National Consultant to develop a comprehensive and updated Health Insurance Guidebook for the Health Insurance Administration

The consultant will develop a comprehensive and updated Health Insurance Guidebook for the Health Insurance Administration in Jordan, consolidating all applicable legal and regulatory provisions since 2016. The role involves reviewing legal instruments, drafting the guidebook in Arabic, and ensuring alignment with current regulations to support institutional knowledge and public communication.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and review the Health Insurance Guidebook developed in 2016.
• Review the Health Insurance bylaw currently in force and all amendments since 2016.
• Review all relevant regulations, instructions, and administrative decisions issued by the Government of Jordan and the Health Insurance Administration since 2016.
• Compile a comprehensive inventory of regulatory instruments relevant to health insurance administration (excel file).
• Design a user-friendly structure for the updated guidebook.
• Consolidate legal and regulatory provisions into a practical operational reference.
• Develop explanatory sections to facilitate implementation and interpretation.
• Ensure consistency and alignment across all referenced legal and regulatory documents.
• Prepare an Arabic-language guidebook suitable for both administrative and operational use.
• Incorporate comments received from HIA and relevant stakeholders.
• Prepare final report or presentation summarizing methodology and final output.

Requirements

• First university degree in law from an accredited/recognized institute.
• A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in legal research, legislative review, regulatory analysis or drafting legal reference materials.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing and consolidating Jordanian laws, bylaws, regulations, instructions and administrative decisions.
• Demonstrated experience in drafting clear and structured legal or administrative materials in Arabic.
• Desirable: Practicing lawyer in Jordanian civil courts.
• Desirable: Previous experience with the Ministry of Health, Health Insurance Administration, public institutions, UN agencies or development partners.
• Desirable: Experience developing operational manuals, legal guidebooks or consolidated regulatory references.
• Knowledge of Jordan’s public health, health insurance or social protection legal framework.
• Expert level in English and Arabic.
• Medical certificate of fitness for work.
• Consultants shall perform the work as independent contractors in a personal capacity, and not as a representative of any entity or authority.
• WHO contracts are conditional on members of the workforce confirming vaccination as required by WHO before undertaking assignment, except for certified medical conditions.

Skills

• Legal Research
• Legislative Review
• Regulatory Analysis
• Drafting Legal Materials
• Consolidating Laws and Regulations
• Drafting Administrative Materials
• Arabic Legal Drafting
• Knowledge of Jordanian Law
• Health Insurance Legal Framework
• Public Health Legal Framework
• Legal Guidebook Development
• Operational Manual Development
• Reviewing Bylaws and Instructions
• English Language Proficiency
• Language Proficiency in Arabic

Languages

English, Arabic