Public Health Specialist (Surveillance), FSN-11

- Master's degree, or host country equivalent, in public health, nursing, epidemiology, health education, health information management is required.
- 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.
- Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing of English is required.
- Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing of Vietnamese is required.
- 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.
- 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.