Public Health Medical Doctor

Agence de Médecine Préventive (AMP - www.aamp.org) is a non-profit organization with headquarters at the Institut Pasteur in Paris. AMP’s mission is to promote preventive medicine and public health.
For its newly-established office in Hanoi, AMP is hiring a Public health Medical Doctor.

Incumbent’s duties:
- He/She will develop and implement AMP projects in vaccinology and other health-related fields (applied research, training, organization of scientific and technical meetings…), primarily in Viet Nam and possibly in other Asia countries.
- Following the agreement between the Viet Nam MOH and the SIVAC initiative (www.sivacinitiative.org) to collaborate on the development of a National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG - in charge of developing recommendations on immunization for the National Authorities ), he/she will :

Support the NITAG and its executive secretariat in developing, implementing, and monitoring their work plans
Support the NITAG in developing its organization
Support the preparation of the scientific and technical background documents.

Qualifications:
- Medical Doctorate and MSc in Public Health, or Epidemiology, or Health Policy
- Good understanding / knowledge of the organization of the health systems (primarily in Viet Nam and also in Asia), and of the global immunization community (WHO, Unicef, Gavi).
- Completely fluent in both English and Vietnamese.
- Good skills in literature reviews and synthesis, and in medical article writing
- Good computer skills for Microsoft Office Package and for epidemiological / statistical tools (SAS, Stata…)

Required Experience:
- A minimum of at least 5 years of experience in the field of public health in an international environment and significant experience in Viet Nam. Experience in the area of Vaccine Preventable Diseases would be an asset.
- Monthly gross salary range: US$ 1,100 – 1,400 (to be discussed depending on experience).
- Short term full time contract – 12 months (with a possibility that will be evaluated later to extend the contract).

Other requirements:
- Good organizational and interpersonal skills with ability to interact professionally and effectively with various players, including with senior positions at MOH and public health organizations (universities…)
- Capacity to both easily integrate into a team and to work autonomously.
- Being agile, flexible and logical thinking.
- Being self-motivated, self-disciplined, result-oriented and good time management skills.
- Tact, discretion and sensitivity to cultural differences.

How to apply
Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to Ms Sue Dowling [email protected] before May 16th, 2011 with the reference: AMPVNPUBLICHEALTH.