FHI 360

Technical Specialist, Global Health Security – Surveillance

FHI 360

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Hanoi • Vietnam

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About the role

  • Provide technical support to the design, implementation, monitoring, and quality assurance of Global Health Security surveillance activities
  • Support technically sound delivery of zoonotic and emerging infectious disease surveillance activities
  • Contribute to business development, reporting, and knowledge products aligned with donor priorities
  • Provide technical support and guidance for GHS surveillance activities, including zoonotic disease and emerging infectious disease (ZD/EID) surveillance
  • Support implementation and monitoring of integrated and event-based surveillance (IBS/EBS) activities in coordination with government counterparts and implementing partners
  • Support implementation and monitoring of surveillance activities at Points of Entry (PoE), including data collection, reporting workflows, and coordination with surveillance and response teams to ensure timely information flow
  • Track progress against work plans, milestones, and deliverables
  • Support project design, business development, and proposal development, including technical inputs, drafting sections, work plans, and budgets
  • Contribute to quality assurance by ensuring surveillance activities, tools, and outputs align with donor requirements, national guidelines, and organizational SOPs
  • Produce and manage knowledge products, including technical reports, briefs, presentations, and training or reference materials
  • Conduct analysis of surveillance implementation and data to identify gaps, lessons learned, and areas for improvement
  • Coordinate closely with project teams, HQ technical units, and partners to support cross-sectoral collaboration and information exchange

Requirements

  • A master's degree in social science, public health, or equivalent
  • Minimum 6 years of experience supporting public health surveillance, infectious disease programs, or Global Health Security–related projects
  • Working knowledge of ZD/EID surveillance, including familiarity with IBS, EBS, or multisectoral surveillance approaches
  • Experience supporting technical implementation and reporting for donor-funded projects, preferably with government counterparts
  • Demonstrated ability to contribute to technical writing, including reports, proposal sections, presentations, or briefs
  • Experience supporting or working with health information systems for surveillance, including data collection, validation, or reporting processes
  • Strong organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to track deliverables, support work plans, and manage multiple tasks
  • Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams and follow technical direction from senior advisors
  • Good written and verbal communication skills in English and Vietnamese
  • Ability to travel as necessary
Benefits
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Policies and programs that support a healthy work/life balance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
public health surveillanceinfectious disease programsGlobal Health SecurityZD/EID surveillanceintegrated surveillanceevent-based surveillancetechnical writingdata collectiondata validationreporting processes
Soft Skills
organizational skillsanalytical skillscollaborative workcommunication skillsability to manage multiple tasksability to follow technical direction
Certifications
master's degree in social sciencemaster's degree in public health