Senior Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor (DOS/LEAP Global) - Vietnam

Who We Are

ZemiTek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007, ZemiTek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.

Position Description

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.

The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long-term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

 

About the Position

The Senior Global Health Security (GHS) Advisor will support the Health Security Unit (HSU) in the Economic Section of U.S. Embassy Hanoi to carry out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) in full alignment with the America First Global Health Security Strategy and relevant Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives.  The primary focus of the Adviser will be to provide technical support with a special emphasis on preventing, detecting, and responding to infectious disease threats which impact public health.

The Senior GHS Advisor will support multi-sectoral Government of Vietnam (GVN) departments and agencies in the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE)for the effective adoption and implementation of life-saving interventions focusing on preventing, detecting and responding to infectious disease threats with public health potential, such as zoonotic diseases.  The advisor might also support universities in this work.  The Senior GHS Advisor will identify programmatic bottlenecks and facilitate solutions through coordinated technical support and facilitation of efforts supported by Department of State-funded and (where applicable).  The Senior GHS Advisor will be based within an appropriate Ministry or with an implementing partner (IP) for a U.S. Department of State-funded health assistance activity.  The Advisor will receive technical direction from the entity or entities  whom the Advisor is supporting, as assigned by the Health Security Unit of U.S. Embassy Hanoi.

Responsibilities

Support multisectoral ministries in effective delivery of life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA).

• Assist GVN counterparts with effective delivery of LHA GHS services, including but not limited to:
• Community-based active surveillance,
• Systems capacity for detecting priority diseases/threats,
• Data systems for monitoring, analyzing, and reporting on threats,
• Infection prevention and control (IPC), including commodities and WASH in healthcare facilities,
• Case management,
• Emergency Management including Emergency Operating Centers (EOC) and Point of Entry Screening,
• Risk Communication and Community Engagement,
• Emergency outbreak response.

• Provide technical support to and actively engage with to implement programmatic and response interventions at national and sub-national levels.
• Assist in monitoring the progress of GHS program implementation and provide recommendations for improvements of service delivery.
• Help organize regular discussions among the multisectoral stakeholders and partners to ensure alignment of technical approaches in the respective GHS portfolio.
• Provide support to the appropriate multisectoral ministries to identify performance gaps, potential barriers, and bottlenecks, and facilitate consensus on targeted interventions to improve performance on key indicators attributable to:
• Reduction in incidence and mortality for epidemic and pandemic prone diseases;
• Strengthening systems to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats;
• Rapid and effective responses to infectious disease outbreaks which are threats for public health.

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