..Purpose of consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to strengthen the analytical capacity of the WHO Ukraine Health Financing Unit by establishing and coordinating an institutionalized platform for health financing data management and analysis. The consultant will support the collection, management, analysis, and use of routine administrative datasets from the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) and other national sources to generate high-quality evidence for health financing policy and strategic purchasing reforms.
Under the overall guidance of the WHO National Professional Officer for Health Financing, the consultant will coordinate analytical activities across multiple health financing projects, support implementation of provider payment reforms through technical specifications for the eHealth system, strengthen analytical methodologies and data governance, and build analytical capacity among WHO staff and national counterparts.

Background

Since 2015, Ukraine has undertaken fundamental reforms to its health financing system with the objective of improving access to health care and strengthening financial protection. These reforms culminated in the adoption of the Law on State Financial Guarantees of Medical Services to the Population (2017), which established the Program of Medical Guarantees (PMG) as a unified benefits package and created the National Health Service of Ukraine (NHSU) as the single national purchaser of health services. The reform introduced explicit entitlements for the population and increasingly centralized pooling and purchasing of public resources, replacing a fragmented and historically driven financing system.

A recent joint WHO–World Bank Health Financing Review concluded that, despite the COVID-19 pandemic and the full-scale invasion by the Russian Federation, Ukraine has maintained strong institutional capacity within the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the NHSU to manage and finance health services under the PMG. At the same time, the increasing complexity of strategic purchasing, provider payment reforms, and evidence-informed policy-making has significantly increased the demand for high-quality, timely, and reproducible analytical products to support decision-making.
WHO is supporting the Government of Ukraine in strengthening strategic purchasing and health financing across a range of priority areas, including rehabilitation, primary health care, emergency medical services, mental health, surgical care, medicines financing, and capital investment planning. These activities rely on routine analysis of large administrative datasets from the NHSU and other national sources to inform purchasing decisions, provider payment reforms, and health system planning.

As WHO's analytical portfolio continues to expand, there is an increasing need to institutionalize analytical governance, strengthen coordination of data requests, standardize analytical methodologies, and improve the quality and reproducibility of analytical outputs. This consultancy will support the establishment of a coordinated analytical platform for health financing, improve implementation of new provider payment models, and strengthen analytical capacity within WHO and among national counterparts.

Deliverables

The consultant will apply the following methods to deliver the assignment:

Conduct desk reviews of health financing policies, provider payment arrangements, analytical methodologies, and information systems relevant to the Programme of Medical Guarantees.
Coordinate data requests, collect, clean, validate, manage, and analyse administrative datasets obtained from the NHSU and other national sources.
Develop standardized analytical methodologies, data management procedures, dashboards, visualizations, and technical documentation to support evidence-informed decision-making.
Coordinate analytical activities across multiple WHO health financing projects, ensuring consistency of methodologies, indicators, and analytical outputs.
Develop technical specifications supporting implementation of provider payment models within the eHealth system and Hospital Information Systems.
Prepare analytical reports, presentations, policy briefs, training materials, and technical documentation, and support capacity-building activities for WHO staff and national counterparts.

Outputs and tasks

Under the supervision of the WHO National Professional Officer for Health Financing, the consultant will:

Coordinate health financing data requests and maintain standardized mechanisms for obtaining, managing, and documenting administrative datasets from the NHSU and other national sources.
Coordinate analytical activities across WHO health financing projects, ensuring methodological consistency, quality assurance, reproducibility, and timely delivery of analytical products.
Develop technical specifications supporting implementation of provider payment reforms within the eHealth system and MISs, including coding rules and analytical algorithms.
Prepare analytical reports, dashboards, visualizations, presentations, and policy briefs supporting WHO technical assistance across priority health financing workstreams.
Develop methodological documentation and provide technical support and training to WHO staff, NHSU, and Ministry of Health counterparts on analytical tools and methodologies.
Provide ad hoc analytical support to WHO health financing projects and policy dialogue as required.

Deliverables

Deliverable 1. Health financing data governance and analytical platform
Standardized data request procedures, analytical datasets, data management systems, and mechanisms established to support WHO health financing activities.
Deliverable 2. Coordination and quality assurance of analytical work
Analytical activities coordinated across WHO health financing projects, ensuring methodological consistency, quality assurance, and reproducibility of analytical outputs.
Deliverable 3. Technical specifications for provider payment implementation
Technical specifications, coding rules, analytical algorithms, and data quality approaches developed to support implementation of provider payment reforms within the eHealth system and Hospital Information Systems.
Deliverable 4. Methodological documentation and capacity building
Technical documentation, analytical guidance, dashboards, training materials, and capacity-building activities developed for WHO staff and national counterparts.
Deliverable 5. Analytical support for health financing policy
Analytical reports, policy briefs, dashboards, presentations, and ad hoc analyses prepared to support WHO technical assistance and policy dialogue across priority health financing workstreams.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications

Essential: Bachelor's degree in Health Informatics, Information Management, Statistics, Public Health, Health Economics, Data Science, or another relevant field.

Experience

Essential:

At least three years of professional experience in health data management, health information systems, health informatics, or health data analytics.
At least one year of professional experience working with or within the National Health Service of Ukraine.
Experience managing, cleaning, analysing, and interpreting large administrative datasets.
Experience preparing analytical reports, policy briefs, dashboards, or other analytical products to support decision-making.

Desirable:

Experience supporting implementation of provider payment systems or health financing reforms.
Experience developing analytical methodologies or technical specifications for health information systems.
Experience working with WHO or other international organizations.

Skills / Knowledge

Essential:

Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
Experience managing and analysing large health datasets.
Strong report-writing and data visualization skills.
Ability to coordinate multiple analytical activities and work independently.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Desirable:

Knowledge of the Programme of Medical Guarantees and NHSU information systems.
Experience using Power BI, Tableau, SQL, R, Python, or similar analytical software.
Knowledge of eHealth systems and provider payment mechanisms.

Languages and level required

Essential: Expert knowledge of Ukrainian and good working knowledge of English.

Location

On-site: WHO Kyiv Office, Kyiv

Travel

The consultant may be expected to travel within Ukraine, subject to the security situation.

Remuneration

Contract total value: USD 39 600
Monthly rate, daily rate and numbers of the days: Monthly rate USD 3 600 for 11 months (full-time)
Consultant pay band range: Pay band level B
Terms of payment: Payment will be made on a monthly basis after provision of a technical report and approval from the Responsible Officer.

Expected duration of contract

Target Start Date: 1 September 2026
Target End Date: 1 August 2027
Contract Duration: 11 months

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National Consultant – Health Financing Data Analytics