Senior Health Policy and Financing Advisor, DOS LEAP Global - Philippines

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LEAP Program Description

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.

The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long-term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

About the Position

The Philippines is advancing Universal Health Care (UHC), including by embedding tuberculosis (TB) control and global health security (GHS) into its primary health care system. To move this forward, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) is developing and piloting UHC financing reforms. This includes policies that better integrate TB services and strengthen GHS preparedness within primary care and provider networks.

The UHC policy and financing reforms include network contracting and the shift to Health Care Provider Networks. These reforms show PHIC's commitment to strengthening its strategic purchasing role. The PHIC needs a Senior Health Policy and Financing Advisor to speed up these priorities.

The Health Policy and Financing Advisor will directly report to PHIC’s Office of the President and Chief Executive Officer (OPCEO) as the technical review and clearing house for policies and PhilHealth benefit enhancements. The Advisor will work with the policy development units and other relevant offices to monitor progress, ensure alignment of timelines, and flag technical, operational, or legal risks that need swift resolution among offices.

The Advisor will support PHIC in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) service delivery in full alignment with the new Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives.

Responsibilities

Support PHIC in the timely delivery of the policies within the Focus Areas of Functional Primary Care System, including policies that better integrate TB services and strengthen GHS preparedness within primary care and provider networks.

Work with the policy development units and other relevant offices to monitor progress, ensure alignment of timelines, and flag technical, operational, or legal risks that need swift resolution among offices.

Prepare briefers and presentations to provide PHIC officials with updates on the policies within the focus areas, including progress on TB and GHS policies.

Coordinate with the Department of Health (DOH) National TB Program, the DOH Epidemiology Bureau, and relevant TB and GHS partners to align financing policies with program and surveillance priorities.

Specific Responsibilities

The following are the specific duties and responsibilities of the Advisor:

Lead policy development for PhilHealth ExeCom and Board approval for Primary Care Provider Networks (PCPNs) and Health Care Provider Networks (HCPNs).

Support the contracting and operationalization of 10 PCPNs and 5 HCPNs as pilot implementation. Include TB service and outbreak-readiness requirements in pilot network contracts.

Develop guidelines and facilitate fair and transparent selection of pilot sites. Consider TB burden and health security risk as possible selection factors.

Develop baseline status assessment templates for usage by PhilHealth Regional Offices. Consider including indicators on TB service capacity (screening, diagnostics, treatment, and preventive treatment) and emergency preparedness.

Develop delineation of roles and responsibilities between the DOH and PhilHealth in implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the pilots.

Support Policy Development for Pillar 2.

Project management of identified priority initiatives under the Unified National Agenda

Coordinate and liaise with the appropriate PHIC offices to address technical, operational, legal, or actuarial risks for alignment and resolution.

Support the policy units to ensure adherence to timelines for policy development, approval, and cascade.

Organize and attend meetings as necessary to ensure regular discussions and alignment between OPCEO directives and the offices involved in policy development.

Review existing PhilHealth TB benefits. Recommend ways to fold them into network contracting, DRGs, and global budgets, and to design payment approaches that reward case detection and treatment completion and engage private providers.

Recommend health financing options so PCPNs and HCPNs can respond to outbreaks and public health emergencies.

Key Outputs

Brief project work plan

Template baseline status assessment for usage by PhilHealth Regional Offices (PROs)

Execom- and Board-approved selection criteria for pilots

Technical review of priority policies and benefit enhancements, including TB- and GHS-related policies

Technical Presentation for content and progress of policies

Final/terminal report that includes TB and GHS findings and recommendations

Policy notes on strengthening the integration of TB services into primary care benefits and provider network contracting

Policy options paper on health financing preparedness for public health emergencies

Duration of Engagement

About 6 months

Reporting

The Advisor will directly report to PHIC's Office of the President and Chief Executive Officer (OPCEO) as the technical review and clearing house for policies and benefit enhancements related to the Focus Areas.

The Advisor will work day-to-day with PHIC's policy development units and the PhilHealth UHC Surge Team.

The Advisor will provide a detailed monthly report to the U.S. Department of State, submitted by the 5th day of the following month. Additionally, the Advisor will participate in bi-weekly calls with U.S. DOS staff. The format for reporting may be adjusted with concurrence from the DOS Grants Officer Representative

Qualifications

A minimum cumulative seven (7) years of relevant work experience gained in the thematic area of health policy and/or programs implementation, preferably including TB, infectious disease, or health emergency programs

A minimum cumulative three (3) years relevant work experience in a health government agency, with focus on health policy and/or programs implementation

A holder of master’s degree in public health, health and development, public policy, or related fields

Good skills in policy development and analysis, technical writing, stakeholder coordination, and ability to work in the public sector

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Filipino

Work adaptability, ability to work under tight deadlines, and ability to balance multiple work streams

Benefits

Dexis offers benefits to support employees’ health, financial security, and well-being. The benefits outlined below are for full-time, US-based positions only. These benefits include:

Medical and prescription drug coverage: A choice of three UnitedHealthcare m