{"id":8268,"date":"2026-04-29T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/job\/assistant-benefits-and-claims-officer-x18-at-nhima\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:00:48","slug":"assistant-benefits-and-claims-officer-x18-at-nhima","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/job\/assistant-benefits-and-claims-officer-x18-at-nhima\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Benefits And Claims Officer (x18) at NHIMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Responsibilities<\/p>\n<p>The key functions of the role will include but not limited to.<\/p>\n<p>To timely register new claim submissions from accredited health care providers.<br \/>\nTrack claims through the various subsequent workflows.<br \/>\nTimely update various claims registers and departmental trackers<br \/>\nPerform claims reconciliations both between internal workflow stations as well as with the various health care providers.<br \/>\nAttend to audit &amp; claim queries from healthcare providers.<br \/>\nAdmit all qualifying claims in the claims register immediately on receipt.<br \/>\nMaintain good business relationship with\u00a0\u00a0Health\u00a0Care Providers and conduct Health Care Provider sensitisation on NHIMA Benefits, Tariffs, and importance of properly filled in claim forms.<br \/>\nCommunicate daily to healthcare providers with claims submission omissions.<br \/>\nTo be able to scan, batch and index claims prior to adjudication.<br \/>\nTo prepare daily, weekly, claims status reports.<br \/>\nTo manage the weekly claims adjudication schedule and submission.<br \/>\nParticipate in any other claims process roles as demand arises and as guided by the Supervisor.<br \/>\nConduct any other roles as assigned by the Supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Education Requirements<\/p>\n<p>Grade twelve (12) School certificate with 5 \u2018O\u2019 levels with credit or better including Mathematics and English Language (ZAQA Certified).<br \/>\nDiploma in a relevant field (ZAQA Certified).<br \/>\nDegree in relevant field will be an added advantage (ZAQA Certified).<br \/>\nMore than six (6) Months relevant work experience in a similar role,<br \/>\nCertificate in management of a health insurance scheme, compensation fund or social security will be an advantage<\/p>\n<p>Required Skills<\/p>\n<p>Excellent knowledge of marketing and customer service,<br \/>\nGood oral and written communication skills,<br \/>\nMust be computer literate with MS Office applications skills,<br \/>\nAttention to detail, and<br \/>\nExcellent analytical skills.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing is Caring! Click on the Icons Below and Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"https:\/\/careers.nhima.co.zm\/vacancy\/details\/31","_company_name":"NHIMA","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-types":[12],"class_list":{"0":"post-8268","1":"job_listing","2":"type-job_listing","3":"status-publish","4":"hentry","5":"job_listing_region-zambia","7":"job-type-full-time"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/8268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=8268"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=8268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}