ICT expert for the Health Financing Programme at Options Consultancy Services Limited

Responsibilities

The ICT expert’s role will comprise two aspects:

Review the current NHIF Business processes and upgrading NHIF IT systems (data management and infrastructure) and training of NHIF staff

• System analysis of existing ICT Infrastructure, systems, architecture and system performance, and make recommendations
• Analyse the core business processes in relation to members, employers and healthcare facilities interactions, and their translation into system automation, and make recommendations for ICT implementation
• Identify gaps in the current IT ecosystem
• Support the decision making process on ICT Strategy and Tools selection
• Support the identification and contracting of the ICT tools implementation partners
• Support the implementation, testing and roll out processes
• Capacity building - Business Intelligence, Information Security, EDMS, Disaster recovery plan, Business continuity plan, etc.
• Provide specification for procurement and support procurement process (available funds for procurement of IT soft- and hardware is EUR 1.2 Mio)
• Review existing solutions and global trends on E-Health and make recommendations for applications at NHIF

Support development of fraud detection and control mechanisms in NHIF processes

• Identify fraud scenarios in existing IT processes and related fraud control plan and compliance level
• Enhance the ICT System fraud detection and control

Person specification

The experts must have the following competences:

• A graduate ICT degree with relevant professional certifications namely; networking/systems, administration/programming/information, security, database administration/business intelligence
• At least 5 years in managing major IT projects
• The candidate should have experience in IT solution design and project management of health insurance system in Kenya, in individual capacity.
• Knowledge of the Kenyan health system and key stakeholders
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
• Good report writing and presentation skills, and ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences