Scientific Interim - ECDC

Scientific Interim - ECDC
Interested in an administrative scientific role at ECDC focused on Vaccine Preventable Diseases? We are currently looking for an interim requested to perform various tasks in the expert group focusing on Vaccine Preventable Diseases at Expert to the European Centre for Disease Prevention (ECDC).

Work duties

The interim shall be requested to perform various tasks in the expert group focusing on Vaccine Preventable Diseases including:                                                                                                        
Task 1: contribute to the collection, validation, analysis, interpretation and dissemination on data of VPD

Task 2: Contribute to supporting projects in the area of VPD, with particular emphasis to projects aimed at assessing the impact of vaccine preventable diseases;

Task 3: Contribute to produce outputs in the form of ECDC scientific reports, ECDC web content, presentations etc.;

Task 4: Contribute to liaise with national and international bodies involved in the surveillance of VPDs;

Task 5: Work closely and constructively with the ECDC VPD surveillance team, the head of the VPD programme, database developers and data managers.Competences and experience

In addition to the profile specification, these specific competences and experience are required for the assignment:

-      Experience in vaccine preventable diseases, technical reports on VPD issues (such as expert opinions, systematic reviews and/or guidance documents)
-      Experience in data analysis and interpretation;  
-      Experience and/or education in public health
-      Team working ability is crucial
-     Excellent communication skills in English needed (written and spoken

Business: Dfind Science & Engineering

City: Stockholm

Job type: Full time. Candidate need to be available for work from 1st of February, and the temporary assignment are planned to end in May 2017, but with possible extension up to a total length of 12 month.

Deadline for applications: 2017-01-29, Interviews are performed continuously!

For information: Sandra Bydell Sveder, Consultant manager, +46 70 371 12 69, sandra.bydell.sveder@dfind.se

We encourage you to send your application as soon as possible as interviews and candidate selection are performed continuously. The application need to consist of a curriculum vitae and a letter of Motivation explaining which job specific expertise and personal characteristics the candidate can bring to the job (maximum 1 page). All documentation need to be provided in English.

Dfind Science& Engineering is specialized in recruitment and consulting providing competences within Life Science, Science and Engineering and is a company where people make all the difference.

All our recruitment consultants , consultants and sourcing managers have a technical or scientific background, combined with extensive networks within relevant communities and expertise within recruitment and HR. We understand our customers specific requirements and know how to find the best candidates. Through our passionate commitment and high degree of attentiveness we help people and businesses to grow and be competitive in a changing world.

Key words: Life Science, Research & Development (R&D), ECDC, Public Health, WHO Europe