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National Infectious Disease Surveillance Consultant

WHOKyiv,Ukraine
Position:Professional | NO-BDeadline:18 Sep 2026 (3 days left)Job ID:2603889Posted on:4 Sep 2026 (11 days ago)
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Job Description

Strengthens Ukraine’s infectious-disease surveillance through national guidance and capacity building for indicator- and event-based systems. The consultant co-facilitates trainings and workshops on EBS, EIOS, electronic surveillance analytics, priority diseases, rapid risk assessment and EWAR; supports simulation exercises and blood-safety discussions; reviews and updates rapid-response-team.

Key Details

Position Details

Experience level

Mid

Minimum experience

3 years

Employment type

Contractor / Full-time

Arrangement

Onsite

Minimum education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Contract duration

11 months

Language Requirements

Required

Ukrainian, English

Summary of Responsibilities

  • Co-facilitate event-based surveillance and EIOS training
  • Support blood-safety surveillance technical discussions
  • Support water-related infectious-disease simulation exercise
  • Co-facilitate electronic-surveillance analytics and visualization training
  • Co-facilitate priority-disease surveillance training
  • Review rapid-response-team framework legislation and SOPs

Role Requirements

  • University degree in medicine epidemiology public health or related field
  • At least three years in surveillance epidemiology public health or related fields
  • Proven training delivery and co-facilitation skills
  • Knowledge of infectious-disease surveillance outbreak-investigation standards national reporting regulations epidemiology and public-health context
  • Expert Ukrainian and English

Desired Criteria

  • Field Epidemiology Training Program graduation
  • WHO or UN-agency experience

Skills

Source & verification

IGO Jobs sourced this vacancy from WHO Careers, on 4 Sep 2026.