Senior Technical Officer, RCCE and Responses

About the role

The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is seeking a qualified Vietnamese professional to join the team as Senior Technical Officer, Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Responses. Based in Hanoi (with possible work in Ho Chi Minh City), the officer will support zoonotic disease and emerging infectious disease outbreak preparedness and response across Vietnam.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support for ZD/EID outbreak preparedness and response, focusing on evidence‑based public‑health messaging, risk communication, and community engagement.
• Facilitate rollout and oversight of assigned RCCE and response activities, coordinating with government counterparts and partners.
• Support implementation of RCCE activities at Points of Entry, ensuring coordination with surveillance and response actors.
• Monitor day‑to‑day progress, maintain work‑plan records, and report milestones to the Technical Advisor.
• Contribute to work‑plan development, prepare technical inputs, and assist with budget preparation.
• Ensure all RCCE products (strategies, tools, SOPs, training materials) comply with donor requirements, national guidelines, and organizational SOPs.
• Prepare technical reports, briefs, presentations, and training materials for internal and external audiences.
• Analyze implementation data to identify gaps, lessons learned, and report findings to senior technical staff.
• Coordinate with project teams, technical units, and partners to promote collaboration and information sharing.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, epidemiology, preventive medicine or a related field.
• Minimum five years of experience supporting public‑health outbreak preparedness and response, risk communication, or community engagement within Global Health Security or infectious‑disease programs.
• Working knowledge of national public‑health guidelines and donor reporting requirements.

Required skills

• Risk communication
• Community engagement
• Outbreak preparedness and response
• Public‑health messaging

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on a high‑impact global health security project funded by the United States Government.
• Collaboration with government agencies, international partners, and leading public‑health experts.
• Professional development in zoonotic disease surveillance and response.