Public Health Specialist (Emergency Management) (U.S. Embassy)

Hiring Agency: Embassy Hanoi
Position Title: Public Health Specialist (Emergency Management) - All Interested Applicants
Open Period: 08/03/2022 - 08/22/2022
Vacancy Time Zone: GMT+7
Salary: USD $24,500
Work Schedule: Full-time - Temporary position not to exceed six months.

Duties

This position will serve as the Public Health Specialist for Emergency Management at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office at the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Viet Nam. S/he will serve as CDC’s point of contact and subject-matter expert in all efforts undertaken by CDC-Viet Nam to advance implementation of emergency management with the Government of Viet Nam.

The position holder will provide an oversight and guidance to the development and application of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOC) standard operating procedures (SOPs) and plans, as well as support the Vietnam PHEOC Network in maintaining a training program to ensure continuous capacity building and improvement. S/he will coordinate and provide technical advice to the national assessment of the PHEOC network and development of a national strategic plan for the network upgrade. She will directly support GVN in designing, implementing, conducting, and evaluating exercises in emergency management. These exercises will necessarily involve multiple ministries (e.g., Health, Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resources and Environment) and multiple departments within each, thereby establishing a truly multi-sectoral approach to emergency management. S/he will also require expertise in the constitution, deployment, and functions of rapid response teams (RRTs). In the setting of exercises, s/he will advise them on how to anticipate challenges that come up in the field and how to maintain their own safety, regardless of the type of event. For each exercise, s/he will also need to develop an approach to evaluation that is consistent with the World Health Organization’s monitoring and evaluation framework. S/he should be able to develop, articulate, and implement a vision that ultimately leads to GVN’s ability to design, implement, and evaluate their own emergency management exercises without external assistance.

Qualifications and Evaluations

1. Requirements:

EXPERIENCE: A minimum of three years’ experience working with projects or programs supporting public health emergency management in Viet Nam is required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

In order to support the host Government and implementing partners in the development and strengthening of effective disease detection and response systems, a professional knowledge foundation in public health emergency management is required. This includes a thorough understanding of disease surveillance and outbreak responses, incident management systems, and coordinated management of emergency response.
A good working knowledge of program management techniques to plan, organize and direct complex activities with multiple stakeholders is required.

2. Education Requirements:

A minimum of Master’s degree in public health, disaster and/or environmental management, business administration or international equivalent is required

LANGUAGE:

Fluent in Speaking/Reading/Writing English is required. (This will be tested.)
Fluent in Speaking/Reading/Writing Vietnamese is required.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Must have:

Good program management and systems analytical skills and be able to communicate issues and developments between the CDC team and partners within MOH and other technical, development and implementing partners, both orally and in writing. It is critical to maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to accomplish reporting requirements
Good managerial skills are required to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups. Ability to analyze, understand and discuss data, program and systems design and revision, and management and implementation approaches is required. Intermediate user-level of word processing, spreadsheets and databases is required.
Strong skills in the interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation data are required, including the ability to understand and synthesize numerical data.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Good program management and systems analytical skills and be able to communicate issues and developments between the CDC team and partners within MOH and other technical, development and implementing partners, both orally and in writing. It is critical to maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to accomplish reporting requirements.

Good managerial skills are required to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups. Ability to analyze, understand and discuss data, program and systems design and revision, and management and implementation approaches is required. Intermediate user-level of word processing, spreadsheets and databases is required.

Strong skills in the interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation data are required, including the ability to understand and synthesize numerical data.

Applications should be submitted through Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA) by August 22, 2022 to be considered. Guidance on how to apply is available on the Embassy’s website.