Analyst, Indonesia

The Analyst works as a key member of the Strategic Purchasing for Primary Health Care (SP4PHC) project, which is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that provides technical assistance to countries to improve how funds are allocated to healthcare providers to achieve the goal of universal health coverage.

In Indonesia, SP4PHC is working with Ministry of Health (MOH) since the late 2022 on supporting the MOH’s Health Transformation agenda, and specifically focusing on reforms around improving PHC, health financing, and digital health across Indonesia. SP4PHC Indonesia is implementing three strategies, which aim to improve how JKN purchases PHC services, optimize flow of funds via districts to PHC providers, and foster integration of telemedicine into purchasing arrangements for PHC services.

To support these strategies, several activities related to the health system, financing, and policy will be carried out. The Analyst will be a core technical member of the SP4PHC Indonesia team and will report to the Project Director. This is a full-time position based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Data Analysis for Policy Reform

·        Support the generation of evidence and insights from the Consortium implementation, and work with the MoH and partners to incorporate these into policy development and roll-out

·        Assist the team to streamline study results, produced by universities within the Consortium to ensure it is aligned with the Ministry of Health’s directives

·        Support team to generate targeted evidence and provide technical support to MOH and BPJS-K on improving JKN and work with these partners to incorporate these findings into policy development and roll-out

·        Support construction and costing of INA Grouper as a payment mechanism within Indonesian national health insurance scheme, as requested by MOH

·        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 national health insurance, primary health care, telemedicine, and other topics as required

·        Collect qualitative and quantitative data from MoH, BPJS-K, and other partners

·        Prepare communications for policy and technical meetings or forums

Data Analysis for Learning Agenda and Knowledge Management

• Collaborate with other staff on key themes like human resources for health, telemedicine and commodities and supply chain, from literature reviews, research, and learning product development

• Support data collection and synthesis for the learning agenda based on key evaluation and learning questions

• Synthesize M&E data for the learning agenda and to inform policy-oriented reports and analyses

• 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 maintain strong working relations with technical and management units in partner organizations (MoH, BPJS-K, subnational Health Offices, other health financing development partners, and private sector agencies)

• Arranging interviews, discussions, and meetings with various stakeholders related to JKN, PHC, telemedicine, and others as required

• Contribute to the development of strategic networks and partnerships to build the portfolio of ThinkWell Indonesia

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of project workplans and planning/reporting

1. Bachelor’s degree from medical school

2. Preferably master’s degree in public health, health economic, health system or health policy

3. Have relevant working experience at least 7 years for bachelor’s degree or 5+ years for graduate degree; experience in telemedicine and/or digital health preferred

4. Have experience in a management consulting firm, bilateral or multilateral development agency, and/or international NGO

5. Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint required; proficiency in statistical analysis packages (e.g. STATA) preferred

6. Exceptional analytical, research and problem-solving capabilities

7. A thoughtful systems thinker with grounded, pragmatic understanding of the complexities of our work

8. Tech Analystvvy and skilled at visual display of data

9. Demonstrated poise and professionalism in engaging with external partners, donors, and stakeholders

10. Full fluency in English and BahaAnalyst Indonesia

11. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to relate respectfully with staff at all levels, ages, genders, nationalities and orientations as well as across work areas

12. Ability and willingness to travel up to 25%.