E T Consultant - Health Economist / Health Specialist

The World Bank is seeking an Extended Term Consultant to support health system reforms in Bosnia and Herzegovina focused on financial sustainability, service delivery performance, quality of care, and resilience aligned with Universal Health Coverage objectives. The consultant will provide implementation support, analytical assistance, and policy dialogue facilitation for World Bank-financed health projects in the region.

Responsibilities

• Provide day to day implementation support for ongoing projects, including health financing, strategic purchasing, service delivery reforms, digital health, and quality improvement.
• Contribute to implementation support missions, preparation of Aide Memoires, management updates, and follow up on agreed actions.
• Support preparation or restructuring of project documentation (Project papers, results frameworks, indicators, and progress reporting).
• Assist in monitoring results, identifying implementation bottlenecks, and proposing corrective actions.
• Contribute to design, preparation, and delivery of analytical and advisory activities.
• Support preparation of policy notes, technical briefs, diagnostic studies, and just in time analysis on health financing, pharmaceuticals, service delivery performance, provider payment mechanisms, and system efficiency.
• Compile, validate, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data from administrative sources, household surveys, and international benchmarks.
• Ensure analytical outputs are policy relevant, well structured, and aligned with ongoing reforms and lending operations.
• Support ongoing policy dialogue with Ministries of Health, Health Insurance Funds, Ministries of Finance, and other relevant institutions at state, entity, and cantonal levels.
• Assist in organizing consultations, workshops, and technical discussions with civil society, professional associations, and donor partners, as relevant.
• Contribute to communication materials, presentations, and briefing notes for senior government officials and World Bank management.
• Support knowledge sharing across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Western Balkans, and Europe and Central Asia region, drawing on regional and global experience.
• Monitor sector developments and reforms, keep teams informed of emerging risks and opportunities.
• Undertake additional tasks related to the Bosnia and Herzegovina health portfolio or beyond as requested.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Health Economics, Public Health, Law, Health Policy, Health Financing, Medicine, or a closely related field is required.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience in health systems, health financing, or service delivery reforms.
• Strong familiarity with health sector governance and financing arrangements in Bosnia and Herzegovina and/or the Western Balkans is a strong advantage.
• Experience working on World Bank or other development partner–financed operations, including lending projects and trust fund–financed analytics.
• Demonstrated experience supporting policy dialogue and reform implementation in complex institutional settings.
• Strong analytical skills, including ability to work with administrative health data and financial information.
• Excellent drafting skills in English; ability to prepare clear, policy oriented technical documents.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Strong client orientation, diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Written and spoken fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian is required.

Skills

• Health Economics
• Public Health
• Health Financing
• Health Systems Understanding
• Health Sector Governance
• Service Delivery Reforms
• Policy Dialogue
• Reform Implementation
• Health Data Analytics
• Financial Data Analysis
• Technical Report Preparation
• Project Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Client Orientation
• World Bank Group Operations
• Trust Fund Analytics
• Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration
• English Drafting
• Bosnian Croatian Serbian

Languages

English, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian