Qualifications, experience, skills and languages

Educational Qualifications:

Essential:

First university degree in nursing, medicine or public health 

Desirable:

Advanced university degree (master’s level) in public health, tropical medicine, epidemiology, or a related field

Experience

Essential:

• A minimum of five years of relevant work experience in the management and/or coordination of public health areas in institutions at municipal, state, and federal levels, with a focus on the implementation of health policies and programs and responses to public health emergencies.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams and in adapting national strategies to local realities.
• Experience in carrying out timely and accurate risk analyses during the response to complex emergencies, contributing to strategic decision-making.

Desirable:

• Experience in cooperation between different levels of government, ensuring the efficiency of integrated responses.
• Experience in the improvement of the surveillance of high threat pathogens at the federal, state, and municipal levels.

Skills/Knowledge:

Essential:  

• Ability to organize and implement response actions in the different levels of the organization
• Expertise in coordinating response actions between epidemiological surveillance and health service organization.
• Ability to conduct timely and accurate risk analyses during complex emergency responses, supporting strategic decision-making processes.
• Excellence in oral and written communication, including the development of reports, technical documents, and presentations.
• Exceptional writing and communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly, concisely, and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate harmoniously within a team and interact diplomatically with national counterparts, demonstrating tact, patience, and courtesy.

Desirable:

• Ability to maintain a positive and flexible problem-solving approach with a can-do attitude.
• Commitment to implementing the goal of gender equality by ensuring the equal participation and full involvement of women and men in all aspects of work. 

Languages required:

Essential:  

Expert knowledge of English