. To support these strategies, several activities related to the health system, financing, and policy, as well as medical practices in maternal and child health and FP services will be carried out. This Medical and MNCH specialist will fill and strengthen the SP4PHC Indonesia team, by giving medical perspectives across our activities.

The Medical and MNCH specialist will report to the Technical Health Financing Advisor and provide quantitative and qualitative data analysis to inform policies related to strategic purchasing. This is a full-time position based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

SP4PHC-Specific Responsibilities:

Data Analysis for Policy Reform

• Provide medical insights in conducting analyses to build evidence that informs policy
• Lead analyses on various medical issues within the framework of public health and health system in Indonesia

• Prepare data for analysis, documenting the study protocol and upholding good research practice
• Analyze data and synthesize information, especially as it relates to strategic purchasing
• Conduct literature reviews related to current evaluations, studies, publications on midwifery practice, family planning practices, MNCH, and other topics as required
• Collect qualitative and quantitative data from BPJS-K, private midwives, MoH, National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), and other partners
• In collaboration with the Technical Health Financing Advisor, undertake scenario development of strategic purchasing, payment models for private midwives, and primary health care to provide quality care for JKN members
• Prepare communications for policy and technical meetings or forums

Data Analysis for Learning Agenda and Knowledge Management

• Support data collection and synthesis for the learning agenda based on key evaluation and learning questions
• Synthesize Mamp;E data for the learning agenda and to inform policy-oriented reports and analyses
• Liaise with the Deputy Director of Learning and participate in global learning agenda forums
• Contribute to the development of knowledge management systems
• Maintain project database of all data, information, reports, technical papers, and publications
• Draft policy reviews, policy briefs, national and international scientific publications

Technical Support and Pilot Implementation

• Contribute to the design of strategic purchasing pilots to test policy options at the district level
• Conduct field monitoring of pilots and liaise with an external third party to monitor and evaluate the pilot project
• Together with project partners, support the development of data management systems and ensure data quality for 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

Strategic Partnerships

• Develop and main

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