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TITLE: |
Technical Officer, GHS Surveillance |
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Technical Advisor, GHS Surveillance |
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Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam |
FHI 360 is an international non-governmental organization that, in Vietnam, promotes the health and well-being of the Vietnamese people, particularly vulnerable and marginalized populations. It works with the Vietnam Ministry of Health and other national bodies, as well as provincial and commune-level health services to achieve project aims. FHI 360 is currently implementing programs to address challenges in HIV prevention, testing, and treatment, Tuberculosis (TB) case finding and treatment, anti-microbial resistance, health system strengthening, maternal and child health and nutrition, and global health security.
The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) is a global project focused on HIV and global health security with funding from the United States Government. EpiC is seeking a qualified and motivated Vietnamese candidate to serve in the role of Technical Officer, Global Health Security (GHS) Surveillance based in Hanoi/Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC).
Main responsibilities:
The Technical Officer, GHS Surveillance provides technical support and administrative services to the implementation of Global Health Security (GHS) surveillance activities. Working under the Technical Advisor, GHS Surveillance, the position takes an active role as follows:
- Provide day-to-day technical and administrative support for GHS surveillance activities, including zoonotic disease and emerging infectious disease (ZD/EID) surveillance, following instructions from direct managers.
- Support the implementation and monitoring of integrated and event-based surveillance (IBS/EBS), Points of Entry (PoE), and health information systems (HIS) activities by carrying out assigned tasks and maintaining records.
- Track progress against assigned work plan tasks and report status to direct managers.
- Support preparation of basic technical documents, reports, and presentations as requested.
- Assist in organizing and preparing training and reference materials under supervision.
- Identify basic operational issues or data gaps and communicate these to senior technical staff and managers for resolution.
- Work collaboratively with project teams and partners to facilitate effective communication and support joint activities.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Experience and abilities for the position:
- Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, preventive medicine, or equivalent minimum of three years’ experience in supporting public health surveillance or health intervention programs.
- Working knowledge of ZD/EID surveillance, including familiarity with IBS, EBS, multisectoral surveillance approaches, POE, and/or health information system.
- Experience working with international NGOs and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on to improve human and/or animal health outcomes.
- Ability to work well with all project staff, implementing agencies, and GNV counterparts.
- Highly responsible, organized person that pays attention to details.
- Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and achieve ambitious results.
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills in both Vietnamese and English.
- Proficiency in MS office package (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, etc.), database and spreadsheets with advance skills in at least two of the following programs: SPSS, Excel, Epi Info, Stata, SQL, and Power BI.
- Ability to travel as necessary.
FHI 360 offers competitive compensation and excellent benefits.
Interested candidates are invited to visit FHI 360’s career page at https://www.fhi360.org/careers and apply for the position ONLINE by January 21, 2026. Selection and interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, and candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.