Public Health Specialist (Laboratory), FSN-11 9

Qualifications Required:
EDUCATION:
Master's degree, or host country equivalent, in public health, nursing, epidemiology, health education, health information management is required.
[Please address this factor in your ERA application under Education.]
EXPERIENCE:
Three years of mid-to-senior level public health experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs or other relevant public health programs that involve coordination with an international agency or implementing partner is required.
[Please address these factors in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.]
LANGUAGE: This may be tested
- Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing of English is required (this may be tested).
- Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing of Vietnamese is required.
[Please address this language requirement in your ERA application.]
SKILL AND ABILITIES:
Incumbent must have:
• Strong oral and written communication skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international partners.
• Ability to analyze, understand and discuss new program design, management and implementation approaches is required.
• Intermediate user level of word processing, advanced spreadsheets features is required.
• Numerical skills for data analysis are required.
[Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.]
KNOWLEDGE:
Incumbent must have:
• Detailed knowledge of current host country public health issues.
• Knowledge of general program design, implementation, and evaluation is also required. In-depth knowledge of various public health services including prevention, emergency response, care and treatment services, counseling and testing, interventions, behavior change, and treatment is required.
• Detailed knowledge of the host government health care system and structures, including familiarity with MOH policies, program priorities, and regulations is required.
• Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize and direct multi-disciplinary activities is required.
• Good working knowledge of overall administrative requirements, such as timelines and utilizing systems and databases, and processing requirements; budgeting and fiscal management in support of implementing grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts is required
[Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.]
All applicants under consideration will be required to pass medical and security certifications.
Applications should be submitted through ERA system to be considered. Link to ERA site can be found under "Your Company" profile.
We will only contact applicants who are qualified and will be invited for further testing and/or interview.
CLOSING DATE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION: SEPTEMBER 11, 2026