Senior Health Specialist (expert) – 24 months

The Senior Health Specialist will assist the relevant national institution(s) in defining a sustainable mechanism in view of developing, revising, approving and implementing Clinical Protocols and Guidelines. The focus will be on disseminating the Clinical Protocols and Guidelines for the most important health issues in the PHC sector in Moldova. This specific activity requires close coordination with the Ministry of Health and the relevant state health institutions, as well as with the World Bank and World Health Organization. The Senior Health Specialist will be based in Moldova on a permanent basis and will be working full time in Chisinau.
Qualifications and skills:
- Advanced degree in health
- Sound experience in the health sector reform, including primary health care
- Experience in coordinating activities between several teams, including donor
organizations
- Good communication skills with beneficiaries and other stakeholders
- Good English and knowledge of Romanian and Russian.
General professional experience
- At least 10 years of experience in PHC and in management of health care reform
projects and health care financing and policy issues.
Specific professional experience:
- Experience in developing clinical protocol and guidelines
- Practical experience as medical doctor is welcome
- Work experience in the CIS or transition countries in Central and / or Eastern
Europe