Actuary for the Health Financing Programme at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Responsibilities

The actuary’s role will comprise two aspects:

• Support the development of a detailed design and implementation concept to cover low income informal sector households in the identified counties with a health protection scheme.
• Provide costing information and strengthen NHIF internal actuarial analysis function for effective strategic purchasing of essential packages of health.

The scope of work will comprise the following tasks:

• Support the cost analysis of Kenya Essential Package of Health (KEPH) – see Annex I
• Support actuarial analysis of current NHIF benefit package & premiums and reimbursement procedures
• Develop a Financial Model for NHIF Benefit Packages

Person specification

The experts must have the following competences:

• Degree in Actuarial Science, Finance or Statistics related fields with actuarial certifications
• At least 5 years in a major health related project
• Ability to develop and implement insurance projects
• Experience in health insurance actuarial assessments and determinations
• Strong actuarial and financial expertise
• Good understanding of health insurance planning process and costing
• Good understanding of innovative public sector finance concepts